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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and Empress Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. As heir, he was the last crown prince of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, until the abolition of the monarchy.

Wilhelm
German Crown Prince
Crown Prince of Prussia
Kronprinz Wilhelm 1. Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg
Crown Prince Wilhelm in 1913
Head of the House of Hohenzollern
Prince of Prussia
4 June 1941 – 20 July 1951
PredecessorWilhelm II
SuccessorLouis Ferdinand
Born(1882-05-06)6 May 1882
Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died20 July 1951(1951-07-20) (aged 69)
Hechingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, West Germany
Burial26 July 1951
Hohenzollern Castle, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, West Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1905)​
Issue
Full name
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst
HouseHohenzollern
FatherWilhelm II, German Emperor
MotherAugusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
ReligionLutheranism (Prussian United)

Wilhelm became crown prince at the age of six in 1888, when his grandfather Frederick III died and his father became emperor. He was crown prince for 30 years until the German Revolution. During World War I, he commanded the 5th Army from 1914 to 1916 and was commander of the Army Group German Crown Prince for the remainder of the war. After his return to Germany in 1923, he fought the Weimar Republic and campaigned for the reintroduction of the monarchy in Germany.

After his plans to become president had been blocked by his father, Wilhelm supported Adolf Hitler's rise to power, but when Wilhelm realised that Hitler had no intention of restoring the monarchy, their relationship cooled. Wilhelm became head of the House of Hohenzollern in June 1941 following the death of his father and held the position until his own death in July 1951.

Honours

German honours[1][2]
* Kingdom of Prussia:
Foreign honours[2][11]
* Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1898[12]
Foreign military appointments
  • During a visit to Russia in January 1903 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Little Russian Dragoon Regiment No. 40.[24]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Invested in Berlin on 2 March 1900 by the Duke of Veragua on behalf of King Alfonso XIII of Spain; the insignia was the same as those which were worn by the Emperor Wilhelm I)[2][18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1918), Genealogy p.1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha (1913) pp. 68–69
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in Deutsch), Berlin, 1: 5, 7, 66, 100, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
  4. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910) Großherzogliche Orden p. 40
  5. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 9
  6. ↑ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1908. Braunschweig 1908. Meyer. p. 9
  7. ↑ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 6 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Archived 6 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 17
  9. ↑ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. p. 5 – via hathitrust.org.
  10. ↑ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p. 31
  11. ↑ "Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, Kronprinz des Deutschen Reiches und von Preußen K.u.K.H." the Prussian Machine. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ↑ ""A Szent István Rend tagjai"". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010.
  13. ↑ Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in dansk). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 468. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
  14. ↑ Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1898). Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia. Unione tipografico-editrice. p. 54.
  15. ↑ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in 日本語). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 149.
  16. ↑ Journal de Monaco
  17. ↑ Norway (1908), "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), p. 869-870, retrieved 17 September 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  18. ↑ Template:Cite newspaper The Times
  19. ↑ Template:Cite newspaper The Times
  20. ↑ Boettger, T. F. "Chevaliers de la Toisón d'Or - Knights of the Golden Fleece". La Confrérie Amicale. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  21. ↑ Sveriges statskalender (in svenska), 1925, p. 807, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
  22. ↑ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 71
  23. ↑ Shaw, p. 416
  24. ↑ Template:Cite newspaper The Times
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