| Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia | |||||
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.jpg) Eitel Friedrich as captain of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, Potsdam, in 1914 | |||||
| Born | (1883-07-07)7 July 1883 Marmorpalais,Potsdam,Prussia,German Empire | ||||
| Died | 8 December 1942(1942-12-08) (aged 59) Potsdam,Brandenburg,Nazi Germany | ||||
| Burial | 12 December 1942 | ||||
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| House | Hohenzollern | ||||
| Father | Wilhelm II, German Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism (Prussian United) | ||||
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Prince Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl of Prussia (7 July 1883 – 8 December 1942) was the second son ofEmperor Wilhelm II of Germany by his first wife, PrincessAugusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. He was born and died inPotsdam, Germany.
Prince Eitel Friedrich was born on 7 July 1883 as the second son of the thenPrince Wilhelm of Prussia, and his first wife, PrincessAugusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He was born in theMarmorpalais ofPotsdam in theProvince of Brandenburg, where his parents resided until his father acceded to the throne as Emperor Wilhelm II in 1888. He spent his childhood with his siblings at theNew Palace, also inPotsdam, and his school days with his brothers at thePrinzenhaus inPlön in his mother's ancestralSchleswig-Holstein.
On 27 February 1906, Prince Eitel marriedDuchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (2 February 1879Oldenburg – 29 March 1964Westerstede) in Berlin. They were divorced on 20 October 1926 on the grounds of her adultery before the war. They had no children.
In 1907, it was reported that Member of theReichstag Otto Arendt had proposed the elevation ofAlsace-Lorraine to agrand duchy within the empire, with Eitel Friedrich as monarch; however, while the Kaiser did express interest, ultimately nothing came of the plan.[1]
Raised at the cadet corps ofPlön Castle, Prince Eitel was in the front line from the beginning of World War I and was wounded atBapaume, where he commanded the Prussian First Foot Guards. He temporarily relinquished command to CountHans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, but returned to duty before the end of the year. The following year, he was transferred to the Eastern Front. During the summer of 1915, he was out in a field in Russia when he had a chance encounter withManfred von Richthofen, who had just crashed with his superior officer, Count Holck. The two men were hiding in a nearby tree line from what they thought was the advancing Russian army and who turned out to be the grenadiers, guardsmen, and officers of Prince Eitel.
After the war, he was engaged inmonarchist circles andDer Stahlhelm ex-servicemens' organization. In 1921, the Berlin criminal court found him guilty of the fraudulent transfer of 300,000 Marks and sentenced him to a fine of 5000 Marks.[2]
From 1907 to 1926, he was Master of the Knights (Herrenmeister) of theOrder of St. John (Johanniterorden). He received thePour le Mérite order in 1915. His body is buried at theAntique Temple inSanssouci Park, Potsdam.
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Prussia:
Hohenzollern:Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
Baden:
Bavaria:
Brunswick:War Merit Cross
Ernestine duchies:
Hamburg:Hanseatic Cross
Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of theLudwig Order,7 September 1904[10]
Mecklenburg:
Oldenburg:
Saxony:
Württemberg:Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown,1899[11]
Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of theRoyal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen,1900[12]
China:Order of the Double Dragon, Class I Grade II
Denmark:Knight of the Elephant,19 November 1906[13]
Greece:Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Italy:Knight of the Annunciation,27 August 1902[14]
Japan: Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Chrysanthemum,21 May 1908[15]
Montenegro: Grand Cross of theOrder of Prince Danilo I
Netherlands:Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Norway:Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar,15 December 1906[16]
Ottoman Empire:
Persia:Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st Class
Portugal:
Romania:
Russia:Knight of St. Andrew,1910
Siam:
Spain:Knight of the Military Merit Order, 3rd Class
Sweden:Knight of the Seraphim,1 December 1904[18]
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of theRoyal Victorian Order,1 July 1904[19] (expelled in 1915)Two ships were named after Prince Eitel, the passenger shipPrince Eitel Friedrich (1901) and the Reich postal steamerPrince Eitel Friedrich (1904).
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link){{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help)Schench, G.Handbuch über den Königlich Preuβischen Hof und Staat fur das Jahr 1908. Berlin, Prussia, 1907.
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia Born: 7 July 1883 Died: 8 December 1942 | ||
| Preceded by | Herrenmeister (Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John 1907–1926 | Succeeded by |
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