Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, Prince of Prussia and German Crown Prince

Son of Wilhelm II. German Emperor (1859-1941) and his first wife Auguste Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921)

Born: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, 6. May 1882

Married: Royal Palace, Berlin, 6. Jun 1905: Cecile, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954)

Issue:

• Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1906-1940) m. 1933 Dorothea v. Salviati (1907-1972)
• Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994) m. 1938 Kira Kirillovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1909-1967)
• Hubertus, Prince of Prussia (1909-1950) m. 1941 (div. 1943) Maria Freiin von Humboldt-Dachroeden (1916-2003); m.1943 Magdalena, Princess Reuss (1920)
• Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1911-1966) m. 1945 Lady Brigid Guinness (1920-1995)
• Alexandrine, Princess of Prussia (1915-1980)
• Cecilie, Princess of Russia (1917-1975) m. 1949 Clyde Kenneth Harris (1918-1958)

Died: Hechingen, 20. Jul 1951 of a heart attack

Buried: Hohenzollern Castle

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; GHdA, Fürsten I, Vol XIV 1991; Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997