- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter zu Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was born on June 29, 1911 in Jena, Grand Duchy of Saxony, German Empire [now Thuringia, Germany]. He was married to Queen Juliana. He died on December 1, 2004 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- SpouseQueen Juliana(January 7, 1937 - March 20, 2004) (her death, 4 children)
- Children
- RelativesKing Willem-Alexander(Grandchild)Friso Prins van Oranje-Nassau(Grandchild)Prins Constantijn(Grandchild)Prins Carlos de Bourbon de Parme(Grandchild)Prince Jaime Bourbon-Parma(Grandchild)Prins Maurits(Grandchild)Bernhard van Oranje(Grandchild)Pieter-Christiaan van Vollenhoven(Grandchild)Floris van Vollenhoven(Grandchild)Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands(Great Grandchild)Princess Alexia of the Netherlands(Great Grandchild)Princess Ariane of the Nederlanden(Great Grandchild)Eloise van Oranje(Great Grandchild)
- Helped found the World Wildlife Fund.
- Father of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prinses Irene.
- Although he joined the Nazi Party in the early 1930s, he later supported the British Royal Air Force after the German invasion in the Netherlands (1941-1945).
- Portrated on several Dutch postal stamps.
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