Pim Lier
Albrecht Willem (Pim) Lier (born July 22, 1918 in The Hague ; † April 9, 2015 in Almelo ) was a Dutch lawyer and attorney. He was a half-brother of Queen Juliana .
Life
Pim Lier was born in The Hague. He is the son of Prince Heinrich zu Mecklenburg , the husband of Queen Wilhelmina , and Mien Abbo-Wenneker (actually Willemina Wenneker , 1887–1973). In 1919 Mien Abbo-Wenneker married Lieutenant Jan Derk Lier, who recognized Pim as his son. The couple received one hundred thousand guilders and a monthly allowance of one thousand guilders, which was later reduced to 500 guilders. According to some sources, Prince Heinrich had five other illegitimate children from Mien Abbo-Wenneker, who were born during the time she was married, including Edith Schaap-Abbo .
The existence of the half-brother was mentioned in 1979 by Loe de Jong in section 9 of his standard work The Kingdom of the Netherlands in World War II . De Jong mentions the names "Elisabeth Le Roi" as the lover of Prince Heinrich and "Henry" as her son. The daily De Telegraaf tracked down Pim Lier. He hoped to be recognized as a member by the royal family, but was completely ignored. In the late 1970s, he visited the former defense agent Michael Graf Soltikow in Villefranche-sur-Mer , France .
In the next few years Lier tried to gain recognition and publicity. In 1984, at the suggestion of his wife Petra de Vries, he moved to the right-wing extremist Centrumpartij , of which he later became chairman. In 1986, however, he was expelled from the party after a series of conflicts. Because his wife was terminally ill, he decided on December 18, 1986 to commit a double suicide with his wife . He shot his wife but did not dare kill himself. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for killing his wife.
literature
- Henrik Jan Korterink: De zwarte schapen van Oranje. Hoevelaken: Verba, 1992, ISBN 9789072540546 .
Web links
- Obituary for Pim Lier in www.misdaadjournalist.nl; Retrieved April 17, 2016
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lier, Pim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lier, Albrecht Willem (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Almelo |