House of Lippe

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: House of Orange-Nassau, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, List of consorts of Lippe, Prince Friedrich Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Marie Alix, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm, Prince Ernst August of Lippe, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Louise of Denmark, Armin, Prince of Lippe, Princess Feodora of Denmark, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe, Elisabeth, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, Woldemar, Prince of Lippe, Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Harald of Schaumburg-Lippe, Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Albert Wolfgang, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Frederick Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Stephan, Hereditary Prince of Lippe, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Princess Eleonore of Schaumburg-Lippe, Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Desirée of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Helga-Lee of Schaumburg-Lippe, Lippe-Weissenfeld. Excerpt: Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (29 June 1911 - 1 December 2004), later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, was prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and father of six children, including the current monarch Queen Beatrix. Although his private life was rather controversial, Bernhard was a decorated war hero and was generally regarded as a charming and popular figure by the majority of the Dutch for his performance as a combat pilot and his activities as a liaison officer and personal aide to the Queen during World War II, his work during post-war reconstruction, and for assisting specific individuals. During World War II the German-born prince was part of the London based Allied war planning councils and an active RAF wing commander flying both fighter and bomber planes into combat. He was a Dutch general and supreme commander of the Dutch Armed forces, involved in negotiating the terms of surrender of the German army in the Netherlands. For proven bravery, leadership and loyalty during his wartime efforts he was awarded the rank of knight commander in the chivalric Military William Order, the oldest and highest honour in the Netherlands. After the War he was also made honorary Air Marshal of the RAF by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1969, Bernhard was awarded the Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bernhard helped found the World Wildlife Fund (later renamed World Wide Fund for Nature), becoming its fir...