Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia

Friedrich Leopold
Prince of Prussia
Born(1865-11-14)14 November 1865
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died13 September 1931(1931-09-13) (aged 65)
Krojanke, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia, Weimar Republic
SpousePrincess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
IssuePrincess Viktoria Margarete
Prince Friedrich Sigismund
Prince Friedrich Karl
Prince Friedrich Leopold
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
MotherPrincess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William III
Great Grandchildren
Princess Marie
Elisabeth Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Princess Anna Victoria
Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Friedrich Leopold
Prince Friedrich Heinrich
Prince Joachim Albert
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm

Joachim Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold Prinz von Preußen (14 November 1865 in Berlin – 13 September 1931 Krojanke manor, Landkreis Flatow, Posen-West Prussia) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854.

Family

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.

NameBirthDeathNotes
Princess Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Adelheid Ulrike17 April 18909 September 1923married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1879–1942)
Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund17 December 18916 July 1927married HSH Princess Marie Luise Dagmar Bathildis Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 February 1897-1 October 1938)
Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl6 April 18936 April 1917known as Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, fell in World War I.
Prince Franz Joseph Oskar Ernst Patrick Friedrich Leopold27 August 189527 November 1959Prisoner in Dachau concentration camp

Military career

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

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 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

He received the following orders and decorations:

German honours[1]

Foreign honours[10]

Ancestry

Literature
  • Zivkovic, Georg: Heer- und Flottenführer der Welt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1971 S. 427-428 ISBN 3-7648-0666-4

References
  1. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen (1918), Genealogy p. 4
  2. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
  3. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 63, 77
  4. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1906), "Königliche-Orden" p. 9
  5. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1908. Braunschweig 1908. Meyer. p. 9
  6. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46
  7. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg0: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 34.
  8. Staatshandbuch ... Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16
  9. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" pp. 28
  10. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen (1908), Genealogy p. 3
  11. "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1898). Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia. Unione tipografico-editrice. p. 54.
  13. "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1930. p. 221. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  14. Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 440, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
  15. Anton Anjou (1900). "Utländske Riddare". Riddare af Konung Carl XIII:s orden: 1811–1900: biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish). p. 179.
  16. The London Gazette, issue 27125, p. 6114
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