Marriage and family
While studying at Leiden University, Princess Margriet met her future husband, Pieter van Vollenhoven.
Their engagement was announced on 10 March 1965, and they were married in The Hague on 10 January 1967. The Princess and her husband went to live in the right wing of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. In 1975 the family moved to their present home, Het Loo House, which they had had built near the Palace.
Children
Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven have four sons: Prince Maurits, born in 1968, Prince Bernhard, born in 1969, Prince Pieter-Christiaan, born in 1972 and Prince Floris, born in 1975.
Grandchildren
Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven have ten grandchildren: Anna, born in 2001, Lucas, born in 2002 and Felicia, born in 2005, the children of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène, and Isabella, born in 2002, Samuel, born in 2004, Benjamin, born in 2008, the children of Prince Bernhard and Princess Annette. Emma, born in 2006, and Pieter, born in 2008, the children of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita. Magali, born in 2007, and Eliane, born in 2009 are the daughters of Prince Floris and Princess Aimée.