Heads of The Family
This is a list of the heads, i.e. the senior male line members, of the Amsberg family, as well the patrilineal line of the current Dutch royal family. Before the 1891 ennoblement, being the senior male descendant didn't have any legal relevance, and such the term "head" is anachronistic before the family's rise as a noble and eventually royal family. The headship of the family since its recognition as noble in 1891 has some historical legal relevance prior to the formal abolition of the nobility's privileges in 1918.
- Jürgen Amtsberg, ca. 1640–1686, master blacksmith
- Jürgen Amtsberg, 1680–1756, master baker
- Georg Amtsberg, 1717–1772
- Johann David Theodor August Amsberg, who started calling himself "von Amsberg" from 1795, 1747–1820, pastor in Kavelstorf
- Joachim Karl Theodor von Amsberg, 1777–1842
- Gabriel Ludwig Johann von Amsberg, 1822–1899, received permission from the Grand Duke to use the particle "von" in 1891, effectively an ennoblement
- Wilhelm von Amsberg, 1856–1929
- Claus Felix von Amsberg, 1890–1953
- Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, né Klaus von Amsberg, 1926–2002, a former diplomat of Germany
- King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, b. 1967.
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Famous quotes containing the words heads of, heads and/or family:
“You don’t know what you might be if you would look beyond the ball, the opera, the fashion-plate—and right over the heads of the perfumed, mustached bipeds who call themselves men and worship at your feet.”
—Mattie Chappelle, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Revolution (April 28, 1870)
“Come leave your tears: a brief farewell. The beast
With many heads butts me away.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and of love, renders the fulfilment of duties less wearisome, sorrows less bitter. The only pure joys unmixed with sadness which it is given to man to taste upon earth are, thanks to this angel, the joys of the Family.”
—Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)