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Prince Claus of the Netherlands

Consort of the Netherlands (1980 - 2002) · Germany · Historical Figures · Lived 1926 to 2002 · aged 76

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He entered Dutch public life as the German diplomat who married the future queen - a pairing that drew sharp protest in a country still raw from occupation. The controversy faded; the role endured for two decades.

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2002Died6 October 20021990Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAward1983Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1980Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward1975Knight of the Order of the ElephantAward1926Born6 September 1926

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Awards

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland1990
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1983
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1980
Knight of the Order of the Elephant1975
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Cross for the Four Day Marches

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Born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg on 6 September 1926, he served as a West German diplomat and deputy ambassador to Ivory Coast before meeting Princess Beatrix on New Year's Eve 1963. They married in 1966 amid public tension over his German origins in a Netherlands barely twenty years past the war. When Beatrix ascended to the throne on 30 April 1980, he became Prince of the Netherlands - a consort position he held through twenty-two years until his death on 6 October 2002.

Country
Germany
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2002 · aged 76

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Eberhard ZornBoth received Cross for the Four Day Marches

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