Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)

Henry
Prince of Prussia
Born	(1747-12-30)30 December 1747
Died	26 May 1767(1767-05-26) (aged 19)
Names Friedrich Heinrich Karl
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Prince Augustus William of Prussia
Mother	Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

For the brother of King Frederick II, see Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802). For the brother of Emperor William II, see Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929).

Frederick Henry Charles, Prince of Prussia (German: Friedrich Heinrich Karl, 30 December 1747 – 26 May 1767) was the second son of Prince Augustus William, the brother of Frederick the Great. His older brother was Frederick William II of Prussia.

Biography

In his early life, the prince received several military promotions and honours; on 16 January 1748 he became a member of the Order of the Black Eagle, and on 20 September 1764 he became captain and company commander of the 1st Battalion Guard of the Gardes du Corps. In September later that year he was raised to commander, and on 26 April 1767 he was made Major General by Frederick II.

At the age of 17, Colonel Hans von Blumenthal, commander of the Gardes du Corps, became the prince's governor. As a result, he and his brother Frederick William spent much time at the Colonel's estate at Paretz.

Prince Henry was a promising young captain in the guards and his uncle the King had high hopes for him. However, in May 1767 he was leading his cuirassier squadron to Berlin for a parade and review when he stopped at the von Kleist estate of Protzen. Here he caught smallpox and died on the 26th, to his uncle's grief.

Ancestry

Family of Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)

16. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg 8. Frederick I of Prussia 17. Luise Henriette of Nassau 4. Frederick William I of Prussia 18. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover 9. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover 19. Sophia of the Palatinate 2. Prince Augustus William of Prussia 20. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (=18) 10. George I of Great Britain 21. Sophia of the Palatinate (=19) 5. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 22. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Sophia Dorothea of Celle 23. Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse 1. Prince Henry of Prussia 24. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 25. Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg 6. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 26. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege 13. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege 27. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken 3. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 28. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Elizabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Nordborg 7. Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 30. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen 15. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen 31. Christine of Württemberg