Karl Franz Josef of Prussia

Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard Paul, Prince of Prussia

Son of Joachim, Prince of Prussia (1890-1920) and his wife Marie Auguste, Princess of Anhalt (1898-1983)

Born: Potsdam 15. Dec 1916

Married:

1. (civ) Doorn 1. Oct 1940 and (rel) Berlin 5. Oct 1940 (div. 1946) Henriette, Princess von Schönaich-Carolath (1918-1972), daughter of Hermine von Schönaich-Carolat, herself the second wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, Karl Franz Josef’s grandfather
2. Hamburg 6. Nov 1946 (div. 1959) Luise Dora Hartmann (Hamburg 5. Sept 1909 – Hamburg 23. Apr 1961), daughter of Max Hartmann and Dora Wandel
3. Lima, Peru 20. Jul 1959 Eva Maria Herrera-Valdeavellano (Lima 10. Jun 1922 – Lima 6. Mar 1987), daughter of Norberto Herrera-Carrazco and Juana Valdeavellano-Otero

Issue by first marriage:

• Franz Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1943) m. 1976 (div. 1986) Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1953)
• Friedrich Christian, Prince of Prussia (1943-1943)
• Franz Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1944) m. 1970 (div. 1996) Gudrun Winkler (1949); m. 1998 Susann Genske (1964)

Issue by third marriage:

• Alexandra, Princess of Prussia (1960) m. 1989 (div. 1992) Juan Diego Martinez Lercari (1953); m. 1995 Alberto Reboa Devoto (1952)
• Desirée, Princess of Prussia (1961) m. 1983 Juan Carlos Gamarra y Skeels (1954)

Died: Arica, Chile 22. Jan 1975

  

  

GHdA, Fürsten I, Vol X 1978;  Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997