Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau
Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David of Orange- Nassau from 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 Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands.
Training
Friso grew up with his brothers Willem- Alexander and Constantijn to 1981 Castle Drakensteyn able to Den Dolder. When his mother Beatrix was crowned Queen, the family moved into the palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. He was taught in public schools in Baarn and The Hague together with children of all social classes. In 1986 he finished school with the VWO certificate ( university entrance ).
After finishing school Friso studied from 1986 to 1988 at the University of California, Berkeley mechanical engineering. Subsequently, he earned a degree in aviation and aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Delft. In 1994 he graduated from this study and worked for the American aircraft manufacturer McDonnell Douglas in California. From 1990 to 1995 Friso studied economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and graduated with a thesis on the application possibilities of the latest developments in mechanical engineering in the aviation industry from. From October 1995 to December 1996 Friso worked for the international consulting firm McKinsey. In 1997 he completed his studies at the business school INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Marriage and Family
On 30 June 2003 he became engaged to the bourgeois Mabel Wisse Smit, on 24 April 2004 the couple married in Delft. Due to a previous relationship Mabel to the Dutch underworld Klaas Bruinsma Size denied government and Parliament its consent to the marriage. With his marriage to the prince lost his title " Prince of the Netherlands ," his place in line to the throne and his affiliation with the Dutch royal house. His mother Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, it therefore granted the personal title of " Royal Highness " and " Prince of Orange -Nassau ." Mabel was not charged with marriage into the nobility, but carries the title of her husband. The daughters of Friso, as her father, excluded from the succession. You bear the title " Countess of Orange- Nassau " ( Gravin van Oranje -Nassau ).
His widow lives with her two daughters in London:
- Emma " Luana " Ninette Sophie Countess of Orange- Nassau, Jonkvrouw of Amsberg (born 26 March 2005 in London)
- Joanna " Zaria " Nicoline Milou Countess of Orange- Nassau, Jonkvrouw of Amsberg ( born June 18, 2006 in London)
Occupation
Friso worked in 2003 for the investment bank Goldman Sachs in London. Since March 2004, he was part-time space - director of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Delft. For the - specializing in uranium enrichment - British nuclear technology company Urenco, he served since 2011 as Chief Financial Officer ( CFO).
Avalanche accident in 2012
During a skiing holiday in the Austrian Lech am Arlberg Friso was killed on 17 February 2012 against 12:15 clock in an avalanche accident in the area stranded Zugertobel. Together with a friendly local hotel owner sailed Friso a slope away from the secure ski locker in the direction Zugertobel. The avalanche danger was given on this day at level 4 on the five -tier European risk scale for avalanches. In the course of departure a 30 meter wide and 40 meter long slab was thrown. While his companions could still trigger an avalanche airbag and remained so during avalanche on the surface of the snow, Friso, who had an avalanche beacon with him, was buried. Although the companion immediately alerted the emergency services and began to dig itself without aids, Friso was buried for 23 minutes at 40 cm depth. He was resuscitated for 50 minutes.
Friso was flown to the University Hospital of Innsbruck and treated there in intensive care. On February 24, was the chief physician of the Trauma ICU, Wolfgang Koller, known that when an MRI scan severe neurological damage in the brain of the Prince were noted. The prognosis for an awakening from the coma was negative in his former state of health. March 1, 2012 Friso was transferred from the University Hospital of Innsbruck in a private clinic specializing in neurological early rehabilitation in London and on 9 July 2013 the castle Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, where he died on 12 August 2013. Since he was not a member of the royal family more since his marriage, he was on 16 August 2013 under state funeral, was buried at a private ceremony at a cemetery near the Stulpkerk able Vuursche and Drakensteyn Castle.