House of Amsberg is the name of a noble family in the German

Germany

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 lands (including the Netherlands

Netherlands

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). It is a corruption of Amtsberg a town in Germany and founded by Jürgen Amtsberg (d. 1686), master blacksmith in Schwichtenberg. There is also a place North Amsberg or Norr Amsberg

Norr Amsberg

Norr Amsberg is a locality situated in Borlänge Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 227 inhabitants in 2005. It lies around seven kilometres northwest of Borlänge....

 in Sweden

Sweden

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, named after the original one in Germany. The father of the current Crown Prince

Crown Prince

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 of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange

Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange

Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange is the eldest child of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. Since 1980 he is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He is also the head of the House of Amsberg since the death of his father in 2002. He was in military service and he studied...

 was Claus von Amsberg (who died in 2002). When William-Alexander succeeds his mother Queen Beatrix

Beatrix of the Netherlands

Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...

, the House of Amsberg will become the de facto

De facto

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ruling House of the Netherlands in the agnatic line

Patrilineality

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.

Heads of the House

This is a list of the Heads of the House of Amsberg, as well the patrilineal line of the current Dutch Royal Family:

1. Jürgen Amtsberg, ca. 1640–1686
2. Jürgen Amtsberg, 1680–1756
3. Georg Amtsberg, 1717–1772
4. August von Amsberg, 1747–1820
5. Joachim von Amsberg, 1777–1842
6. Gabriel von Amsberg, 1822–1899
7. Wilhelm von Amsberg, 1856–1929
8. Claus Felix von Amsberg
   Claus Felix von Amsberg
   Claus Felix von Amsberg was a member of the German Niederer Adel and father of Prince Claus of the Netherlands, who was the Prince Consort of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, thus making him the father-in-law of the Dutch Queen.-Early life:...
   
   , 1890–1953
9. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, 1926–2002
10. Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
    Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange
    Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange is the eldest child of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus. Since 1980 he is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He is also the head of the House of Amsberg since the death of his father in 2002. He was in military service and he studied...
    
    , b. 1967, his successor will be either one of his brothers, followed by his nephew
    Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg
    Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg , is the second child of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands and their only son...
    
    , as long as he has no male descendants.