Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
Prince Adalbert | |||||
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Prince Adalbert of Prussia | |||||
Born | Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Prussia | 14 July 1884||||
Died | 22 September 1948 La Tour de Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland | (aged 64)||||
Burial | 26 September 1948 | ||||
Spouse | Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Issue | Princess Victoria Marina Prince Wilhelm Victor | ||||
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House | Hohenzollern | ||||
Father | Wilhelm II, German Emperor | ||||
Mother | Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein |
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Wilhelm II |
Prince Adalbert of Prussia (Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor; 14 July 1884, in Potsdam, Germany – 22 September 1948, in La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland) was the third son of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany by his first wife, Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
Marriage and Issue
He married Princess Adelheid "Adi" of Saxe-Meiningen (16 August 1891 – 25 April 1971) on 3 August 1914 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and had three children, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson:
- Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (stillborn, 4 September 1915)
- Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (11 September 1917 – 21 January 1981) she married Kirby Patterson (24 July 1907–4 June 1984)[1] on 26 September 1947. They have three children and one grandson:
- Berengar Orin Bernhard Kirby Patterson (21 August 1948-18 May 2011) he married Pamela Knight in 1994.
- Marina Adelaide Emily Patterson (21 August 1948-10 January 2011) she married John Engel on 24 September 1982. They have one son:
- William John Engel (17 February 1983)
- Dohna Maria Patterson (7 August 1954) she married Stephen Pearl on 28 July 1974.
- Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (15 February 1919 – 7 February 1989), he married at Donaueschingen on 20 July 1944 Marie Antoinette, Countess of Hoyos (Hohenthurm, 27 June 1920 – Marbella, 1 March 2004). They have two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Kaiserliche Marine
- Leutnant zur See (Ensign / Acting Sub-Lieutenant)
- Oberleutnant zur See (Lieutenant, Junior Grade / Sub-Lieutenant), before 1905 through at least 1908
- Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant) on staff in SMS Kaiser, 1914
- Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander) in command of SMS Danzig, 1917
- Fregattenkapitän (Commander) in command of SMS Dresden 1918.
Regimental Commissions[2]
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) à la suite 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Potsdam, 1894
- à la suite, Grenadierregiment König Friedrich der Große (3. Ostpreussisches) Nr. 4
- à la suite, 1. Gardegrenadierlanwehrregiment (1st Reserve Regiment of Grenadier Guards)
Chivalric Orders[2]
- Knight, Order of the Black Eagle with Chain (Prussia)
- Knight Grand Cross (with Crown), Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
- Knight, First Class, Order of the Prussian Crown
- Grand Commander, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Honour Cross, First Class, Princely House Order of Hohenzollern
- Knight, First Class (with Crown in ore), House Order of the Wendish Crown (Grand Duchies of Mechlenburg)
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of the White Falcon (Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
- House Order of Fidelity (Baden)
- Hanseatic Cross (Bremen)
- Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order (Hesse)
- Grand Cross with golden crown of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
- Friedrich August Cross, 1st class
- Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony)
- Grand Cross of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Saxon Duchies)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown with Swords (Württemberg)
- Knight, Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, Kingdom of Italy
- Knight, First Class, Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands)
- Knight Grand Cross, Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, Empire of Austria-Hungary
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of Tower and Sword, Portugal
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Romanian Crown, Kingdom of Romania
- Knight, Order of Saint Andrew, the First Called, Imperial Russia
- Knight, (star with diamonds) Nichan Iftikhar (Order of Glory, Ottoman Empire) - 21 October 1901 - during the visit to Istanbul of SMS Charlotte, where he served[3]
- Knight, First Class (Star with diamonds), Order of Osmanieh (Ottoman Empire)
- Knight First Class, Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Sultanate of Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Military Decorations
- Gold and silver Imtiyaz Medals (Privilege, Ottoman Empire)
- Gold Liakat Medal (Merit, Ottoman Empire) - 21 October 1901 - during the visit to Istanbul of SMS Charlotte, where he served[3]
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class, Imperial Germany / Kingdom of Prussia
Ancestry
Notes
- ^ Kirby William Patterson, thepeerage.com, 2002. Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Schench, G. Handbuch über den Königlich Preuβischen Hof und Staat fur das Jahr 1908. Berlin, Prussia, 1907.
- ^ a b "Court circular". The Times. No. 36593. London. 23 October 1901. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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- Knights Grand Cross of the Ludwigsorden
- Grand Crosses of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis
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