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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 a German nobleman who was Prince consort of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They were the parents of four children, including Beatrix, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013. Bernhard belonged to the princely House of Lippe and was a nephew of the Principality of Lippe's last sovereign 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 1,127,610 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld is the 1,693rd most popular politician (down from 1,532nd 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

Among politicians, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld ranks 1,693 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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Germany

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).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

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).

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