Friso of Orange-Nassau

Friso of Orange-Nassau (2008)

Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David von Orange-Nassau von Amsberg , Prince of Orange-Nassau , Count of Orange-Nassau, Lord of Amsberg , (born September 25, 1968 in Utrecht , † August 12, 2013 in The Hague ) was the second son of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands .

education

Friso grew up with his brothers Willem-Alexander and Constantijn at Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche until 1981 . When his mother Beatrix was crowned queen, the family moved to Huis ten Bosch Castle in The Hague. It was taught at public schools in Baarn and The Hague together with children from all social classes. In 1986 he graduated from school with the VWO certificate ( university entrance qualification ).

After graduating from school, Friso studied mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley from 1986 to 1988 . He then completed a degree in aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Delft . In 1994 he finished his studies and worked for the American aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas in California . From 1990 to 1995 Friso studied economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and completed this course with a thesis on the application possibilities of current developments in mechanical engineering in the aviation industry. From October 1995 to December 1996 Friso worked for the international management consultancy McKinsey . In 1997 he completed his studies at the business school INSEAD , the French Fontainebleau .

marriage and family

Friso with his wife Mabel and their two daughters (2010)

On June 30, 2003 he got engaged to the middle-class Mabel Wisse Smit , on April 24, 2004 the couple married in Delft . Due to Mabel's previous relationship with the Dutch underworld great Klaas Bruinsma , the government and parliament refused to approve the wedding. With his marriage, the prince lost his title “Prince of the Netherlands”, his place in the line of succession and his membership in the Dutch royal family. His mother Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, gave him the personal title “Prince of Orange-Nassau” with the salutation “Royal Highness”. Mabel was not raised to the nobility with the marriage, but carries the titles of her husband. Like their father, Friso's daughters are excluded from the line of succession. They bear the title "Countess of Orange-Nassau" (Gravin van Oranje-Nassau).

His widow lives with their two daughters in London:

• Emma "Luana" Ninette Sophie Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born March 26, 2005 in London)
• Joanna "Zaria" Nicoline Milou Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg (born June 18, 2006 in London)

Employment

In 2003 Friso worked for the investment bank Goldman Sachs in London. Since March 2004 he has been part-time space director of the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research in Delft. Since 2011 he has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the British nuclear technology company Urenco , which specializes in uranium enrichment .

Avalanche accident in 2012

Grave in the cemetery at the Stulpekerk (Lage Vuursche)

During a skiing holiday in Lech am Arlberg , Austria , Friso had an accident on February 17, 2012 at around 12:15 p.m. in an avalanche accident in the Liezen-Zugertobel area. Together with a local hotelier friend, Friso climbed a slope away from the secured ski area in the direction of Zugertobel. The avalanche danger on that day was given as level 4 on the five-level European danger scale for avalanches . During this descent, a 30 meters wide and 40 meters long was Schneebrett triggered. While his companion was able to trigger an avalanche airbag and remained on the surface of the snow masses when the avalanche went down, Friso, who only had an avalanche beeper with him, was buried. Although the companion immediately alerted the rescue service and began to dig without aids, Friso was buried 40 cm deep for 23 minutes. He was reanimated for 50 minutes .

Friso was flown to Innsbruck University Hospital and received intensive care there. On February 24, the chief physician of the traumatological intensive care unit, Wolfgang Koller, announced that an MRI examination had found severe neurological damage in the prince's brain. The prognosis for awakening from the coma was negative given his health at the time. On March 1, 2012, Friso was transferred from the Innsbruck University Hospital to a private specialist clinic for neurological early rehabilitation in London and on July 9, 2013 to the Huis ten Bosch Castle in The Hague.

death

Prince Johan Friso died on August 12, 2013 at Huis ten Bosch Castle of complications as a result of brain damage in his skiing accident in 2012. Since he has not been a member of the royal family since his marriage, he was given a private ceremony on August 16, 2013 without a state funeral buried in the cemetery at the Stulpkerk in Lage Vuursche , which is adjacent to Drakensteyn Castle.

The Johan Friso lock in Stavoren, the Netherlands, is named after him.

Web links

Commons : Friso von Oranien-Nassau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Curriculum vitae on the website of the Dutch Royal Family. Accessed January 19, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Communique of the information office, Prince Friso. ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. August 12, 2013.  
2. ↑ C. Budin, T. Schrems and G. Krauthackl: Arlberg: Prince Johan Friso buried by avalanche. Krone.at, February 17, 2012, accessed on February 17, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Shock diagnosis: massive damage to the brain of the Dutch prince. focus.de, February 24, 2012, accessed on February 24, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Announcement by Koninklijk Huis: Prins Friso, February 24, 2012 - 13:10 (nl, de, en) ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ heute.at: This is how the avalanche drama went in Lech ( Memento from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ No further buried subjects in: ORF online February 17, 2012. Last accessed on February 23, 2012.
7. ↑ Prince Johan Friso: Will he never wake up from a coma? Online edition of the Augsburger Allgemeine. February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
8. ↑ Severe brain damage after an avalanche accident. on: focus.de , February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
9. ↑ Prince Friso transferred to London hospital. on: spiegel.de , March 1, 2012.
10. ↑ Princess Mabel asks the media for privacy. on: Bunte.de , July 10, 2013.
11. ↑ Death report with reference to the recent relocation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid Prins Friso overleden , Koninklijkhuis.nl , 12 August 2013
13. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.