Princess Annemarie, Duchess of Parma

Princess Annemarie, Hereditary Duchess of Parma (née Gualthérie van Weezel; born 18 December 1977) is a Dutch consultant, former journalist, and a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the extended Dutch royal family. She worked as a television journalist, specializing in European politics, for the Dutch station NOS Journaal. In 2011, she authored the book De smaak van macht, which focused on the lives of five former Dutch prime ministers. In 2019, Annemarie left journalism and became the first woman to make partner at the consulting firm Ward Howell International.

She is married to Prince Carlos of Parma, the pretender to the defunct throne of the extinct Duchy of Parma and Piacenza and the Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne. As such, Annemarie is considered the Spanish queen by Carlists. She is the Countess of Molina in her own right, having been bestowed with the title by her father-in-law, Prince Carlos Hugo, in 2010. Per a 1996 royal decree issued by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, upon her marriage she became entitled to the style and title Her Royal Highness Princess Annemarie de Bourbon de Parme in the Netherlands as a member of the extended royal family.

Early life and family Annemarie was born on 18 December 1977 in The Hague to Hans Gualthérie van Weezel and Gerarda Gezina Jolande "Ank" de Visser. She has an elder brother and a younger sister. Her father is a Christian Democratic politician and diplomat who has served in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, as a member of the European Council. He also served as the Dutch Ambassador to Luxembourg. Her grandfather, Jan Gualthérie de Weezel was the head of The Hague police and a member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II. Through her great-grandmother, Cecilia Louise Boissevain, she is a descendent of the patrician Boissevain family. Annemarie is also a great-great-great-granddaughter of George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath, through his illegitimate daughter Cecilia Henrietta Catherine Nugent.

Education and career Annemarie attended Gymnasium Haganum from 1990 to 1992, before transferring to the Lycée international des Pontonniers in Strasbourg, obtaining a French baccalaureate in 1995.

In June 2019, Annemarie left her job as a journalist and began working as a recruiter for the consulting firm Ward Howell International in Amsterdam in October 2019. She became the first woman partner at Ward Howell International in 2019. She advises companies on diversity and inclusion, as well as female leadership. Annemarie is a member of the Leading Executives Advancing Diversity Network. The civil marriage took place on 12 June 2010 in Wijk bij Duurstede. The church wedding was to have taken place in La Cambre Abbey on 28 August 2010, but was postponed due to the illness of the prince's father. The couple married in a Catholic ceremony at La Cambre Abbey on 20 November 2010. The wedding was attended by Máxima, Princess of Orange, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, Queen Beatrix, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, and Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza.

Annemarie and Carlos have three children: Princess Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria of Parma, The Marchioness of Castell'Arquato (Dutch: Prinses Luisa Irene de Bourbon de Parme; born 9 May 2012, The Hague). Princess Cecilia Maria Johanna Beatrix of Parma, The Countess of Berceto (Dutch: Prinses Cecilia Maria de Bourbon de Parme; born 17 October 2013, The Hague). Prince Carlos Enrique Leonard of Parma, The Prince of Piacenza (Dutch: Prins Carlos Enrique de Bourbon de Parme; born 24 April 2016, The Hague).

Titles, styles, honours and arms Honours House of Bourbon-Parma Knight Grand Cross, Special Class of the Royal Order of Saint George Knight Grand Cross, Special Class of the Royal Order of Saint Louis Knight of the Royal Order of Prohibited Legitimacy Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (04 October 2025)