Peerage Record – 10131

     Adelheid Emma Wilhelmine Therese Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was born on 2 August 1858 at Arolsen, Hessen, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Georg Viktor Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont and Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg. She married Willem III Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Prins van Oranje-Nassau Koning der Nederlanden, son of Willem II Frederik George Lodewijk Prins van Oranje-Nassau Koning der Nederlanden and Anna Pavlovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia, on 7 January 1879 at Arolsen, Hessen, Germany^G.² She died on 20 March 1934 at age 75.²
     She gained the title of Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. After her marriage, Adelheid Emma Wilhelmine Therese Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont was styled as Queen Regent Emma of the Netherlands.²

     Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden was born on 31 August 1880 at Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands^G.^2,3 She was the daughter of Willem III Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Prins van Oranje-Nassau Koning der Nederlanden and Adelheid Emma Wilhelmine Therese Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont. She married Heinrich Vladimir Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Friedrich Franz II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, on 7 February 1901. She died on 28 November 1962 at age 82.²
     She succeeded as the Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on 23 November 1890.² Between 1940 and 1945 she went into exile in the U.K., during the German occupation of the Netherlands. She abdicated as Queen of the Netherlands on 4 September 1948.²

     Heinrich Vladimir Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 19 April 1876 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Franz II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Marie Prinzessin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He married Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden, daughter of Willem III Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Prins van Oranje-Nassau Koning der Nederlanden and Adelheid Emma Wilhelmine Therese Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, on 7 February 1901. He died on 3 July 1934 at age 58.¹
     He gained the title of Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After his marriage, Heinrich Vladimir Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was styled as Prince Heinrich of the Netherlands (styled as HRH Prince of the Netherlands) on 7 February 1901.¹

     Juliana Luise Emma Marie Wilhelmina Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden was born on 30 April 1909 at The Hague, The Netherlands^G.² She was the daughter of Heinrich Vladimir Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden. She married Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prins der Nederlanden, son of Bernhard Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld and Armgard von Cramm, on 7 January 1937 at The Hague, The Netherlands^G.^2,3 She died on 20 March 2004 at age 94 at Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, The Netherlands^G.³
     She gained the title of Prinses van Oranje-Nassau.² She gained the title of Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.² She succeeded as the Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on 6 September 1948.² She abdicated as Queen of the Netherlands in 1980.

     Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prins der Nederlanden was born on 29 June 1911 at Jena, Thüringen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Bernhard Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld and Armgard von Cramm.^1,3 He married Juliana Luise Emma Marie Wilhelmina Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden, daughter of Heinrich Vladimir Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden, on 7 January 1937 at The Hague, The Netherlands^G.^1,4 He died on 1 December 2004 at age 93 at Utrecht, The Netherlands^G.⁴
     He was given the name of Bernhard Leopold Friederik Eberhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter at birth.⁴ He was created Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld on 24 February 1916.¹ After his marriage, Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prins der Nederlanden was styled as HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands on 7 September 1937.¹ After his marriage, Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prins der Nederlanden was styled as Prins der Nederlanden on 6 September 1948.¹

     Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden was born on 31 January 1938 at Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, The Netherlands^G.^3,4 She is the daughter of Bernhard Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prins der Nederlanden and Juliana Luise Emma Marie Wilhelmina Prinses van Oranje-Nassau Koningin der Nederlanden. She married Claus von Amsberg, son of Claus von Amsberg and Gosta Freiin von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen, on 10 March 1966 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands^G.^3,4
     She gained the title of Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.¹ She gained the title of Prinses van Oranje-Nassau.¹ She succeeded as the Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 30 April 1980. She lived in 1982 at Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, The Netherlands^G. She abdicated as Queen of the Netherlands on 30 April 2013.⁵

     Anne Luise Reichfürstin Föse was born on 22 March 1677. She married Leopold I Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau, son of Johann Georg II Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Henriëtte Catherina von Nassau-Dillenburg, Princess of Nassau-Orange, on 4 September 1698. She died in 1754.
     She was created Reichsfürstin.

     Leopold II Maximilian Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau was born on 25 December 1700. He was the son of Leopold I Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Anne Luise Reichfürstin Föse. He married Gisela Agnes Prinzessin von Anhalt-Köthen, daughter of Leopold Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Friederike Henriette Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg, in 1737. He died on 16 December 1751 at age 50.
     He gained the title of Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau in 1747.

     Gisela Agnes Prinzessin von Anhalt-Köthen was born in 1722. She was the daughter of Leopold Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Friederike Henriette Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg. She married Leopold II Maximilian Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau, son of Leopold I Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Anne Luise Reichfürstin Föse, in 1737. She died in 1751.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Anhalt-Köthen.

     Henriette Catherine von Anhalt-Dessau was born on 5 June 1744. She was the daughter of Leopold II Maximilian Prinz von Anhalt-Dessau and Gisela Agnes Prinzessin von Anhalt-Köthen. She married Johann-Justus Baron von Loën in 1779. She died in 1799.
     Her married name became von Loen.