Family Amsberg Father Wilhelm von Amsberg | Mother Elise von Vieregge Name Claus von | |
Born 1 September 1890
Rehna, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ( 1890-09-01 ) Died December 19, 1953, Damnatz, Germany Spouse Baroness Gosta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (m. 1924–1953) Children Prince Claus of the Netherlands Parents Elise von Vieregge, Wilhelm von Amsberg Grandchildren Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands Similar People Prince Claus of the Nethe, Willem‑Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange‑Nassau, Prince Constantijn of the Net, Beatrix of the Netherlands | ||
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.
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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 Vieregge (1866–1951).
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:
He died, aged 63, in Jasebeck, West Germany, of a heart attack.