Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)

{{About|the Prince Waldemar born in 1889|his uncle of the same name born in 1868|Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)}}

{{Infobox royalty

| image = Prince Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich of, Germany.jpg

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|3|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|5|2|1889|3|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Tutzing, Bavaria, Nazi Germany

| burial_date = 5 May 1945

| burial_place = Erbach, Hesse, Germany

| full name = {{langx|de|Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor}}
{{langx|en|Waldemar William Louis Frederick Victor}}

| father = Prince Henry of Prussia

| mother = Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine

| spouse = {{marriage|Princess Calixta of Lippe|14 August 1919}}

|Daughter = Princess Marie Amelie of Prussia and Hesse

| house = Hohenzollern

}}

Prince Waldemar William Louis Frederick Victor of Prussia ({{langx|de|Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor Heinrich}}; 20 March 1889 at Kiel – 2 May 1945 at Tutzing, Bavaria) was the eldest son of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine.

Biography

File:Prince Heinrich of Prussia with family.jpg

=Marriage=

Waldemar married Princess Calixta of Lippe (14 October 1895 – 15 December 1982) on 14 August 1919 at Hemmelmark.{{cite web

|url = http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/c_body.htm

|title = Calixta of Lippe – (1895–1982), German princess consort of Prussia

|publisher = A Bit Of History

|access-date = 29 September 2010

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110715193631/http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/c_body.htm

|archive-date = 15 July 2011

}}

=Haemophilia and death=

Waldemar, like his maternal first cousin, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia; maternal uncle Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine; and youngest brother Henry, had haemophilia. He died in a clinic in Tutzing, Bavaria because of a lack of blood transfusion facilities. He and his wife fled their home in light of the Russian advance, arriving in Tutzing, where Waldemar was able to receive his last blood transfusion.{{cite web |url=http://www.baronage.co.uk/nl/nl-02-02.htm |title=The Feudal Herald |publisher=Pegasus Associates and The Baronage Press |access-date=29 September 2010 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506190814/http://www.baronage.co.uk/nl/nl-02-02.htm |url-status=dead }} The U.S. Army overran the area the next day, on 1 May 1945, and diverted all medical resources to treat nearby concentration camp victims, preventing Waldemar's doctor from treating him. Waldemar died the following day, on 2 May.

Honours and awards

Prince Waldemar received the following awards:[http://dlibra.bibliotekaelblaska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=53802 Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat] (1918), Genealogy p.3

50px Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar (Kingdom of Prussia)
50px Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown (Kingdom of Prussia)
50px Knight of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class (Kingdom of Prussia)
50px Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Kingdom of Prussia)
50px Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class (House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
50px Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1909 (Grand Duchy of Baden)Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1881289 p. 41]
50px Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 19 March 1910 (Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine){{citation|title=Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste|chapter=Ludewigs-orden|page=6|language=German|location=Darmstadt|year=1914|publisher=Staatsverlag|via=hathitrust.org}}
50px Knight of the Rue Crown (Kingdom of Saxony)
50px Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 6 May 1912 (Empire of Japan){{cite book|author=刑部芳則|title=明治時代の勲章外交儀礼|url=http://meijiseitoku.org/pdf/f54-5.pdf|year=2017|publisher=明治聖徳記念学会紀要|language=ja|page=150}}
50px Grand Cross of St. Alexander, with Swords, 1916 (Kingdom of Bulgaria){{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BASA-3K-2-123-134-Recipients_of_the_Bulgarian_Order_of_Saint_Alexander,_1912-1935.JPG|title = Български: Азбучник на ордена "Свети Александър", 1912-1935 г., XIII том}}