Oskar Prince of Prussia (master master, 1959)
Oskar Michael Hans Karl Prince of Prussia (born May 6, 1959 in Bonn ) is the 37th Lord Master of the Order of St. John . In his private profession he is a media manager.
Life
He comes from the former Prussian royal house of the Hohenzollern and is the younger son of Wilhelm Karl Prince of Prussia (1922–2007) and Armgard von Veltheim (1926–2019). He has an older brother Wilhelm Karl jun. and one older sister, Donata-Viktoria.
He has been married to Auguste Zimmermann von Siefart since October 3, 1992, who was born in Amsterdam on May 16, 1962 . The couple have three children together: their son Oskar Julius Alvo Carlos Prince of Prussia (* 1993), their daughter Wilhelmine Princess of Prussia (* 1995) and Albert Burchard Carl Marcus Nikolaus Prince of Prussia (* 1998).
Prince of Prussia was in 1995 at the Free University of Berlin Dr. phil. PhD . As managing director of Discovery Channel Betriebs GmbH Germany, he was responsible for establishing the globally successful documentary film brand Discovery also in German-speaking countries. He accompanied the development of the ARD / ZDF children's channel as a founding agent. Under the umbrella of Burda New Media, he was responsible for founding numerous European joint ventures in the new media sector. In the “post-reunification era” he set up private radio stations in the new federal states for AVE Radioholding (the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group ) and became a member of the board of directors of the IBF Institute.
In 1999, the Prince of Prussia succeeded his father in the office of Lord Master of the Brandenburg Ballei of the Order of St. John, which is the German branch of the Order. The Grand Prior of the Order of Saint John in the Commonwealth , the British Prince Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and the late Land Commander of the Order of St. John in the Netherlands, Prince Bernhard , and the High Patron of the Swedish Order of St. John, King Carl XVI. Gustaf , are distant relatives.
Awards
In May 2018, Prince of Prussia was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit with a Star.
Fonts
- Wilhelm II and the United States of America: On the history of his ambivalent relationship. Dissertation. Free University of Berlin 1995. Ars Una, Neuried 1997, ISBN 3-89391-058-1 .
literature
- Heinrich Freiherr von Massenbach: The Hohenzollern then and now. 17th edition. Bonn 2004.
- Wolfgang Stribrny: The Order of St. John and the House of Hohenzollern. Niederweisel 2004 (= series of publications of the Hess. Genossenschaft des Johanniterordens, issue 24).
Web links
- Literature by and about Oskar Prince of Prussia in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the House of Hohenzollern
- Website of the "IBF Institute for Occupational Research Corporate Planning Media eV"
- Videocast interview with Oskar Prince of Prussia on BibelTV
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the IBF Institute
- ↑ Knight's Day in Hungary . In: Johanniter [live] . May 24, 2018 ( johanniter.de [accessed July 13, 2018]).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Karl of Prussia |
Master of the Balley Brandenburg of the Order of St. John since 1999 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prussia, Prince Oskar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prussia, Oskar Michael Hans Karl Prince von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 37. Lord Master of the Order of St. John |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |