1911 - 2004
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld has received more than 1,295,575 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld is the 1,675th most popular politician (down from 1,531st in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 439th in 2019) and the 125th 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, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 1,675 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Suizei, Humayun, Clovis II, Francis, Duke of Guise, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and Ehud Olmert. After him are Balian of Ibelin, Yuri Dolgorukiy, Romanos II, Jehoram of Judah, Pachacuti, and Harald Hardrada.
669 BC - 548 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,669
1508 - 1556
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 1,670
635 - 657
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 1,671
1519 - 1563
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 1,672
1810 - 1859
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 1,673
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 1,674
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 1,675
1143 - 1193
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 1,676
1095 - 1157
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 1,677
938 - 963
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 1,678
900 BC - 842 BC
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 1,679
1380 - 1460
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,680
1015 - 1066
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,681
Among people born in 1911, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 21. Before him are Czesław Miłosz, Jack Ruby, Robert Johnson, Mikhail Botvinnik, Tennessee Williams, and Melvin Calvin. After him are William Alfred Fowler, Wilhelm Mohnke, Joseph Barbera, Lê Đức Thọ, Maurice Allais, and Polykarp Kusch. Among people deceased in 2004, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 18. Before him are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Susan Sontag, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Peter Ustinov, Ahmed Yassin, and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. After him are Akhmad Kadyrov, Maurice Wilkins, Helmut Newton, Janet Leigh, Stieg Larsson, and Renata Tebaldi.
1911 - 2004
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 15
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 17
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 18
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 19
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 20
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 21
1911 - 1995
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 22
1911 - 2001
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 23
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 24
1911 - 1990
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 26
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 27
1901 - 2004
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 12
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 13
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 14
1921 - 2004
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
1937 - 2004
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 16
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 18
1951 - 2004
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 19
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 20
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 21
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 22
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 23
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 462 out of 6,142. Before him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Fritz Todt (1891), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Franz Boas (1858), Emil Nolde (1867), and Jean Paul (1763). After him are Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Rudolf Dassler (1898), and Henri Nestlé (1814).
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 456
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 457
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 458
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 459
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 460
1763 - 1825
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 461
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 462
1846 - 1929
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 463
1701 - 1760
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 464
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 465
1632 - 1694
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 466
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 467
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 468
Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 125. Before him are Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Josef Kramer (1906), and Otto of Bavaria (1848). After him are Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Conradin (1252), and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572).
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 119
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 120
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 121
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 122
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 123
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 124
1911 - 2004
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 125
1174 - 1243
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 126
1876 - 1965
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 127
1920 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 128
1892 - 1980
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 129
1252 - 1268
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 130
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 131