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{{Short description|Member of the Dutch Royal family (1968–2013)}}
{{Other uses|Friso (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Prince Friso
| full name = Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David
| image = Friso 2b.jpg
| caption = Prince Friso in 2008 (Age 40)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1968|9|25|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[University Medical Center Utrecht]], [[Utrecht]], Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|8|12|1968|9|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Huis ten Bosch]], [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| date of burial  = 16 August 2013
| place of burial = Dutch Reformed Cemetery, [[Lage Vuursche]], [[Utrecht]], Netherlands 
| house = [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau]] {{small|(official)}}<br>[[Amsberg]] {{small|([[agnatic]])}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Mabel Wisse Smit]]|2004}}
| issue = Countess Luana<br>Countess Zaria
| father = [[Claus von Amsberg]]
| mother = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
}}
'''Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau''' ({{langx|nl|Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg}}; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the second son of [[Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] and [[Claus von Amsberg]], and younger brother of [[King Willem-Alexander]]. Friso was a member of the [[Dutch Royal Family]], but because of his marriage without an [[Morganatic marriage|Act of Consent]] in 2004, he lost his membership of the [[Dutch Royal House]] and was no longer in the [[line of succession to the Dutch throne|line of succession to the throne]].

On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in [[Lech am Arlberg|Lech]], [[Austria]], while skiing [[off piste]]. He was taken to a hospital in [[Innsbruck]], where he was in a critical but stable condition.<ref name="BBc">{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17077390|title=Dutch Prince Johan Friso 'buried by Austria avalanche'|publisher=BBC News| access-date=17 February 2012|date=17 February 2012}}</ref> According to his doctor, Wolfgang Koller, even though he was trapped for a relatively short time and hopes had originally been higher, subsequent neurological tests showed that after fifty minutes of [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] in moderate hypothermia, he suffered massive brain damage due to oxygen shortage. His initial coma later progressed to a [[minimally conscious state]], and it was unclear whether he would ever regain full consciousness.<ref name=nubraindamage>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2748703/zeer-ernstig-hersenletsel-friso.html |title=Zeer ernstig hersenletsel Friso|date=24 February 2012|publisher=NU|language=nl|access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwCLbV_GfXhIVuvLNnS2uPKYa0kA?docId=CNG.163dc6a974e4d63bf289b4444420ae3d.341 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303165845/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwCLbV_GfXhIVuvLNnS2uPKYa0kA?docId=CNG.163dc6a974e4d63bf289b4444420ae3d.341 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2014 |title=Dutch prince 'may never regain consciousness'|date=24 February 2012 |publisher=AFP|access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/24/world/europe/austria-dutch-prince-brain-damage/index.html?iref=allsearch|publisher=CNN|title=Dutch prince suffers brain damage after avalanche|date=25 February 2012}}</ref> On 12 August 2013, one and a half years after the accident, Prince Friso died from complications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23669317#TWEET853565|title=Dutch prince dies after year in coma|publisher=BBC|date=12 August 2013|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David was born on 25 September 1968<ref name="royalhouse">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/koninklijke-familie/prins-friso/ Prins Friso] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306103915/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/koninklijke-familie/prins-friso |date=6 March 2013 }}, [[Dutch royal house|Royal House]]. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref> at the Academic Hospital Utrecht (now the [[University Medical Center Utrecht]]) in [[Utrecht]], Netherlands.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://nos.nl/video/6154-geboorte-prins-johan-friso.html Geboorte prins Johan Friso] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819035206/http://nos.nl/video/6154-geboorte-prins-johan-friso.html |date=19 August 2013 }}, [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]], 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2013</ref> He was the second son of Princess [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] and Prince [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Claus]],<ref name="queen">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/hm-de-koningin/huwelijk-en-gezin/ Huwelijk en gezin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220082345/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/hm-de-koningin/huwelijk-en-gezin/ |date=20 December 2012 }}, [[Dutch royal house|Royal House]]. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref> and grandson of Queen [[Juliana of the Netherlands]] and Prince [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands|Bernhard]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/hm-de-koningin/jeugd/ Jeugd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220081112/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/hm-de-koningin/jeugd/ |date=20 December 2012 }}, [[Dutch royal house|Royal House]]. Retrieved 19 February 2013.</ref> He had one older brother, current King [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] (b. 1967), and one younger brother, Prince [[Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands|Constantijn]] (b. 1969).<ref name="queen"/>

His titles at birth were Prince of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]], Prince of Orange-Nassau, and [[Jonkheer]] van Amsberg.<ref name="royalhouse"/> Prince Friso was baptized on 28 December 1968 in the [[Dom Church]] in Utrecht.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://nos.nl/koningshuis/video/373009-prins-friso-wordt-gedoopt-in-utrecht.html Prins Friso wordt gedoopt in Utrecht], [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]], 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref> His godparents were Prince [[Harald V of Norway|Harald of Norway]], Johan Christian [[Baron]] von Jenisch, [[Herman van Roijen]], Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Christina von Amsberg.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130823175504/http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd:010554429:mpeg21:p001:a0008 Oorkonde], ''Nederlands dagblad'', 30 december 1968</ref>

[[File:Prince Friso 1986.jpg|thumb|upright|Prince Friso in 1986]]

In 1986, he graduated from the secondary school ''Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum'' in [[The Hague]].<ref name="royalhouse"/> From 1986 until 1988, he studied mechanical engineering at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="royalhouse"/> From 1988 he studied at [[Delft University of Technology]], where he obtained an [[engineer's degree]] in [[aeronautical engineering]] in 1994. From 1990 he also went to the [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]], where he obtained an [[MSc]] degree in [[business economics]] in 1995.<ref name="royalhouse"/> Subsequently, he attended [[INSEAD]] ([[Fontainebleau]], France), where he received an MBA degree in 1997.<ref>[https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/in-memoriam/prince-friso/education In Memoriam: Prince Friso (1968 – 2013) – education] – website of the Dutch Royal House</ref>

==Work==
Prince Friso worked from 1995 to 1996 at the [[Amsterdam]] branch of the international management consultancy [[McKinsey]]. After completing an MBA-programme at [[INSEAD]], Prince Friso worked from 1998 to 2003 as a vice president at [[Goldman Sachs International]] in London. In 2004, he became part-time co-president of [[Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research|TNO]] Space in [[Delft]].<ref name=Holland.com>{{cite web|title=Prince Friso|url=http://www.holland.com/uk/tourism/article/prince-friso.htm|work=Holland.com|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> From October 2006, Prince Friso was managing director in the London office of a private investment and advisory firm, Wolfensohn & Company.<ref name=Holland.com/>

Prince Friso was a co-founder of the MRI Centre in Amsterdam and was also a founding shareholder of [[Wizzair]], the largest low-cost airline in Eastern Europe. He was honorary chairman of the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development (a position he held together with his younger brother, Prince Constantijn).<ref>[http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/the-fund/organisation/organization/board-of-the-prince-claus-fund Board members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001715/http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/the-fund/organisation/organization/board-of-the-prince-claus-fund |date=26 March 2012 }} Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development</ref>

Prior to his accident, Prince Friso was working as a chief financial officer for [[URENCO]], a uranium enrichment company.<ref name=BBC_death1>{{cite news|title=Dutch Prince Friso dies after year in coma|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23669317|publisher=BBC News|date=12 August 2013 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>

==Marriage and children==
[[File:Prince Friso with his wife Mabel and daughters in 2010.jpg|thumb|upright|Prince Friso with his wife Mabel and daughters in 2010]]

On 30 June 2003, it was announced that Prince Friso was to marry [[Mabel Wisse Smit]]. The Dutch [[Second Balkenende cabinet|cabinet]], however, did not seek permission from [[Staten-Generaal|parliament]] for this marriage, a constitutional requirement if Prince Friso was to remain a member of the [[Dutch Royal House]] and in [[line of succession]] for the throne; at the time, he was second in line after his older brother, [[Willem-Alexander]].

The Prime Minister [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] explained that this was due to discussions with Mabel Wisse Smit in October 2003, when she had admitted that her previous statements about an alleged relationship with [[Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)|Klaas Bruinsma]] (1953–1991), a known Dutch [[drug baron]], had not been complete and accurate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-25-fg-briefs25.3-story.html|title=Prince Weds, Gives Up Any Claim to Throne|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=25 April 2004|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> She had previously stated that she had contact for a few months with Bruinsma, but in a casual context, neither intimate nor relating to business, and that she had broken the contact on learning of Bruinsma's occupation.

This "breach of trust" was the reason the government did not seek parliamentary permission, respecting the wishes of the couple.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/world/revelations-about-dutch-prince-s-fiancee-rattle-royal-family.html "Revelations About Dutch Prince's Fiancée Rattle Royal Family"]</ref> They nevertheless married at [[Oude Kerk (Delft)]] on 24&nbsp;April 2004, and Mabel Wisse Smit became a member of the Dutch Royal Family but not a member of the Dutch Royal House.

Considering that his elder brother King Willem-Alexander has three daughters, Prince Friso's exclusion from the succession was unlikely to have an effect on the [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|monarchy]] in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/video/36559-gesprek-met-prins-friso-en-mabel-wisse-smit-2004.html|title=Gesprek met prins Friso en Mabel Wisse Smit (2004)|author=Redactie NOS|publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]|date=22 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223135309/http://nos.nl/video/36559-gesprek-met-prins-friso-en-mabel-wisse-smit-2004.html|archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>

After their marriage, Prince Friso and his wife Princess Mabel set up home in London, in the suburb of [[Kew]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9105994/Prince-Friso-a-ski-accident-and-the-terrible-trauma-facing-the-Dutch-royal-family.html | title=Prince Friso, a ski accident and the terrible trauma facing the Dutch Royal Family | work=The Telegraph |date=25 February 2012 |access-date=13 August 2012 |location=London}}</ref>

The couple's first daughter, Countess Emma '''Luana''' Ninette Sophie of Orange-Nassau, ''Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg'', was born on 26 March 2005 in London. Their second daughter, Countess Joanna '''Zaria''' Nicoline Milou of Orange-Nassau, ''Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg'', was born on 18 June 2006, also in London.

==Avalanche accident==
[[File:Map Prins Friso.png|thumb|left|Location of the avalanche near [[Lech am Arlberg|Lech]] in Austria]]

===Accident===
On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in [[Lech am Arlberg|Lech]], [[Austria]], and he was taken to a [[Innsbruck Medical University|hospital]] in [[Innsbruck]].<ref name="BBc0">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17077390|title=Dutch Prince Johan Friso 'buried by Austria avalanche'|publisher=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2012|date=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/02/dutch-prince-johan-friso-avalanche.html|title=Dutch prince rescued from avalanche, 'not out of danger'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 February 2012|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> According to a formal statement of the [[Netherlands Government Information Service]] (RVD), a prognosis could be given only after some days. The prince's condition was described as "stable, but critical".<ref name="Official website of the Dutch Royal House">{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/|title=Het Koninklijk Huis|work=Netherlands Government Information Service|access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231546/http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10434484-dutch-prince-friso-in-hospital-after-austria-ski-avalanche In hospital]  ''MSNBC'', 17 February 2012</ref>

===Resulting complications===
The Dutch Royal Family issued a statement on 19 February saying "The Royal Family is very grateful and deeply touched by all expressions of support and sympathy after the ski accident of His Royal Highness Prince Friso. It was a great support for them during this difficult time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-19-februari-2012-1913/|title=Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Friso|publisher=Het Koninklijk Huis|date=19 February 2012|access-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222112854/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-19-februari-2012-1913/|archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref>

A prognosis on his health situation was expected within a few days, but this was pushed back to 24 February, a week after his accident. The RVD's comment remained the same: stable, but critical. On 24 February, an Innsbruck medical team announced that the prince had been buried for 25 minutes, followed by a 50-minute CPR to treat his cardiac arrest. Wolfgang Koller stated that an [[MRI]] scan was performed a day earlier revealing little change, however other neurological tests indicated [[Cerebral hypoxia|significant damage due to oxygen shortage.]] It remained unclear whether the prince would ever regain full consciousness. Koller said that the Prince's family might now look for a rehabilitation institution.<ref name=nubraindamage/> On the same day the Dutch Royal Family issued a statement requesting that the privacy of the Prince's family be respected to enable them to come to terms with his condition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-24-februari-2012-1429/|title=Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Friso, 24 February 2012|language=nl|trans-title=His Royal Highness Prince Friso – 24 February 2012|publisher=Het Koninklijk Huis (The [Dutch] Royal House)|access-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227151235/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-24-februari-2012-1429|archive-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>

On 1 March 2012, Prince Friso was transferred to the [[Wellington Hospital, United Kingdom|Wellington Hospital]], in London where he and his wife had lived for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-1-maart-2012-1818/|access-date=1 March 2012|title=Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Friso, 1 maart 2012 – 18:18|language=nl|trans-title=His Royal Highness Prince Friso – 1 March 2012|publisher=Het Koninklijk Huis (The [Dutch] Royal House)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605120813/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2012/februari/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-1-maart-2012-1818/|archive-date=5 June 2014}}</ref>

On 19 November 2012, it was announced that the prince had started to show some signs of consciousness but it was still not certain whether he would ever wake up, and if he did, in what state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3350352/2012/11/19/Tekenen-van-zeer-gering-bewustzijn-bij-prins-Friso.dhtml|access-date=19 November 2012|title=Tekenen van zeer gering bewustzijn bij prins Friso, 19 November 2012 |language=nl}}</ref>

On 9 July 2013, Prince Friso was moved back to [[Huis ten Bosch]] in the Netherlands. It was understood that his coma had then evolved into a [[minimally conscious state]]. As he was no longer in need of hospital-level medical care, he stayed with his family for the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/koningshuis/artikel/527609-prins-friso-op-huis-ten-bosch.html|title=Prins Friso ligt nu in Huis ten Bosch|publisher=NOS|date=9 July 2013|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>

==Death and funeral==
[[File:The_grave_of_Friso_van_Oranje-Nassau_van_Amsberg.jpg|thumb|right|The grave of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau van Amsberg at the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in [[Lage Vuursche]].]]
On 12 August 2013, it was announced that Prince Friso had died in [[Huis ten Bosch]] of complications from the accident.<ref name="koninklijkhuis1">{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2013/augustus/zijne-koninklijke-hoogheid-prins-friso-overleden/|title=Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Friso overleden|publisher=Het Koninklijk Huis|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> He was buried on 16 August in the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in the hamlet of [[Lage Vuursche]] near [[Drakesteijn]] Castle, where he had spent his childhood and where Princess Beatrix returned to live in February 2014. The funeral service, at Stulpkerk church, was strictly private. Members of the public and media could not attend, nor did members of other royal families attend, with the exception of Friso's godfather, King [[Harald V of Norway]]. A ceremony of commemoration was held on 2 November 2013 in the Oude Kerk in Delft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/3549610/prins-friso-vrijdag-in-besloten-kring-begraven.html|title=Prins Friso vrijdag in besloten kring begraven|language=nl|trans-title=Prince Friso to be buried on Friday in a private ceremony|publisher=NU|access-date=15 August 2013|date=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/3550188/noorse-koning-bij-uitvaart-prins-friso.html|title=Noorse koning bij uitvaart prins Friso|language=nl|trans-title=Norwegian King at Prins Friso's funeral|publisher=NU|access-date=15 August 2013|date=14 August 2013}}</ref>

==Titles, styles and honours==
[[Image:Royal Monogram of Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands.svg|thumb|100px|Royal Monogram]]

===Titles and styles===
* 25 September 1968 – 19 March 2004: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Johan-Friso of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
* 19 March 2004 – 12 August 2013: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg

Under the Act on the Membership of the Royal House (2002), Prince Friso lost the title 'Prince of the Netherlands' by entering into a marriage without an Act of Consent.

By a royal decree of 19 March 2004, Prince Friso was granted the surname 'Van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg', the hereditary noble predicate '[[Jonkheer]] (Jonkvrouw) van Amsberg and the hereditary title 'Count of Orange-Nassau', to take effect upon his marriage.<ref name="Royal decree titles Prince Friso">{{cite web | url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2004-126.html | title=Besluit van 19 maart 2004, houdende bepalingen inzake titels, predikaat en geslachtsnaam van Z.K.H. Prins Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, met ingang van zijn huwelijk | publisher=Staatsblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. No. 126 | date=31 March 2004 | access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>

By the same decree, he was allowed to retain his title 'Prince of Orange-Nassau' as a personal and non-hereditary title and the style of 'Royal Highness'. According to the notification of this Royal Decree, any children born to the couple were to receive the surname 'van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg' and become a 'Count (Countess) of Orange-Nassau' and also have the noble predicate '[[Jonkheer]] (Jonkvrouw) van Amsberg'. So his children had the same titles and names as those of Prince Constantijn, and showing that they belong to the royal family descending from Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. In social use, they are named with their [[comital title]].<ref name="Royal decree titles Prince Friso"/><ref name="Royal website Prince Friso">{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/royal-family/prince-friso/|title=Prince Friso|publisher=The Dutch Royal House|access-date=14 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214101/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/members-of-the-royal-house/royal-family/prince-friso/|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> His wife acquired the feminine version of her husband's style and titles as a [[courtesy title]], since it is customary for wives of members of the royal family to take the titles of their husbands.

Referred to from birth as Prince Johan-Friso, in 2004, the royal court announced that he had requested that he would henceforth be called "Prince Friso".

===Honours===
{{see also|List of honours of the Dutch Royal Family by country}}

====National====
* {{Flag|Netherlands}} : 
**[[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg|70px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
**[[File:Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau ribbon.svg|70px]] Knight of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]] (by birth)
**[[File:NLD Wedding Medal 2002.svg|70px]] [[:nl:Huwelijksmedaille 2002|Royal Wedding Medal]] 2002 (2 February 2002)

==Ancestry==
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| 1  = 1. '''Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau '''
| 2  = 2. [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands|Jonkheer Claus von Amsberg]]
| 3  = 3. [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]]
| 4  = 4. [[Claus Felix von Amsberg]]
| 5  = 5. [[Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen]]
| 6  = 6. [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]
| 7  = 7. [[Juliana of the Netherlands]]
| 8  = 8. Wilhelm von Amsberg ([[:nl:Wilhelm von Amsberg|nl]])
| 9  = 9. Elise von Vieregge ([[:nl:Elise von Vieregge|nl]])
| 10 = 10. Baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen ([[:nl:Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen|nl]])
| 11 = 11. Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg ([[:nl:Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg|nl]])
| 12 = 12. [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe (1872–1934)|Prince Bernhard of Lippe]]
| 13 = 13. [[Armgard von Cramm]]
| 14 = 14. [[Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
| 15 = 15. [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau}}

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