Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia (politician)
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Karl Ernst Alexander Heinrich of Prussia (* July 12, 1880 at Kamenz Castle ; † March 9, 1925 in Weißer Hirsch , Dresden ) was a Prussian politician and a member of the House of Hohenzollern .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm was the youngest son of the Prussian Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1837–1906) and his wife Marie von Sachsen-Altenburg (1854–1898).
Like all born princes of the royal house, Friedrich Wilhelm received the rank of lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot at the age of 10, but without initially doing active service with the troops. He studied in Bonn and became a member of the Corps Borussia there in 1899 . Before the First World War he resided in Kamenz Castle.
In the First World War he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and most recently he stood on foot as Major General à la suite of the 1st Guard Regiment. In 1911 he was appointed district administrator of the Frankenstein district in Frankenstein in what was then the Prussian province of Silesia . He held this office for seven years until 1918.
He was interested in the sciences, literature and music. In 1908, 1910 and 1913 he was the patron of the first three East Prussian music festivals in Königsberg (Prussia) . 1909 until his death he was president of the academy of non-profit science in Erfurt . Friedrich Wilhelm was an honorary doctor of the Philosophical Faculty of the Albertus University in Königsberg .
Marriage and offspring
He married on June 8, 1910 in Potsdam Agatha zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Princess of Ratibor and Corvey (1888-1960), daughter of Duke Victor II. Amadeus of Ratibor . He had four children with her:
- Marie Therese Princess of Prussia (1911-2005)
- ⚭ 1932 Rudolf Hug (1885–1972)
- Luise Henriette Princess of Prussia (1912–1973)
- ⚭ 1936 Wilhelm Schmalz (1901–1983)
- Marianne Princess of Prussia (1913–1983)
- ⚭ 1933 Wilhelm Prince of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1905–1942), fallen
- Elisabeth Princess of Prussia (1919–1961)
- ⚭ 1948 Heinz Mees (1918–1994)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Peter Schmidt: Silesia and Prussia. Schweitzerhaus Verlag 2010, p. 113.
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19/719
- ↑ Hans-Peter Schmidt, op.cit., P. 114.
- ↑ Handbook on the Royal Prussian Court and State for 1918. Berlin 1918. S. 5.
Alexander Groschke (1852–1871) | Valerian Held (1871–1902) | Karl Freiherr Schirndinger von Schirnding (1902–1911) | Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia (1911–1918) | Adolf von Thielmann (1918–1932) | Paul Pietsch (1932–1933) | Georg Horstmann (1933–1934) | Hermann Ercklentz (1934–1944) | Otto Ulrich Bährens (1944–1945)
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| SURNAME | Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Karl Ernst Alexander Heinrich of Prussia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian politician and member of the House of Hohenzollern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kamenz Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1925 |
| Place of death | White deer , Dresden |