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Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel, Prince of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, was born in Nijmegen on 25 December 1969.
Prince Bernhard is the second son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven.
Prince Bernhard has three brothers: Prince Maurits, born in 1968, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, born in 1972, and Prince Floris, born in 1975. The family lived in Apeldoorn throughout his childhood, moving to Het Loo House in 1975.