Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)

Olympic medal record
Men's Equestrian
	1912 Stockholm	Team jumping

Prince Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl of Prussia (April 6, 1893 – April 6, 1917) was a German prince and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Prince Friedrich Karl von Preußen was born in Schloss Klein-Glienicke, Potsdam/Berlin. He was the son of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865-1931) and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952) and a grandson of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.

He was part of the German team, which was able to win a bronze medal in the equestrian team jumping event. His horse during the Olympic competition was "Gibson Boy".

He fought in World War I between 1914 and 1917. He commanded FA(A)258, but flew patrols in a single seat fighter with Jasta Boelcke whenever possible. During one such patrol on March 21, 1917 he was forced to land with a bullet in his engine and a slight wound to his foot. He landed his Albatros aircraft in no-man's land, but while running towards his own lines he was severely wounded in the back by Australian troops. He was taken into Australian war captivity where he died from his injuries on April 6, 1917 at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.

Regimental Commissions

• 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Leutnant à la suite from 1903; Leutnant by 1908.

• Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 258 (artillery aerial observer squadron), squadron commander, 1917.

Chivalric Orders

• Knight, Order of the Black Eagle, 1903

• Knight Grand Cross (with Crown), Order of the Red Eagle, 1903

• Knight, First Class, Prussian Crown Order, 1903

• Knight Grand Commander, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, ca 1903

Military Decorations (1914-1917)

• Iron Cross, Second Class

• Iron Cross, First Class

• Flugzeugführerabzeichen (Pilot’s qualification badge), ca. 1917

Ancestry

Family of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)

16. Frederick William III of Prussia 8. Prince Charles of Prussia 17. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 4. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia 18. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 9. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 19. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia 2. Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia 20. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau 10. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt 21. Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt 5. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau 22. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia 11. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia 23. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia 24. Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 12. Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 25. Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark 6. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 26. Christian-Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe 13. Countess Louise-Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe 27. Johanna Kaas of Mur 3. Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 28. Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 14. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 29. Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth 7. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 30. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen 15. Princess Feodora of Leiningen 31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

External links

• See for photograph of Prince Karl and airplane
• Information about Fliegerabteilung 258 & von Preußen