Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

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HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Titles Prince of the Netherlands

Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Reign 4 September 1948 - 30 April 1980
Coronation 6 September 1948
Predecessor Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Successor Claus von Amsberg
Biographical Information
Born 29 June 1911

Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany

Died 1 December 2004 (aged 93)

Delft, the Netherlands

Spouse Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

(m. 1937; w. 2004)

Issue Beatrix

Irene, Dowager Duchess of Parma

Princess Margriet

Princess Christina

Name Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard

Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter

House Lippe
Father Prince Bernhard of Lippe
Mother Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm
Religion Calvinist

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Beatrix 31 January 1938 Claus von Amsberg (m. 1956); has issue
Irene, Dowager Duchess of Parma 5 August 1939 Duke Carlo IV of Parma (m. 1964); has issue
Princess Margriet 19 January 1943 Unmarried and without issue
Princess Christina 18 February 1947 16 August 2019 (aged 72) Died unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1911-1937 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
  • 1937-1948 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
  • 1948-1980 Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands
  • 1980-2004 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Bernhard of Lippe Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Countess Caroline of Wartensleben

Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell
Leopold Otto, Count of Wartensleben
Mathilde Halbach

Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Modeste Christiane von Unruh
Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell
Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Casar Alexander, Count of Wartensleben
Friederike von Gfug
Arnold Halbach
Johanna Bohlen

Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm Baron Aschwin Sierstorpff-Cramm

Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg

Baron Adolf Cramm

Hedwig von Cramm
Baron Ernst Sierstorpff-Driburg
Karoline von Vincke

Baron Friedrich Cramm

Charlotte Sophie von Uetterodt
Philipp von Cramm
Philippine von Griesheim
Baron Heinrich Sierstorpff-Driburg
Charlotte Vincke
Baron Ludwig Vincke
Eleonore von Syberg-Busch