Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Princess Alexia is second in line of succession to the throne.
Youth
Princess Alexia was baptised on 19 November 2005 by Reverend Deodaat van der Boon in the Dorpskerk in Wassenaar. Her godparents were Prince Friso, Juan Zorreguieta, Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Jonkheer Frans Ferdinand de Beaufort and Jonkvrouw Alexandra Jankovich de Jeszenice.
The Princess spent her formative years at Villa Eikenhorst on the De Horsten estate in Wassenaar. In January 2019 she moved to Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague with her parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, and her sisters the Princess of Orange and Princess Ariane.
In her free time Princess Alexia enjoys hockey, playing the guitar and singing.
Education
Princess Alexia completed four years of secondary school at the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet in The Hague. In the summer of 2021 she continued her studies at the United World College of the Atlantic (UWC Atlantic) in Llantwit Major in Wales, where she received her International Baccalaureate in the summer of 2023. In 2024, after a gap year, the Princess began her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University College London (UCL).