Editing Casimir, King of the Netherlands

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of the Netherlands
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Orange-Nassau_Casimir.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[the Netherlands]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|12 August 2013 - present
|-
|'''Coronation'''
|29 April 2014
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[King Bernhard of the Netherlands|Bernhard]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|20 August 1983 (age 41)
Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Olga of Mecklenburg]]
(m. 2011)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange]]
[[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]]<br>
[[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands|Princess Ariane]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Casimir Claus Bernhard Charles
|-
|'''House'''
|Orange-Nassau
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[King Bernhard of the Netherlands]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Calvinist
|}
'''Casimir, King of the Netherlands''' (born ''Prince Casimir of the Netherlands'' on 20 August 1983) is the current reigning King of the Netherlands. He is also a member of the Mecklenburg Grand Ducal Family as the brother-in-law of '''[[James, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg]],''' as well as the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Grand Ducal Family as the nephew of '''[[Michael, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]'''.

==Life==
Casimir was born the eldest child of '''King Bernhard of the Netherlands''' and '''Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach'''.

Casimir became heir to the throne upon the abdication of his grandmother in 2004.

In February 2012, his father was buried under an avalanche while on holiday in Austria. After several weeks, it was announced that the king was indefinitely incapacitated due to his injures and a regency was established, with Casimir serving as regent beginning on 24 February 2012. 

Casimir ascended to the throne upon the death of his father in 2013.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 21 May 2011, Casimir married '''Princess Olga of Mecklenburg''' in Amsterdam. Casimir and Olga have three children, '''Catharina Amalia, Alexia,''' and '''Ariane'''. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau_Catharina-Amalia.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange]]
|7 December 2013
|
|
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau_Alexia.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands|Princess Alexia]]
|26 June 2015
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|
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau Ariane.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands|Princess Ariane]]
|10 April 2017
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|
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences the Netherlands Royal Palace of Amsterdam.jpg|Royal Palace of Amsterdam; Official Residence
File:Residences the Netherlands Huis ten Bosch.jpg|Huis ten Bosch; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences the Netherlands Soestdijk Palace.jpg|Soestdijk Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences the Netherlands Het Loo Palace.jpg|Het Loo Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1983-2004'''   Prince Casimir of the Netherlands
* '''2004-2013'''   Casimir, Prince of Orange
* '''2013-present'''   Casimir, King of the Netherlands

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Netherlands Lion (2011)

[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_the_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Crown (2013)

[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_Orange-Nassau.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Orange-Nassau (2013)

[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_the_House_of_Nassau.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau (2013)

[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_the_House_of_Orange.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the House of Orange (2000)

[[File:Honours_Netherlands_Order_of_the_Golden_Ark.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Ark (2013)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Mecklenburg_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Wendish Crown (2011) (Mecklenburg)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[King Bernhard of the Netherlands]]
|[[Claus von Amsberg]]
[[Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
|[[Baron Claus Felix Amsberg]]
[[Gosta von Bussche-Haddenhausen]]

[[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]

[[Queen Juliana of the Netherlands]]
|[[Baron Wilhelm Amsberg]]
[[Elise von Vieregge]]

[[Baron George Bussche-Haddenhausen]]

[[Gabriele von Bussche-Ippenburg]]

[[Prince Bernhard of Lippe]]

[[Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm]]

[[Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]]
|-
|[[Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
|[[Grand Duke Charles Augustus II of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
[[Elisabeth von Wangenheim-Winterstein]]
|[[Grand Duke William Ernest of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
[[Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Baron Othmar Wangenheim-Winterstein]]

[[Maud von Trutzschler-Falkenstein]]
|[[Hereditary Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
[[Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]

[[Prince Frederick John of Saxe-Meiningen]]

[[Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]

[[Baron Otto Wangenheim-Winterstein]]

[[Marie von Henning-Schonhoff]]

[[Baron Maximilian Trutzschler-Falkenstein]]

[[Isidore von Uckermann-Bendeleben]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Casimir, King of the Netherlands
House of Orange-Nassau

Born: 20 August 1983
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[King Bernhard of the Netherlands|'''<small>Bernhard</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange]]</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|[[Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
|<center>4th in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Catharina Amalia, Princess of Orange]]</center>
|}
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