Claus Felix von Amsberg
Klaus Felix von Amsberg was a member of the German Niederer Adel 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.Early life
He was born at Rehna, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire, the first child of Wilhelm von Amsberg, by his marriage to Elise von :de:Vieregg |Vieregg, 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, 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, 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, married in 1952 to Ascan-Bernd Jencquel, had issue: Marion, Claus-Ascan and Joachim.
- Claus von Amsberg, married in 1966 to Beatrix of the Netherlands, had issue.
- Rixa von Amsberg, married to Peter Ahrend
- Margit von Amsberg, married in 1964 to Ernst Grubitz, had issue.
- Barbara von Amsberg, married in 1963 to Günther Haarhaus, had issue.
- Theda von Amsberg, married in 1966 to Baron Karl :de:Friesen |von Friesen, had issue.
- Christina von Amsberg, married in 1971 to Baron Hans Hubertus :de:Recke |von der Recke, had issue.
He died, aged 63, in Jasebeck, West Germany, of a heart attack.Ancestry
