Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
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| Friedrich Leopold | |
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| Prince of Prussia | |
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| Born | 14 November 1865 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 13 September 1931 (aged 65) Krojanke, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia, Weimar Republic |
| Spouse | Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| Issue | Princess Viktoria Margarete Prince Friedrich Sigismund Prince Friedrich Karl Prince Friedrich Leopold |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia |
| Mother | Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau |
| Prussian Royalty |
| House of Hohenzollern |
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| Descendants of Frederick William III |
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (German: Joachim Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854.
Family
[edit]On 24 June 1889, he married in Berlin Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (8 April 1866 in Kiel – 28 April 1952 in Bad Nauheim), a sister of Empress Auguste Viktoria, wife of Emperor Wilhelm II.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Princess Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Adelheid Ulrike | 17 April 1890 | 9 September 1923 | married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1879–1942) |
| Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund | 17 December 1891 | 6 July 1927 | married HSH Princess Marie Luise Dagmar Bathildis Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 February 1897-1 October 1938) |
| Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl | 6 April 1893 | 6 April 1917 | known as Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, fell in World War I. |
| Prince Franz Joseph Oskar Ernst Patrick Friedrich Leopold | 27 August 1895 | 27 November 1959 | Prisoner in Dachau concentration camp |
Military career
[edit]At age 10 in 1875 Kadett, in 1885 Premierlieutnant (Oberleutnant), 1888 Rittmeister (Hauptmann), 1890 Major and 1893 Oberst.
In the same year promoted to Generalmajor, commander of the Gardes du Corps, a Cuirassiers regiment of the 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade. Colonel-in-Chief of the Austrian k.u.k. Husarenregimentes Nr. 2 Friedrich Leopold, Prinz von Preußen (since 17. April 1742).
1898 Generalleutnant, leader of Kavallerieinspektion Potsdam. In 1902 General der Kavallerie. Served during Russian-Japanese War (1904–1905) as counselor in the Russian HQ. 1907 Generalinspektor of the Army, 10 September 1910 Generaloberst.
Other
[edit]Prinz Friedrich Leopold was the last patron of the Prussian freemasons from the House of Hohenzollern. A member since 1889 in "Friedrich Wilhelm zur Morgenröte", in 1894 he became patron of all three lodges. During the November Revolution 1918, he hoisted a red flag on his hunting lodge, Jagdschloss Glienicke, near Berlin.
He also owned a large manor at Krojanke, after 1918 located in Posen-West Prussia. On 21 June 1924, possession was confirmed by the Reichsgericht. He died there in 1931.
Honours
[edit]German honours[1]
Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 November 1875; with Collar, 1884[2]
- Knight of the Royal Crown Order, 1st Class, 14 November 1875[2]
- Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 14 November 1875;[2] with Swords, 1914
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown, 12 June 1892[3]
- Iron Cross (1914), 1st Class
- Service Award Cross
Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
Anhalt:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, 1882;[4] with Swords, 1914
- Friedrich Cross
Baden:[5]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1888
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1888
Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1889[6]
Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1888; with Swords, May 1906[7]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1885[8]
Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 24 May 1888[9]
Mecklenburg:
- Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- Military Merit Cross, 1st Class (Schwerin)
- Cross for Distinction in War (Strelitz)
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 18 February 1878;[10] with Swords, 1914
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1888;[11] with Swords, 1914
Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1890[12]
Waldeck and Pyrmont: Cross of Merit for Civil and Military Performance, 1st Class
Württemberg:
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1886[13]
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order
Foreign honours[14]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1889[15]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Bulgaria:
China: Order of the Double Dragon, Class I Grade II
Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 24 May 1884[16]
Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Montenegro: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Persia: Order of the August Portrait
Portugal:
- Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
Romania:
- Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
- Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania
- Cross of Valour, 1st Class
Russia:
- Knight of St. Andrew
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Knight of the White Eagle
- Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
- Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class
- Knight of St. George, 4th Class
Serbia: Grand Cross of the White Eagle
Siam: Grand Cross of the White Elephant
Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 18 May 1907[17]
Sweden-Norway:
- Knight of the Seraphim, with Collar, 4 September 1893[18]
- Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 4 September 1893[19]
- Medal of the Order of the Sword
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 29 September 1899[20]
Ancestry
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Literature
[edit]- Zivkovic, Georg: Heer- und Flottenführer der Welt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1971 S. 427–428 ISBN 3-7648-0666-4
References
[edit]- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen (1918), Genealogy p. 4
- ^ a b c "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 7, 554, 935, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 7, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 63, 77
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1906), "Königliche-Orden" p. 9
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1908. Braunschweig 1908. Meyer. p. 9
- ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46
- ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg0: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 34.
- ^ Staatshandbuch ... Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16 Archived 6 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. p. 4 – via hathitrust.org.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" pp. 28
- ^ Rangliste de Königlich Preußischen Armee (in German), Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn, 1914, p. 409 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1898). Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia. Unione tipografico-editrice. p. 54.
- ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1930. p. 221. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 440, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
- ^ Anton Anjou (1900). "Utländske Riddare". Riddare af Konung Carl XIII:s orden: 1811–1900: biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish). Eksjö, Eksjö tryckeri-aktiebolag. p. 179.
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 27125, p. 6114
External links
[edit]- http://www.portrait-hille.de/genealog/tabln/HZ_Koe2.htm Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Österreichische Husaren at www.kuk-wehrmacht.de
- Kavallerie-Regiment1 at www.preussenweb.de
- Geschichte1 at www.schroederniko.de – Photo of Prinz Friedrich Leopold von Preußen
- Die Junkers F 13 at www.ju-f13.de
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