![]() ![]() ![]() Upon his wife's accession to the throne in 1948, he became the prince consort of the Netherlands.īernhard's private life was very controversial because he served as a SS officer for the Nazis prior to switching sides to the British. In 1937 he married Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, and was immediately given the title Prince of the Netherlands with the style of Royal Highness. ![]() He studied law and worked as an executive secretary at the Paris office of IG Farben. From birth he held the title Count of Biesterfeld his uncle raised him to princely rank with the style of Serene Highness in 1916. They were the parents of four children, including Beatrix, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013.īernhard belonged to the princely House of Lippe and was a nephew of the Principality of Lippe's last sovereign Leopold IV. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was a German nobleman who was Prince consort of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. Military officer, aviator, conservationist, nonprofit director ![]()
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