William, Prince of Hohenzollern
William | |||||
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Prince of Hohenzollern | |||||
Head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern | |||||
Tenure | 8 June 1905 – 22 October 1927 | ||||
Predecessor | Leopold | ||||
Successor | Frederick | ||||
Born | Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia | 7 March 1864||||
Died | 22 October 1927 Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, Germany | (aged 63)||||
Spouse |
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Issue | Augusta Victoria, Queen of Portugal Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Francis Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden | ||||
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House | Hohenzollern | ||||
Father | Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern | ||||
Mother | Infanta Antónia of Portugal |
William, Prince of Hohenzollern[citation needed] (German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt Fürst von Hohenzollern[citation needed]) (7 March 1864 in Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf[citation needed] – 22 October 1927 in Sigmaringen[citation needed]) was the eldest son[citation needed] of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal.[citation needed]
William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania. His maternal first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal, Albert I of Belgium, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.
Between 1880 and 1886, William was heir presumptive to the Romanian throne. On 20 December 1886, he renounced his rights to the throne in favor of his brother Ferdinand.[1][2]
Family
On 27 June 1889, William married Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[citation needed] Her parents were Prince Louis, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria. Louis was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. William and Maria Teresa had three children:[citation needed]
- Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (19 August 1890 – 29 August 1966). Married first Manuel II of Portugal and secondly Robert, Count Douglas.
- Prince Frederick Victor of Hohenzollern (30 August 1891 – 6 February 1965). Married Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony. She was a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.
- Prince Francis Joseph of Hohenzollern, adopted the title Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden (30 August 1891 – 3 April 1964). He married Princess Maria Alix of Saxony, also a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.
William succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June 1905. Maria Teresa died on 1 May 1909.
On 20 January 1915, Wilhelm married secondly Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria. She was a daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. There were no children from this marriage.
William's title was effectively abolished[3] with the collapse of the German Empire. He continued to use his princely surname, which was permitted by the constitution.
Romanian succession
On 22 November 1880, William's father, Prince Leopold, renounced his rights to the succession of the principality of Romania[4] in favour of his sons.
Having become familiar with the situation in Romania, the 22-year-old William renounced all rights to the succession of the kingdom (since 1881) of Romania by a letter in French dated on 20 December 1886.[1]
In 1914, upon the death of king Carol I of Romania, William's next brother Ferdinand succeeded in Romania.
Honours
- German decorations[5]
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
- Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar[6]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
- Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Iron Cross, 1st Class
- Military Honor Medal
- Red Cross Medal, 1st Class in Gold
- Anhalt:
- Baden:
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1884[8]
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, with Golden Collar, 1884[8]
- Grand Cross of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
- Bavaria:
- Knight of St. Hubert, 1905[9]
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order, with Swords
- Brunswick:
- Grand Cross of Henry the Lion
- War Service Cross
- Ernestine duchies:
- Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1887;[10] with Swords, 1914
- Duke Ernst Medal with Crown (Altenburg)
- Cross for Merit in War (Meiningen)
- Hesse and by Rhine:
- Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order
- Medal of Bravery
- Mecklenburg:
- Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- Gold Military Merit Cross (Schwerin)
- Cross for Distinction in War, 1st Class (Strelitz)
- Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Collar and Crown
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
- Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown[6]
- Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, with Swords
- Foreign decorations[11]
- Kingdom of Romania:
- Austria-Hungary:[12]
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Principality of Bulgaria: Grand Cross of St. Alexander
- Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
- Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 28 October 1913[13]
- Holy See: Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion[6]
- Ottoman Empire: Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class
- Kingdom of Portugal:
- Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, with Collar
- Russian Empire: Knight of St. Andrew[6]
- Spain:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar, 1907[14]
- Grand Cross of Military Merit
- French Tunisia: Grand Cordon of the Order of Glory
- United Kingdom: Bailiff Grand Cross of St. John (expelled in 1915)
Ancestry
Ancestors of William, Prince of Hohenzollern |
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References
- ^ a b Renunciation letter of Guillaume de Hohenzollern, in French, dated on 20 December 1886
- ^ (in French) Gheorghe Bengescu (1907)- Bibliographie franco-roumaine depuis le commencement du XIXe siècle jusqu'à nos jours.
- ^ "Weimar Constitution of 1919". Cornell University. July 12, 2020.
- ^ Renunciation letter of Leopold de Hohenzollern, in French, dated on 22 November 1880"
- ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1918), Genealogy p.6
- ^ a b c d Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha 1922 (1922) p. 77
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtums Anhalt (1894), "Herzogliche Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
- ^ a b Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. 9
- ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46
- ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preussischen Hof und Staat, 1908, p. 5
- ^ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, pp. 51, 55, 74, retrieved 5 July 2020
- ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 58.
- ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1910. p. 160. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.
- Princes of Hohenzollern
- Members of the Prussian House of Lords
- Nobility from Düsseldorf
- People from the Rhine Province
- Generals of Infantry (Prussia)
- 1864 births
- 1927 deaths
- Recipients of the House Order of Hohenzollern, Honor Cross
- Grand Commanders of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Recipients of the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Grand crosses of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
- Grand Crosses of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Recipients of the Order of Henry the Lion
- Knights of the Order of Saint Hubert
- Knights Grand Cross of the Ludwigsorden
- Grand Crosses of the House Order of the Wendish Crown
- Grand Crosses of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis
- Recipients of the Order of the White Falcon
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Star of Romania
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Carol I
- Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Alexander (Bulgaria)
- Recipients of the Order of the Redeemer
- Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Aviz
- Grand Crosses of Military Merit