Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Krojanke, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia, Weimar Republic
| Friedrich Leopold | |
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 Friedrich Leopold in 1907 | |
| Born | 14 November 1865 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 13 September 1931 (aged 65) Krojanke, Kreis Flatow, West Prussia, Weimar Republic |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Princess Viktoria Margarete Prince Friedrich Sigismund Prince Friedrich Karl Prince Friedrich Leopold |
| House | 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 |
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (German: Joachim Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was the son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Viktoria Margarete Elisabeth Marie Adelheid Ulrike | 17 April 1890 | 9 September 1923 | married Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1879–1942) |
| Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund | 17 December 1891 | 6 July 1927 | married HSH Princess Marie Luise Dagmar Bathildis Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 February 1897-1 October 1938) |
| Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl | 6 April 1893 | 6 April 1917 | known as Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, fell in World War I. |
| Prince Franz Joseph Oskar Ernst Patrick Friedrich Leopold | 27 August 1895 | 27 November 1959 | Prisoner in Dachau concentration camp |
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, Jagdschloss 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.
Honours
German honours[1]
Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 November 1875; with Collar, 1884[2]
- Knight of the Royal Crown Order, 1st Class, 14 November 1875[2]
- Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 14 November 1875;[2] with Swords, 1914
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown, 12 June 1892[3]
- Iron Cross (1914), 1st Class
- Service Award Cross
Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
Anhalt:
- Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, 1882;[4] with Swords, 1914
- Friedrich Cross
Baden:[5]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1888
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1888
Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1889[6]
Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1888; with Swords, May 1906[7]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1885[8]
Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 24 May 1888[9]
Mecklenburg:
- Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- Military Merit Cross, 1st Class (Schwerin)
- Cross for Distinction in War (Strelitz)
Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 18 February 1878;[10] with Swords, 1914
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1888;[11] with Swords, 1914
Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1890[12]
Waldeck and Pyrmont: Cross of Merit for Civil and Military Performance, 1st Class
Württemberg:
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1886[13]
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order
Foreign honours[14]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1889[15]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Bulgaria:
China: Order of the Double Dragon, Class I Grade II
Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 24 May 1884[16]
Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Montenegro: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Persia: Order of the August Portrait
Portugal:
- Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
Romania:
- Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
- Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania
- Cross of Valour, 1st Class
Russia:
- Knight of St. Andrew
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Knight of the White Eagle
- Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
- Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class
- Knight of St. George, 4th Class
Serbia: Grand Cross of the White Eagle
Siam: Grand Cross of the White Elephant
Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 18 May 1907[17]
Sweden-Norway:
- Knight of the Seraphim, with Collar, 4 September 1893[18]
- Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 4 September 1893[19]
- Medal of the Order of the Sword
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 29 September 1899[20]
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia |
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