| Prince Friso | |||||
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 Prince Friso in 2008 | |||||
| Born | 25 September 1968 University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||
| Died | 12 August 2013 (aged 44) Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands | ||||
| Burial | 16 August 2013 Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Lage Vuursche, Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Countess Luana Countess Zaria | ||||
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| House | Orange-Nassau (official) Amsberg (agnatic) | ||||
| Father | Claus von Amsberg | ||||
| Mother | Beatrix of the Netherlands | ||||
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg; 25 September 1968 – 12 August 2013) was the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg, and younger brother of King Willem-Alexander. Friso was a member of the Dutch Royal Family, but because of his marriage without an Act of Consent in 2004, he lost his membership of the Dutch Royal House and was no longer in the line of succession to the throne.
On 17 February 2012, Prince Friso was buried under an avalanche in Lech, Austria, while skiing off piste. He was taken to a hospital in Innsbruck, where he was in a critical but stable condition.[1] According to his doctor, even though he was trapped for a relatively short time and hopes had originally been higher, subsequent neurological tests showed that after fifty minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in moderate hypothermia, he suffered massive brain damage due to oxygen shortage. His initial coma later progressed to a minimally conscious state, and it was unclear whether he would ever regain full consciousness.[2][3][4] On 12 August 2013, one and a half years after the accident, Prince Friso died from complications.[5]
- ^ "Dutch Prince Johan Friso 'buried by Austria avalanche'". BBC News. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Zeer ernstig hersenletsel Friso" (in Dutch). NU. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Dutch prince 'may never regain consciousness'". AFP. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Dutch prince suffers brain damage after avalanche". CNN. 25 February 2012.
- ^ "Dutch prince dies after year in coma". BBC. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.