Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen 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 former Dutch Queen.
Background
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).
Career
She is also the paternal grandmother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch King. 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.
She was second cousin of Dorothea von Salviati (wife of Kronprinz Wilhelm"s eldest son Prince Wilhelm of Prussia), both being great-grand-daughters of Heinrich von Salviati and Caroline Rahlenbeck. They returned to Germany in 1947.
She died, aged 94, in Hitzacker, Germany.