Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau /

Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (née Mabel Martine Wisse Smit, born Mabel Martine Los, 11 August 1968, Pijnacker, Netherlands) is the wife of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (second son of Queen Beatrix and the late Prince Claus of the Netherlands). She was born Mabel Martine Los to Hendrik Cornelis "Henk" Los (Voorschoten, 27 April 1944 - Loosdrecht, 18 February 1978) and wife Florence Malde Gijsberdina "Flos" Kooman (b. 1944), in turn daughter of Anthonie Kooman (Maastricht, 15 June 1915 - 's-Hertogenbosch, 8 November 1979) and wife Antoinette Petronella van Woerkom. Her father died when she was 9-years-old; when her mother married Peter Wisse Smit (15 October 1939 - Hilversum, 11 November 2000) in 1984, Mabel and her sister took their stepfather's surname. Princess Mabel has two younger sisters, Nicoline Los, then Nicoline Wisse Smit (b. 1970) and Eveline Wisse Smit (b. 1982). She grew up in Het Gooi in Central Netherlands. She studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, graduating summa cum laude in 1993. During her study she also finished internships at the United Nations, Shell, ABN AMRO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She speaks fluent Dutch,