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Bernardo VIII; Conte di Lippe; In carica: 1536 – 1563 Nascita: Detmold, 6 dicembre 1527: Morte: Detmold, 15 aprile 1563 (35 anni) Padre: Simone V, conte di Lippe: Madre: Contessa Maddalena di Mansfeld-Mittelort Consorte: Contessa Caterina di Waldeck-Eisenberg Figli: Anna, contessa di Everstein-Massow Maddalena, langravia d'Assia-Darmstadt ...
Bernardo VII di Lippe ( 4 dicembre 1428 – Lemgo, 2 aprile 1511) è stato a capo dello stato di Lippe (parte del Sacro Romano Impero) dal 1429 al 1511 . Biografia. Poco dopo la sua nascita il padre morì, rendendolo nuovo sovrano di Lippe a neanche un anno di età.
Bernardo VIII; Conte di Lippe; In carica: 1536-1563 Nascita: Detmold, 6 dicembre 1527 Morte: Detmold, 15 aprile 1563 Padre: Simone V, conte di Lippe: Madre: Contessa Maddalena di Mansfeld-Mittelort Consorte: Contessa Caterina di Waldeck-Eisenberg Figli: Anna, contessa di Everstein-Massow Maddalena, langravia d'Assia-Darmstadt Simone VI
- Early Life
- Marriage and Children
- Relationship with Nazi Party
- Second World War
- Postwar Roles
- Friendships and International Connections
- Scandals and Rumours
- Later Life and Death
- In Popular Culture
- Titles, Styles and Honours
Bernhard was born Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter, Count of Biesterfeld in Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire on 29 June 1911, the elder son of Prince Bernhard of Lippe and his wife, Baroness Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm, member of one of the oldest Lower Saxon noble families, House of Cramm. He was a gr...
Bernhard met then-Princess Juliana at the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Juliana's mother, Queen Wilhelmina, had spent most of the 1930s looking for a suitable husband for Juliana. As a Protestant of royal rank (the Lippes were a sovereign house in the German Empire), Bernhard was deemed acceptable for the devoutly religious Wilhel...
Prince Bernhard was a member of the "Reiter-SS", a mounted unit of the SS. He had also voluntarily joined the Nazi Party in April 1933. He later also joined the National Socialist Motor Corps. His Nazi Party membership card was found in his belongings after his death.This has caused speculation among some that Bernhard may have secretly been a memb...
At the outset of the Second World War, during the German invasion of the Netherlands, the prince, carrying a machine gun, organised the palace guards into a combat group and shot at German warplanes. The royal family fled the Netherlands and took refuge in England. Disagreeing with Queen Wilhelmina's decision to leave the Kingdom, the prince, aged ...
After the War, the position of Inspector General was created for the Prince.On 4 September 1948, his mother-in-law Queen Wilhelmina abdicated the throne and Juliana became Queen of the Netherlands with Bernhard becoming prince consort. He was made a member of the boards of supervisors of Fokker Aircraft and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and within a fe...
Prince Bernhard was seen as a jet-setting and charismatic ambassador for the Dutch during post-war reconstruction. Because of his connections, Prince Bernhard reportedly maintained friendships with several high-profile international figures. They included Nelson Mandela, David Rockefeller, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ian Fleming, and Walter Bedell ...
Hofmans Affair
In the mid-1950s, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard's marriage faced significant strain because of the ongoing influence of Greet Hofmans, a faith healer and layer-on of hands. For nine years she acted as a confidante and adviser to Queen Juliana, often residing at Palace Soestdijk. Originally, Hofmans was introduced to Queen Juliana at the initiative of Prince Bernhard in 1948 to treat an eye illness of their youngest daughter, Princess Christina (then still called Marijke). This illness aro...
Lockheed scandal
Scandal rocked the royal family in 1976 when the press reported that Prince Bernhard had accepted a US$1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation to influence the Dutch government's purchase of fighter aircraft. At the time he had served on more than 300 corporate boards and committees worldwide and had been praised in the Netherlands for his efforts to promote the economic well-being of the country. Prime Minister of the Netherlands Joop den Uyl ordered an inquiry...
Project Lock
In 1988, Prince Bernhard and Princess Juliana sold two paintings from their personal collection to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund. The paintings sold for £700,000, which was deposited in a Swiss WWF bank account. In 1989, however, Charles de Haes, Director-General of the WWF, transferred £500,000 back to Bernhard, for what De Haes called a private project. In 1991, newspapers reported what this private project was: Prince Bernhard had hired KAS International, owned by Special Air Ser...
In 1994, the Prince had a colon tumour removed and suffered severe complications due to respiratory distress. In December, his daughter Queen Beatrix rushed to the hospital straight after landing from a trip to Africa. By Christmas the prospect of death had faded and by spring the next year he recovered enough to go home. His health problems contin...
In the years after Bernhard died his life story has been the inspiration for literature, theatre, television and comic books.In 2010 fact and fiction of the life of Bernhard was portrayed in a Dutch television series. In a biographical dissertation by Dutch journalist and historian Annejet van der Zijl published in March 2010, Bernhard was called "...
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1. 29 June 1911 – 1916: Count Bernhard of Biesterfeld 2. 1916 – 7 January 1937: His Serene HighnessPrince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld 3. 7 January 1937 – 6 September 1948: His Royal HighnessPrince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld 4. 6 September 1948 – 30 April 1980: His Royal HighnessThe Prince of the Netherlands 5. 30 April 1980 – 1 December 2004: His Royal HighnessPrince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Bernard VII of Lippe (4 December 1428 – 2 April 1511) was the ruler of the Lordship of Lippe from 1429 until his death. Because of the many bloody feuds in which he was involved, he was nicknamed "the Bellicose". He is the longest-ever ruling European monarch.
Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Matrimonio e discendenza. 3 Ascendenza. 4 Note. 5 Bibliografia. 6 Altri progetti. 7 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Simone VI era figlio del conte Bernardo VIII di Lippe ( 1527 - 1563) e della moglie Caterina ( 1524 - 1583 ), figlia del conte Filippo III di Waldeck-Eisenberg e di Anna di Cleves.
Contents. hide. (Top) References. Bernard I, Lord of Lippe. Bernard I (c. 1090 – c. 1158) was the first Lord of Lippe. He reigned from 1123 through 1158. References. Categories: Lords of Lippe. 1090s births. 1150s deaths. House of Lippe. German nobility stubs.
