Editing King Bernhard of the Netherlands

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of the Netherlands
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Orange-Nassau_Bernhard.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[the Netherlands]]
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|'''Reign'''
|28 June 2004 - 12 August 2013
''Regency''

24 February 2012 - 12 August 2013
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|'''Coronation'''
|28 June 2004
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]
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|'''Successor'''
|[[Casimir, King of the Netherlands|Casimir]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|27 April 1957

Lage Vuursche, the Netherlands
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|'''Died'''
|12 August 2013 (aged 56)
the Hague, the Netherlands
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
(m. 1982; d. 2013)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Casimir, King of the Netherlands|Casimir]]
[[Prince Frederick of the Netherlands|Prince Frederick]]<br>
[[Princess Marianne of the Netherlands|Maria Borisovna, Tsarevna of Russia]]<br>
[[Prince Willem of the Netherlands|Prince Willem]]<br>
[[Prince Johan of the Netherlands|Prince Johan]]
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|'''Name'''
|Bernhard Claus Friso Constantine
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|'''House'''
|Orange-Nassau
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|'''Father'''
|[[Claus von Amsberg]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Calvinist
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'''King Bernhard of the Netherlands''' (born ''Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands'' 27 April 1957 - 12 August 2013) was the King of the Netherlands from 2004 until his death in 2013. He was also a member of the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Grand Ducal Family as the brother-in-law of '''[[Michael, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]'''.

==Life==
Bernhard was born the only child of '''Claus von Amsberg''' and '''Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands'''.

Bernhard became heir to the Dutch throne after the abdication of his grandmother in 1980.

On 17 February 2012, Bernhard was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria while on holiday. Several days later, it was announced that the king had suffered extensive brain damage while being buried and after undergoing almost an hour of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. His son and heir, Casimir, took over as regent on 24 February 2012. Bernhard later progressed to a minimally conscious state, but died on 12 August 2013 from complications from the accident. Bernhard was the first Dutch monarch to die on the throne since '''King Willem III of the Netherlands''' in 1890.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 5 November 1982, Bernhard married '''Princess Beatrice Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach'''. The couple had five children, '''Casimir, Frederick, Marianne, Willem,''' and '''Johan'''.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau_Casimir.jpg|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Casimir, King of the Netherlands|Casimir]]
|20 August 1983
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|[[Princess Olga of Mecklenburg]] (m. 2011); has issue
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau Frederick 1984.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Frederick of the Netherlands|Prince Frederick]]
|20 June 1984
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|[[Josina von Bussche-Ippenburg]] (m. 2016); has issue
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau Marianne 1986.jpg|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Marianne of the Netherlands|Maria Borisovna, Tsarevna of Russia]]
|1 June 1986
|
|[[George Mikhailovich, Tsarevich of Russia]] (m. 2021); has issue
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau Willem.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Willem of the Netherlands|Prince Willem]]
|29 July 1990
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|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Orange-Nassau Johan.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Johan of the Netherlands|Prince Johan]]
|29 July 1990
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1957-1980'''   Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
* '''1980-2004'''   Bernhard, Prince of Orange
* '''2004-2013'''   Bernhard, King of the Netherlands

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[Claus von Amsberg]]
|[[Baron Claus Felix Amsberg]]
[[Gosta von Bussche-Haddenhausen]]
|[[Baron Wilhelm Amsberg]]
[[Elise von Vieregge]]

[[Baron George Bussche-Haddenhausen]]

[[Gabriele von Bussche-Ippenburg]]
|[[Baron Gabriel Amsberg]]
[[Marie von Passow]]

[[Leopold von Vieregge]]

[[Agnes von Gutschmidt]]

[[Baron Julius Bussche-Haddenhausen]]

[[Mathilde von Salviati]]

[[Baron Eberhard Bussche-Ippenburg]]

[[Barbara von Chelius]]
|-
|[[Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
|[[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
[[Queen Juliana of the Netherlands]]
|[[Prince Bernhard of Lippe]]
[[Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm]]

[[Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]]
|[[Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
[[Countess Caroline of Wartensleben]]

[[Baron Aschwin Sierstorpff-Cramm]]

[[Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg]]

[[Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]

[[King William III of the Netherlands]]

[[Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
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[[Category:The Netherlands]]
[[Category:House Orange-Nassau]]
[[Category:Monarchs of the Netherlands]]