Royal family of Laeland

The Royal Family of Laeland is the extended family of King Willem IV of Laeland. In Laeland there is a distinction between the Royal House and Royal Family. The Royal House includes only the King, Queen, their children, and grandchildren. Members of the Royal House (other than the King and Queen) hold the style of either Royal Highness (HRH) or Highness (HH) and their birthday is an official flag flying day.

History of the Monarchy
The present monarchy was originally founded in 1795. The first States-General of Laeland chose a constitutional monarchy as the form of government for the newly formed Laeish state on 19 January 1795 by 161 votes to 19. In February 1795 the States-General nominated Albert, Count of Zeeland. However, owing to his age and lack of sons, Albert turned down the offer. Following this refusal, the States-General began searching for another person to make King. At this time, a Frisian delegate to the States-General nominated Leopold Vriesma, Count of Oosterzee, formerly a Colonel in the United Laeland Army. On 10 August 1795, Leopold Vriesma was elected as King of Laeland by the States-General. He took a constitutional oath on 7 September 1795, at which point he officially became King.

List of Monarchs of Laeland

 * Main article: List of monarchs of Laeland

Full title
Before Leopold I of Laeland became king, he was the Count of Oosterzee. Therefore, all members of the Laeish Royal family, in addition to their Royal title, hold the title of Count/Countess of Oosterzee. In addition to this, since Queen Elisabeth, the reigning monarch's heir/ess, also bears the title Prince/Princess of Liège (Prins/es van Luik in Laeish). This came about threw the marriage of the then Princess Elisabeth (later Queen) and Prince Frédéric of Liège, who went on to pre-decease her and therefore pass on his title before her.

The heirs of Princess Margriet and her husband Jacob Earninga, will also carry the title Jonkheer/Jonkvrouwe of Leeuwarderadeel.

List of members

 * King Willem IV
 * Queen Margriet, consort of King Willem died in 1995
 * Margriet, Princess of Liège and her husband Jacob Earninga
 * Prince Jochem
 * Princess Katelijn
 * Princess Dorothea and her husband Leszek Podolski
 * Leszek Podolski
 * Michalina Podolski
 * Mieczko Podolski
 * Izabela Podolski
 * Princess Elisabeth and her husband Stefan Rubens
 * Stefanie Rubens
 * Siemen Rubens
 * Willem, Prince of Liège (see Notes)
 * Princess Julia
 * Zoë de Slover
 * Pieter de Slover

Former members
The following are former members of the Royal family: Prince Willem renounced his claim to the throne, and the claim of his descendents also, when he married Carolien Korteweg in 2003. Before this he had been married to Angela Visser. Diederik de Slover and Princess Julia divorced in 2005. Their children were uneffected by this.
 * Willem de Leeuw, former Prince of Liège.
 * Daniël de Leeuw
 * Adiela de Leeuw
 * Diederik de Slover

Line of succession

 * Main article: Line of succession to the Throne of Laeland