Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Spouse	Claus Felix von Amsberg
Issue
Sigrid von Amsberg Prince Claus of the Netherlands Rixa von Amsberg Margit von Amsberg Barbara von Amsberg Theda von Amsberg Christina von Amsberg
Full name
German: Gosta Julie Adelheid Marion Marie
House	Bussche-Haddenhausen
Father	Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Mother	Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg
Born	26 January 1902(1902-01-26) Döbeln, Kingdom of Saxony
Died	13 June 1996(1996-06-13) (aged 94) Hitzacker, Germany

Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (German: Freiin Julie Adelheid Marion Marie von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen; 26 January 1902 – 13 June 1996) was the mother of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, who was the Prince Consort of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, thus making her the mother-in-law of the Dutch Queen.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage 3 Life in Africa 4 Death 5 Ancestry 6 Notes and sources

Early life

Gösta was born at Döbeln, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Saxony, Germany), the second child and daughter of Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1869–1923), and his wife, Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1877–1973). Her family belonged to the Bussche-Haddenhausen branch of the Bussche family, her mother belonged to the Bussche-Ippenburg branch. Both descended from Clamor von dem Bussche (1532–1573). Her father was an officer in the Royal Saxon Army.

Marriage

Gösta married in 4 September 1924 at Hitzacker to Claus Felix von Amsberg (1890–1963), son of Wilhelm von Amsberg and Elise von Vieregge.

Together they had six daughters and one son:

• Sigrid von Amsberg (born 26 June 1925), married in 1952 to Bernd Jencquel, had issue.
• Claus von Amsberg (6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002), married in 1966 to Beatrix of the Netherlands, had issue.
• Rixa von Amsberg (18 November 1927–2010), married to Peter Ahrend
• Margit von Amsberg (16 October 1930–1988), married in 1964 to Ernst Grubitz, had issue.
• Barbara von Amsberg (born 16 October 1930), married in 1963 Günther Haarhaus, had issue.
• Theda von Amsberg (born 30 June 1939), married in 1966 to Baron Karl von Friesen, had issue.
• Christina von Amsberg (born 20 January 1945), married in 1961 to Baron Hans Hubertus von der Recke, had issue.

Life in Africa

In 1928 she moved with her family to Tanganyika (now Tanzania), where she remained during the outbreak of World War II, there her husband was manager of a German-British tea and sisal plantations. They returned to Germany in 1947.

Death

She died, aged 94, in Hitzacker, Germany.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen

16. Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen               8. Baron Ludwig von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen                       17. Baroness Dorothea Friederike of Hammerstein-Equord               4. Baron Julius von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen                             18. Ferdinand von Malortie-Bimont               9. Elise von Malortie                       19. Countess Juliane of Platen-Hallermund               2. Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen                                   20. Carl Benjamin Salviati               10. Heinrich von Salviati                       21. Helene Culemann               5. Mathilde von Salviati                             22. Wilhelm Rahlenbeck               11. Caroline Rahlenbeck                       23. Henriette Spoerel               1. Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen                                         24. Baron Otto Eberhard von dem Bussche-Ippenburg               12. Baron Clamor von dem Bussche-Ippenburg                       25. Dorothea Wilhelmine von Meltzing               6. Baron Eberhard von dem Bussche-Ippenburg                             26. Johann Conrad Michaelis               13. Amalie Dorothee Michaelis                       27. Anna Friederike Georgine Städeler               3. Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg                                   28. Maximilian Joseph von Chelius               14. Franz von Chelius                       29. Baroness Anna Maria Waldburga of Sensburg               7. Barbara Warinka von Chelius                             30. Friedrich Minet               15. Maria Anna Josephe Eleanore Minet                       31. Emma Helena Bolongaro Crevenna

Notes and sources

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Freiin Gosta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
• thePeerage.com - Gosta Freiin von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
• Die Ahnen Claus Georg von Amsberg, Limburg a.d.Lahn, 1966 , Euler, F. W., Reference: 3
• Ancestor list HRH Claus Prince of The Netherlands, 1999 and 2003, Verheecke, José, Reference: 3

Persondata
Name	Bussche-Haddenhausen, Baroness Gosta Von Dem
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	26 January 1902
Place of birth	Döbeln, Kingdom of Saxony
Date of death	13 June 1996
Place of death	Hitzacker, Germany