Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

Full name
	German: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld; Dutch: Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter, Prins van Lippe-Biesterfeld

Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
	Prince Bernhard in 1976
Prince consort of the Netherlands
	6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980
Born	Count Bernhard of Biesterfeld; 29 June 1911; Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire
Died	1 December 2004 (aged 93); University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Burial	11 December 2004; Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Netherlands
Spouse	Juliana of the Netherlands; (m. 1937; died 2004);
Issue; among others…	Queen Beatrix; Princess Irene; Princess Margriet; Princess Christina;
Full name
Full name
	German: Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld; Dutch: Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter, Prins van Lippe-Biesterfeld
House	Lippe-Biesterfeld
Father	Prince Bernhard of Lippe
Mother	Armgard von Cramm
Religion	Church of Lippe (1911–1937); Dutch Reformed Church (1937–2004);
Occupation	Military officer, aviator, conservationist, nonprofit director
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Political party	Nazi Party (1933–1937)

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. He was the father of Beatrix of the Netherlands. He was born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire.

He died of lung cancer in Utrecht, Netherlands at the age of 93.

Titles

29 June 1911 – 1916: Count Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
1916 – 7 January 1937: His Serene Highness Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
7 January 1937 – 6 September 1948: His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld^[1]
6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980: His Royal Highness The Prince of the Netherlands^[2]
30 April 1980 – 1 December 2004: His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Bernhard's mother, Princess Armgard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (circa 1909)
Reckenwalde palace, today Wojnowo in Poland, where Prince Bernhard spent his youth
Bernhard's father, Prince Bernhard of Lippe
Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard 1937 wedding
Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard with their oldest daughters Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene in Ottawa on 4 May 1942.
General Brian Horrocks, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and Prince Bernhard before Operation Market Garden on 8 September 1944
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard with President of the United States Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman at Washington National Airport on 2 April 1952
Prince Bernhard at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on 4 November 1959.
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard returning from Porto Ercole, Italy due to developments in the Lockheed scandal on 26 August 1976.
Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard at Soestdijk Palace on 31 May 1980.