Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm was born at Kamenz Palace in Kamenz, Kingdom of Prussia, (now Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Poland) youngest child of Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906), (son of Prince Albert of Prussia and Princess Marianne of the Netherlands) and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854–1898), (daughter of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau). He was great-grandson of King Frederick William III of Prussia and King William I of the Netherlands. He was second cousin of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

During his youth, he spent time in Berlin, also at his grandmother's Reinhartshausen Castle in Erbach and in Brunswick, where his father served as regent. A few years later he studied law at the University of Bonn, where he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. His main interests were in literature and music.Mark Gaworski, Palace in Kamieniec Ząbkowickim. Architecture and owners, 2009, p. 106

After marriage, the Prince lived with his wife in Rudy. In 1912, was elected Landrat of Frankenstein District, where it remained until 1918, until the abolition of the German monarchy and the establishment of the Weimar Republic. Previously, he participated actively in hostilities during the First World War, for which he was promoted to the rank of major general. Much of the time he traveled through Europe and the world, sometimes in important diplomatic missions, representing Emperor Wilhelm II. Sensing the fall of the monarchy in Germany, at the end of the war, he took up for discussion and exchange views with university professors on the reconstruction of the existing system of government, proposing the introduction of a constitutional monarchy modeled on the form of government of the United Kingdom.

In 1918, he was considered for the office of the King of Finland. However, his wife's Catholicism prevented this, and the Finns chose Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (who was Lutheran as was his wife) instead.

After the war and the establishment of the republic in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm became involved with the monarchists, proposing the restoration of the German Empire. He was determined to take over the role of regent until the heir to the throne reached the age of majority. He died in 1925, aged 44 in Weisser Hirsch, a residential district in Dresden.

Friedrich Wilhelm married 8 June 1910 at Potsdam to Princess Agathe Charlotte Pauline Marie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1888–1960), daughter of Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, and his wife, Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt.

They had four daughters:

• Princess Marie Therese of Prussia (2 May 1911– 3 January 2005), married in 1932 to Aloys Rudolph Hug, had issue.
• Princess Luise Henriette of Prussia (21 July 1912 – 12 October 1973), married in 1936 to Wilhelm Schmalz, had issue.
• Princess Marianne of Prussia (23 August 1913 – 1 March 1983), married in 1933 to Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, had issue.
• Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (9 February 1919 – 24 August 1961), married in 1948 to Heinz Mees, no issue.

He received the following decorations:[http://dlibra.bibliotekaelblaska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=53802 Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat] (1918), Genealogy p. 5

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• {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} Kingdom of Prussia:
• Knight of the Black Eagle, 12 July 1890;{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)|journal=Preussische Ordens-Liste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=11&skin=2021 5], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=76&skin=2021 70], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=114&skin=2021 108]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1886|via=hathitrust.org}} with Collar, 17 January 1899{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|journal=Preussische Ordens-Liste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=259&skin=2021 5]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1895|via=hathitrust.org}}
• Knight of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, 12 July 1890
• Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 12 July 1890
• Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown, 12 June 1892{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)|journal=Preussische Ordens-Liste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878823&view=1up&seq=433&skin=2021 7]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1886|via=hathitrust.org}}
• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class
• Merit Cross for War Aid
• {{flagicon|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen}} Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class
• {{flagicon|Anhalt}} Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear
• {{flag|Baden}}: Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1905Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1881289 p. 41]
• {{flag|Brunswick}}: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion
• {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
• {{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Lippe.svg}} Lippe-Detmold: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class with Golden Crown
• {{Flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg}} Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
• {{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Reuß ältere Linie.svg}} {{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie.svg}} Reuss: Cross of Honour with Crown
• {{flag|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach}}: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
• {{flag|Schaumburg-Lippe}}: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Schaumburg-Lippe, 1st Class

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|2= 2. Prince Albert of Prussia

|3= 3. Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

|4= 4. Prince Albert of Prussia

|5= 5. Princess Marianne of the Netherlands

|6= 6. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

|7= 7. Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau

|8= 8. Frederick William III of Prussia

|9= 9. Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|10= 10. William I of the Netherlands

|11= 11. Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia

|12= 12. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

|13= 13. Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

|14= 14. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt

|15= 15. Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

|16= 16. Frederick William II of Prussia

|17= 17. Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

|18= 18. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|19= 19. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

|20= 20. William V, Prince of Orange

|21= 21. Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia

|22= 22. Frederick William II of Prussia (= 16)

|23= 23. Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 17)

|24= 24. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

|25= 25. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|26= 26. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

|27= 27. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

|28= 28. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

|29= 29. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

|30= 30. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

|31= 31. Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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• L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: vol V page 242
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: page 298.

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