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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

1911 - 2004

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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters together, including Beatrix, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013. Bernhard belonged to the German princely house of Lippe-Biesterfeld and was a nephew of the last sovereign prince of Lippe, Leopold IV. From birth he held the title Count of Biesterfeld; his uncle raised him to princely rank with the style of Serene Highness in 1916. He studied law and worked as an executive secretary at the Paris office of IG Farben. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld is the 1,841st most popular politician (down from 1,477th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Germany (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Politician.

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld is most famous for being the father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 1,841 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexios IV Angelos, René of Anjou, Vojislav Koštunica, Frederick IV of Denmark, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Zedekiah. After him are Ur-Nammu, Childeric II, Jehoash of Judah, Henry of Germany, Achaemenes, and Antiphon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 28. Before him are William Stuart-Houston, Melvin Calvin, Maurice Allais, Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, and Marshall McLuhan. After him are Tennessee Williams, William Alfred Fowler, Niels Kaj Jerne, Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, and Wilhelm Mohnke. Among people deceased in 2004, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 19. Before him are Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Susan Sontag, Françoise Sagan, Christopher Reeve, and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. After him are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Janet Leigh, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, Akhmad Kadyrov, and Helmut Newton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 466 out of 7,253. Before him are Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), Martin Behaim (1459), Fritz Todt (1891), and Julius von Mayer (1814). After him are Joachim Löw (1960), Ernst Busch (1885), Ananda Mahidol (1925), Erich Kästner (1899), Herbert Kroemer (1928), and Maria Alexandrovna (1824).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 133. Before him are Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), and Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750). After him are Ananda Mahidol (1925), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Louis the Child (893), Gregor Strasser (1892), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673).

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