Pim Lier

Albrecht Willem "Pim" Lier (22 July 1918 – 9 April 2015) was a Dutch lawyer and jurist. He became well known in 1979 when he was revealed to be the illegitimate son of Prince Henry, the husband of Queen Wilhelmina. This made him a paternal half-brother of Queen Juliana and the half-uncle of Queen Beatrix.^[2]

Pim Lier
Born	Albrecht Willem Lier (1918-07-22)July 22, 1918 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	April 9, 2015(2015-04-09) (aged 96)^[1] Almelo, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, jurist
Known for	Illegitimate son of Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Title	Master of Laws
Political party	Centre Party
Criminal charge	Murder
Criminal penalty	4 ½ years
Criminal status	Released
Spouse	Petra de Vries ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 1986)​
Parents	Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (father) Mien Abbo-Wenneker (mother)
Relatives	Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (half-sister) Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (half-niece)

He became a member of the Centre Party in 1984 and served as chairman until 1986 when he defected from the Centre Party to join the Centre Democrats.

On 18 December 1986 he shot his wife due to her terminal illness. He served four and a half years in prison for murder.^[3]

References

1. Pim Lier's obituary (in Dutch)
2. "Het bewijs is er: Almeloër Pim Lier wás zoon van prins Hendrik". www.tubantia.nl. Retrieved 2020-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. (in Dutch) Het buitenechtelijk kind van 'das Gepäck' prins Hendrik, Trouw, August 26, 2011

Party political offices
Preceded by Nico Konst	Party chair of the Centre Party 1985-1986	Succeeded by Danny Segers