House of Amsberg - Heads of The Family

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.

  1. Jürgen Amtsberg, ca. 1640–1686, master blacksmith
  2. Jürgen Amtsberg, 1680–1756, master baker
  3. Georg Amtsberg, 1717–1772
  4. Johann David Theodor August Amsberg, who started calling himself "von Amsberg" from 1795, 1747–1820, pastor in Kavelstorf
  5. Joachim Karl Theodor von Amsberg, 1777–1842
  6. Gabriel Ludwig Johann von Amsberg, 1822–1899, received permission from the Grand Duke to use the particle "von" in 1891, effectively an ennoblement
  7. Wilhelm von Amsberg, 1856–1929
  8. Claus Felix von Amsberg, 1890–1953
  9. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, né Klaus von Amsberg, 1926–2002, a former diplomat of Germany
  10. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg, b. 1967.

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