Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
| Friedrich Leopold | |
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| Prince of Prussia | |
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| Born | 14 November 1865 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 13 September 1931 (aged 65) Krojanke manor, Landkreis Flatow, West Prussia |
| Spouse | Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
| Issue | Princess Viktoria Margarete Prince Friedrich Sigismund Prince Friedrich Karl Prince Friedrich Leopold |
| House | House of Hohenzollern |
| Father | Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia |
| Mother | Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau |
| Prussian Royalty |
| House of Hohenzollern |
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| Descendants of Frederick William III |
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.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Princess Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Adelheid Ulrike | 1890 | 1923 | married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1879–1942) |
| Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund | 1891 | 1927 | married HSH Princess Marie Luise Dagmar Bathildis Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 February 1897-1 October 1938) |
| Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl | 1893 | 1917 | known as Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, fell in World War I. |
| Prince Franz Joseph Oskar Ernst Patrick Friedrich Leopold | 1895 | 1959 |
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.
Ancestry
Literature
- Zivkovic, Georg: Heer- und Flottenführer der Welt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1971 S. 427-428 ISBN 3-7648-0666-4
External links
- http://www.portrait-hille.de/genealog/tabln/HZ_Koe2.htm
- Österreichische Husaren at www.kuk-wehrmacht.de
- Kavallerie-Regiment1 at www.preussenweb.de
- Geschichte1 at www.schroederniko.de - Photo of Prinz Friedrich Leopold von Preußen
- Die Junkers F 13 at www.ju-f13.de
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- 1865 births
- 1931 deaths
- Prussian princes
- Field marshals of the German Empire
- Field marshals of Prussia
- Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- House of Hohenzollern
- People from Berlin
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
- Colonel generals of Prussia