Claus Felix von Amsberg
Klaus Felix von Amsberg (German: Klaus Felix Friedrich Leopold Gabriel Archim Julius August von Amsberg; 1 September 1890 – 19 December 1953) was a member of the German Niederer Adel (lower nobility) and father of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, who was the father of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, thus making him the paternal grandfather of the current Dutch monarch.
Klaus Felix von Amsberg | |
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| Full name
German: Klaus Felix Friedrich Leopold Gabriel Archim Julius August von Amsberg | |
| Born | 1 September 1890 Rehna, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany |
| Died | 19 December 1953 (aged 63) Jasebeck, West Germany |
| Family | Amsberg |
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| Issue
Sigrid von Amsberg Prince Claus of the Netherlands Rixa von Amsberg Margit von Amsberg Barbara von Amsberg Theda von Amsberg Christina von Amsberg | |
| Father | Wilhelm von Amsberg |
| Mother | Elise von Vieregge |
Early life
He was born at Rehna, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany), the first child of Wilhelm von Amsberg (1856–1929), by his marriage to Elise von Vieregg (1866–1951), member of an old aristocratic family.
In World War I he fought as a German officer in the Imperial German Army at the side of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa.
Claus was from 1917 the steward of an estate after a failed venture in Africa as a planter.
In 1928 he moved with his family to the Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania), where he remained during the outbreak of World War II as the manager of an Anglo-German tea and sisal plantation. He returned to Germany in 1947.
Marriage
Claus married on 4 September 1924 at Hitzacker to Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1902–1996), daughter of Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen and Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg.
Together they had six daughters and one son:
- Sigrid von Amsberg (born 26 June 1925), married in 1952 to Ascan-Bernd Jencquel, had issue: Marion (b. 1953), Claus-Ascan (b. 1955) and Joachim (b. 1960).
- Claus von Amsberg (6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002), married in 1966 to Beatrix of the Netherlands, had issue.
- Rixa von Amsberg (18 November 1927 – 2010), married to Peter Ahrend
- Margit von Amsberg (16 October 1930 – 1988), married in 1964 to Ernst Grubitz, had issue.
- Barbara von Amsberg (born 16 October 1930), married in 1963 to Günther Haarhaus, had issue.
- Theda von Amsberg (born 30 June 1939), married in 1966 to Baron Karl von Friesen, had issue.
- Christina von Amsberg (born 20 January 1945), married in 1971 to Baron Hans Hubertus von der Recke, had issue.
He died, aged 63, in Jasebeck, West Germany, of a heart attack.
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Notes and sources
- thePeerage.com - Claus von Amsberg
- Die Ahnen Claus Georg von Amsberg, Limburg a.d.Lahn, 1966, Euler, F. W., Reference: 2
- Het huwelijk van H.K.H.Prinses Beatrix, Zaltbommel, 1966, Banning, Mr. Dr. Drs. J. P. D. van, Reference: 65