HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

Prince consort of the Netherlands
Prince Bernhard of Biesterfeld


Date & place of birth June 19, 1911 Jena, Germany
Born as Count of Biesterfeld
Names Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter

Father Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Mother Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm





Royal house Lippe
Consort January 7, 1937-April 30, 1980
Tenure 30 years 238 days
Predecessor Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg
Successor Claus van Amsberg





Siblings
Eldest of two children (1 brother)
Prince Aschwin of Lippe-Biesterfeld





Married January 7, 1937 Grote of St. Joacobs Kerk, The Hague
Spouse Queen Juliana of the Netherlands





Issue
(4 daughters)
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)
Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Christina of the Netherlands





Grandchildren (14)
(11 grandsons, 3 granddaughters)
Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)
Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau
Prince Johann Friso of the Netherlands
Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau
Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma*
Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma*
Princess Maria of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau
Bernardo Guillermo
Nicolas Guillermo
Juliana Guillermo

Twins*





Died December 1, 2004 University Medical Centre, Utrecht (age 93)
Place of burial Nieuwe Kerk, Delft





Titles
Count of Biesterfeld
HSH Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
HRH Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld





Paternal grandparents
Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Countess Karoline of Wartensleben

Paternal great-grandparents
Count Julius of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Countess Adelheid Clotilde of Castell-Castell
Count Leopold Otto of Wartensleben
Mathilde Halbach





Maternal grandparents
Baron Aschwin of Sierstorpff-Cramm
Baroness Hedwig of Sierstorpff-Driburg

Maternal great-grandparents
Baron Wolfgang Adolf of Cramm
Baroness Hedwig of Cramm
Count Ernst Moritz of Sierstorpff-Driburg
Baroness Karoline of Vincke