Annemarie, Duchess of Parma

Annemarie was born on 18 December 1977 in The Hague to Hans Gualthérie van Weezel and Gerarda Gezina Jolande "Ank" de Visser.

[1] Her grandfather, Jan Gualthérie de Weezel was the head of The Hague police and a member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II.

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

[4] She specialized in European politics and authored a book about five former Prime Ministers of the Netherlands in 2011 titled De smaak van macht.

[3][4] In her book, she interviewed Piet de Jong, Dries van Agt, Ruud Lubbers, Wim Kok, and Jan Peter Balkenende about their time in office.

[5] 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.