Throne in the Ridderzaal, from which the Dutch monarch delivers the Throne Speech on the Prince's Day.
Part of a series on
Orders of succession
Monarchies
Bahrain
Belgium
Bhutan
Brunei
Denmark
Eswatini
Japan
Jordan
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Sweden
Thailand
Tonga
United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms
v
t
e
Since 1983, the crown of the Netherlands passes according to absolute primogeniture. From 1814 until 1887, a monarch could only be succeeded by their closest female relative if there were no eligible male relatives. Male-preference cognatic primogeniture was adopted in 1887, though abolished when absolute primogeniture was introduced in 1983. Proximity of blood has been taken into consideration since 1922, when the constitution was changed to limit the line of succession to three degrees of kinship[1] from the current monarch.[2] In a situation where the monarch is succeeded by an eligible aunt or uncle, persons previously excluded could be reintroduced into the line of succession.
In October 2021, in a letter to parliament Prime Minister Mark Rutte stated that the monarch and the heir to the throne could marry a person of the same sex without being forced to abdicate or give up their place in the line of succession.[3]
^Degrees of kinship are counted here according to Roman law, or post-1983 Canon Law: counting the number of births between two people via their common ancestor.
^"Succession". www.koninklijkhuis.nl. Dutch Royal Court. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2013. The Constitution stipulates that the title to the throne is reserved to blood relatives of the monarch up to the third degree of consanguinity as defined in Dutch law. This means that Prince Maurits and Prince Bernhard will no longer be in the line of succession to the throne. When the Prince of Orange becomes King, the line of succession will start with his children: the Princess of Orange, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane. Next in line will be Prince Constantijn, then his children and finally Princess Margriet.
^"Love is love: Gay marriage possible for Dutch monarch". Reuters. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
and 18 Related for: Succession to the Dutch throne information
heirs totheDutchthrone Monarchy of the Netherlands Beatrix's second son, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, was removed from the line of succession in 2004...
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Princess Alexia is a member of theDutch royal house and second in the line of successiontotheDutchthrone. Princess Alexia...
of theDutch Royal House and currently third in the line of successiontotheDutchthrone. Princess Ariane was born in the HMC Bronovo [nl] in The Hague...
line of successiontotheDutchthrone behind his nieces. Prince Constantijn was born on 11 October 1969 at Utrecht University Hospital (now the University...
List of monarchs of the Netherlands Lists of rulers in the Low Countries Prince of Orange Line of successiontotheDutchthrone King Willem I (1772-1843)...
succession totheDutchthrone but limited to two degrees of kinship from the current monarch (first degree are parents and second degree are siblings); the heir...
Successiontothe French throne covers the mechanism by which the French crown passed from the establishment of the Frankish Kingdom in 486 tothe fall...
of the Netherlands Royal Standard of the Netherlands Line of successiontotheDutchthrone List of heirs totheDutchthrone List of rulers of the Netherlands...
third of the Constitution explains thesuccession, mechanisms of accession and abdication tothethrone, the roles and duties of the monarch, the formalities...
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless...
Friso forfeited his place in the order of successiontotheDutchthrone, and consequently lost his title as a "Prince of the Netherlands", and left his...
member of theDutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of successiontothethrone. Princess Margriet has often represented the monarch...
Successiontothe Danish throne was via male-preference primogeniture from 1953 to 2009, and by absolute primogeniture since 2009. Successiontothe Dutch...
Salic law regulates succession according to sex. "Agnatic succession" means successiontothethrone or fief going to an agnate of the predecessor – for...
elective monarchies of the world. The king is elected for life by the Royal Council of theThrone, which consists of several senior political and religious figures...
Infanta was the daughter of Philip III of Spain. As Spanish succession laws did not prevent a female from ascending thethrone, she was the heiress presumptive...
Because she had failed to obtain the approval of the States-General to marry, Irene lost her right of successiontotheDutchthrone. She agreed that she...
Global Information