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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
11 King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia 1770 1840 Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1776 1810 See 24.6
11 King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia 1770 1840 Countess Augusta von Harrach 1800 1873 Auguste was created Fürstin (Princess ) von Liegnitz and Countess von Hohenzollern in 1824
11.1 King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia 1795 1861 Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria 1801 1873 See 18.7 - A stroke in 1857 left Friedrich Wilhelm partially paralyzed and largely mentally incapacitated, and his brother William served as regent from 1858 until Friedrich Wilhelm's death in 1861, at which point William ascended the throne himself as William I.
11.2 King Wilhelm I of Prussia 1797 1888 Princess Auguste of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1811 1890 See 27.23 - Wilhelm was proclaimed first German Emperor on French soil in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace at Versailles on 18 January 1871 (some sources show 8 January 1871). He succeeded as King of Prussia on the death of his mentally incapacitated brother Friedrich Wilhelm IV in 1861.
11.21 King Friedrich III "Fritz" of Prussia 1831 1888 Princess Victoria "Vicky" of Great Britain (Princess Royal) 1840 1901 See 1.1 - Friedrich was also German Emperor and reigned only 98 days before succumbing to throat cancer
11.211 - QVD King Wilhelm II of Prussia 1859 1941 Princess Auguste Viktoria "Dona" of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1858 1921 See 36.252 - Wilhelm (who was also German Emperor) abdicated on 28 November 1918 having fled to Holland on 10 November 1918
11.211 - QVD King Wilhelm II of Prussia 1859 1941 Princess Hermine Reuss-Greiz 1887 1947 See 43.155 - Wilhelm (who was also German Emperor) abdicated on 28 November 1918 having fled to Holland on 10 November 1918. Princess Hermine was arrested by the Soviet military police and some time after reappeared in Frankfurt on the Oder where she lived on the outskirts of the town, where she died of a heart attack possible caused by starvation. Hermine was firstly married to Prince Johann Georg of Schoenaich-Carolath, their daughter Princess Henriette married Wilhelm's grandson Prince Karl Franz Joseph of Prussia
11.2111 - QVD Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1882 1951 Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1886 1954 See 23.1113 - Wilhelm renounced his rights to the throne of Prussia (and German Empire) on 1 December 1918 having fled to Holland on 12 November. He returned to Germany in November 1923 after he had given assurances that he would not participate in any political affairs. He was a supporter of Hitler
11.21111 - QVD Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1906 1940   Dorothea von Salviati 1907 1972 Wilhelm was forced to renounce his succession rights to the Royal House of Prussia and inheritance of Wilhelm II in 1933 following his unequal marriage to Dorothea von Salviati. He died of wounds received in action near Valenciennes.
11.211111 - QVD Princess Felicitas of Prussia 1934     Dinnies von der Osten 1929    
11.211111 - QVD Princess Felicitas of Prussia 1934     Jorg von Nostitz-Wallwitz 1937    
11.2111111 - QVD   Friederike von der Osten 1959     Bernhard von Reiche 1956    
11.21111111 - QVD   Felicitas von Reiche 1986            
11.21111112 - QVD   Victoria von Reiche 1989            
11.21111113 - QVD   Donata von Reiche 1992            
11.2111112 - QVD   Dinnies-Wilhelm von der Osten 1962 1989          
11.2111113 - QVD   Hubertus von der Osten 1964            
11.2111114 - QVD   Cecilie von der Osten 1967     Ole Marxen 1964    
11.21111141 - QVD   Julius Marxen 1998            
11.21111142 - QVD   Victor Marxen 2002            
11.2111115 - QVD   Diana von Nostitz-Wallwitz 1974   Baron Carl-Jan von der Goltz 1968    
11.211112 - QVD Princess Christa of Prussia 1936     Peter Liebes 1926 1967  
11.21112 - QVD Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia 1907 1994 Grand Duchess Kira of Russia 1909 1967 See 4.91422
11.211121 - QVD Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia 1939     Waltraud Freytag 1940   Following his unequal marriage in 1967 to a commoner Prince Friedrich was forced to renounce his rights to any inheritance or succession to the Royal House of Prussia. Clauses in Emperor Wilhelm's will stipulated the successor of Prince Louis Ferdinand must marry equal or be born of an equal marriage. This disbarred Friedrich as his marriage was considered unequal. Although Friedrich accepted this at the time of his marriage, both he and his younger brother (who also married unequally) filed a suit in the German Courts claiming discrimination against them on the basis of their marriage was unconstitutional. They eventually lost the case when in 1998 the Federal Court of Justice overturned the rulings of two lower courts. The two brothers took their case to the Federal Constitutional Court, and on 22 March 2004 obtained a ruling overturning the decisions of the Federal Court of Justice in 1998. A more detailed explanation of the case can be found here.
11.211121 - QVD Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia 1939     Ehrengard von Reden 1943   See comments above regarding Friedrich Wilhelm's unequal marriage.
11.211121 - QVD Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia 1939     Sibylle Kretschmer 1952   See comments above regarding Friedrich Wilhelm's unequal marriage.
11.2111211 - QVD   Philip Prinz von Preussen 1968     Anna Soltau 1968    
11.21112111 - QVD   Paul Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen 1995            
11.21112112 - QVD   Maria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen 1997            
11.21112113 - QVD   Elisabeth Christine Prinzessin von Preussen 1998            
11.21112114 - QVD   Anna Sophie Prinzessin von Preussen 2001            
11.21112115 - QVD   Johanna Amalie Prinzessin von Preussen 2002            
11.21112116 - QVD   Timotheus Friedrich Prinz von Preussen 2005            
11.2111212 - QVD   Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen 1979            
11.2111213 - QVD   Viktoria Luise Prinzessin von Preussen 1982            
11.2111214 - QVD   Joachim-Albrecht Prinz von Preussen 1984            
11.211122 - QVD Prince Michael of Prussia 1940     Jutta Jorn 1943   See also comments against Prince Michael's brother Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia regarding the similar implication of Prince Michael entering into an unequal marriage
11.211122 - QVD Prince Michael of Prussia 1940     Brigitte von Dallwitz 1939   See also comments against Prince Michael's brother Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia regarding the similar implication of Prince Michael entering into an unequal marriage. Some sources show Prince Michael's second wife as Brigitte Dallwitz, Brigitte Dallwitz-Wegner or Brigitte von Dallwitz-Wegner; I have used Brigitte von Dallwitz following email correspondence with Prince Michael
11.2111221 - QVD   Micaela Prinzessin von Preussen 1967     Jürgen Wessolly 1961   Micaela retained her maiden after her marriage which is allowed under German law. Similarly under German Law her children are registered with her surname.
11.21112211 - QVD   Maximilian Prinz von Preussen 2000            
11.21112212 - QVD   Marie Charlotte Prinzessin von Preussen 2001            
11.2111222 - QVD   Nataly Prinzessin von Preussen 1970            
11.211123 - QVD Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia 1942   Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg 1936   See 31.13136 - Friedrich August subsequently married Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen (the ex-wife of Princess Marie-Cecilie's brother Prince Louis Ferdinand )
11.211124 - QVD Princess Kira of Prussia 1943 2004   Thomas Liepsner 1945    
11.2111241 - QVD   Kira-Marina Liepsner 1977     Andreas von Bismarck 1979   Andreas is a 3 x great grandson of Bernard von Bismarck elder brother of the Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (Prince von Bismarck)
11.21112411 - QVD   Luise von Bismarck 2002            
11.211125 - QVD Prince Louis Ferdinand "Lulu" of Prussia 1944 1977 Countess Donata zu Castell-Rüdenhausen 1950   Prince Louis died of injuries received on military manoeuvres at Bremen. Countess Donata subsequently married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (the ex-husband of Prince Louis Ferdinand's sister Princess Marie-Cecilie )
11.2111251 - QVD Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia 1976           Prince Georg is the present Head of the Imperial House of Hohenzollern (Prussia)
11.2111252 - QVD Princess Cornelie-Cecile of Prussia 1978           Princess Cornelie-Cecile was born posthumously
11.211126 - QVD Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia 1946   Countess Nina zu Reventlow 1954    
11.2111261 - QVD   Isabelle-Alexandra Grandmontagne-Prinzessin von Preussen 1969           Isabelle-Alexandra's parents are Prince Christian Sigismund and Christiane Grandmontagne. Christiane Grandmontagne married Count Carl-Johan "Jan" Bernadotte of Wisborg in 2004 (his seventh wife by all accounts)
11.2111262 - QVD Prince Christian Ludwig of Prussia 1986            
11.2111263 - QVD Princess Irina of Prussia 1988            
11.211127 - QVD Princess Xenia of Prussia 1949 1992   Per-Edvard Lithander 1945   Xenia died following an asthma attack
11.2111271 - QVD   Patrick Lithander 1973     Maja Flechtner 1973   A link to brief details of Patrick Lithander 
11.21112711 - QVD   Pius Lithander 2005            
11.21112712 - QVD   Hugo Lithander 2007            
11.2111272 - QVD   Wilhelm Sebastian Lithander 1974            
11.21113 - QVD Prince Hubertus of Prussia 1909 1950 Baroness Maria Anna von Humbodt-Dachroeden 1916 2003 Hubertus died of Appendicitis. Maria Anna is a second cousin to Baroness Friederike von Humboldt-Dachroeden, their respective paternal grandfathers were brothers
11.21113 - QVD Prince Hubertus of Prussia 1909 1950 Princess Magdalene Pauline Reuss-Kostritz 1920   Hubertus died of Appendicitis
11.211131 - QVD Princess Anastasia of Prussia 1944   Prince Alois-Konstantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) 1941   Alois-Konstantin is the present Head of the Princely House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
11.2111311 - QVD Hereditary Prince Carl-Friedrich of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1966   Baroness Stephanie von und zu Brenken 1970    
11.21113111 - QVD Princess Augustina of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1999            
11.21113112 - QVD Prince Nicodemus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 2001            
11.21113113 - QVD Prince Laurentius of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 2006            
11.2111312 - QVD Prince Hubertus of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1968            
11.2111313 - QVD Princess Christina Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1974     Guido von Rohr 1969    
11.21113131 - QVD   Antonius Gisilot von Rohr 2003           A photograph and details of Antonius
11.21113132 - QVD   Konstantin von Rohr 2007           A photograph and details of Konstantin
11.2111314 - QVD Prince Dominik-Wilhelm of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 1983            
11.211132 - QVD Princess Marie-Christine of Prussia 1947 1966         Marie-Christine died as a result of injuries following a car accident
11.21114 - QVD Prince Friedrich Georg of Prussia 1911 1966 Lady Brigid Guinness 1920 1995 Prince Friedrich became a British citizen (lived in England as George Mansfield) and his descendants use the surname von Preussen. Prince Friedrich's body was recovered from the Rhine and it was concluded that he either committed suicide or died accidentally
11.211141 - QVD Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia 1946     Victoria Mancroft 1952    
11.2111411 - QVD   Beatrice von Preussen 1981            
11.2111412 - QVD   Florence von Preussen 1983            
11.2111413 - QVD   Augusta von Preussen 1986            
11.2111414 - QVD   Frederick von Preussen 1990            
11.211142 - QVD Prince Andrew of Prussia 1947     Alexandra Blahova 1947    
11.2111421 - QVD   Tatiana von Preussen 1980            
11.2111422 - QVD   Frederick von Preussen 1984            
11.211143 - QVD Princess Victoria of Prussia 1952     Philippe Achache 1948    
11.2111431 - QVD   George Achache 1980            
11.2111432 - QVD   Francis Achache 1982            
11.211144 - QVD Prince Rupert of Prussia 1955     Ziba Rastegar-Javaheri 1954   Prince Rupert and Princess Antonia are twins
11.2111441 - QVD   Brigid von Preussen 1983            
11.2111442 - QVD   Astrid von Preussen 1985            
11.211145 - QVD Princess Antonia of Prussia 1955     Charles Arthur Wellesley (Marquess of Douro) 1945   Prince Rupert and Princess Antonia are twins. The Marquess of Douro is the eldest son of the 8 th Duke of Wellington
11.2111451 - QVD   Arthur Wellesley (Earl of Mornington) 1978     Jemma Madeleine Kidd 1974   Jemma is a paternal great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook nominally ascribed as the first baron of newspaper proprietors in Fleet Street
11.2111452 - QVD Lady Honor Wellesley 1979     Orlando Montagu 1971   Orlando is a son of the 11th Earl of Sandwich
11.21114521 - QVD   Walter Frederick Montagu 2005            
11.2111453 - QVD Lady Mary Wellesley 1986            
11.2111454 - QVD Lady Charlotte Wellesley 1990            
11.2111455 - QVD Lord Frederick Wellesley 1992            
11.21115 - QVD Princess Alexandrine Irene of Prussia 1915 1980          
11.21116 - QVD Princess Cecilie of Prussia 1917 1975   Clyde Harris 1918 1958  
11.211161 - QVD   Kira Harris 1954     John Mitchell Johnson 1951    
11.2111611 - QVD   Philip Johnson 1985            
11.2112 - QVD Prince Eitel-Friedrich of Prussia 1883 1942 Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg 1879 1964 See 31.1311
11.2113 - QVD Prince Adalbert of Prussia 1884 1948 Princess Adelheid "Adi" of Saxe-Meiningen 1891 1971 See 29.3162
11.21131 - QVD   Daughter (was the daughter of Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen and Prince Adalbert of Prussia) 1915 1915         Some sources erroneously shows this individual (who was born and died on the same day) with the name Princess Victoria Marina
11.21132 - QVD Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia 1917 1981   Kirby Patterson 1907 1984  
11.211321 - QVD   Berengar Patterson 1948     Pamela Knight 1944   Berengar and Marina are twins
11.211322 - QVD   Marina Patterson 1948     John William Engel 1946   Berengar and Marina are twins
11.2113221 - QVD   William John Engel 1983            
11.211323 - QVD   Dohna Maria Patterson 1954     Stephen Pearl 1951    
11.21133 - QVD Prince Wilhelm-Victor of Prussia 1919 1989 Countess Marie-Antoinette Hoyos 1920 2004  
11.211331 - QVD Princess Marie Louise of Prussia 1945   Count Rudolf von Schönburg-Glauchau 1932   Rudolf is a paternal uncle of Count Alexander of Schönburg-Glauchau
11.2113311 - QVD Countess Sophie von Schönburg-Glauchau 1979            
11.2113312 - QVD Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Schönburg-Glauchau 1985            
11.211332 - QVD Prince Adelbert of Prussia 1948     Eva-Maria Kudicke 1951    
11.2113321 - QVD   Alexander Prinz von Preussen 1984            
11.2113322 - QVD   Christian Prinz von Preussen 1986           Christian and Philipp are twins
11.2113323 - QVD   Philipp Prinz von Preussen 1986           Christian and Philipp are twins
11.2114 - QVD Prince August Wilhelm "Auwi" of Prussia 1887 1949 Princess Alexandra Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg 1887 1957 See 35.422 - August Wilhelm was a fervent supporter of Hitler
11.21141 - QVD Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia 1912 1985   Irmgard Weygand 1912 2001  
11.211411 - QVD   Stephan Alexander Prinz von Preussen 1939 1993   Heide Schmidt 1939    
11.211411 - QVD   Stephan Alexander Prinz von Preussen 1939 1993   Hannelore-Marie Kerscher 1952    
11.2114111 - QVD   Stephanie Prinzessin von Preussen 1966     Amadi Mbaraka Bao 1958    
11.21141111 - QVD   Aaron Bao 1994            
11.21141112 - QVD   Shoshana Bao 1996            
11.21141113 - QVD   Amir Bao 1998            
11.21141114 - QVD   Seraphine Bao 2002            
11.2115 - QVD Prince Oskar of Prussia 1888 1958 Countess Ina-Marie von Bassewitz-Levetzow 1888 1973 Ina-Marie was created Countess von Ruppin in 1914 and a Princess of Prussia in 1920 by King Wilhelm II of Prussia (Emperor of Germany). This marriage which was initially considered as morganatic was recognized as being equal on 21 June 1920.
11.21151 - QVD Prince Oskar of Prussia 1915 1939         Prince Oskar was killed in action in Poland two days after the declaration of hostilities by England and France
11.21152 - QVD Prince Burchard of Prussia 1917 1988 Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen 1925 1992 Countess Eleonore was firstly married to Robert Bee and their daughter Victoria Bee is married to Prince Georg of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg)
11.21153 - QVD Princess Herzeleide-Ina-Marie of Prussia 1918 1989 Prince Karl Biron von Curland 1907 1982 Historical background to the Biron von Curland family can be found here
11.211531 - QVD Princess Viktoria-Benigna Biron von Curland 1939   Baron Johann Christoph von Twickel 1940   Baron Johann married secondly Princess Charlotte of Croÿ
11.2115311 - QVD Baron Nikolaus von Twickel 1969     Georgia Fischer 1969    
11.21153111 - QVD Baron Konstantin von Twickel 2002            
11.21153112 - QVD Baroness Benedikta von Twickel 2005            
11.2115312 - QVD Baron Tassilo von Twickel 1976     Jeanine Schniewind ?    
11.211532 - QVD Prince Ernst-Johann Biron von Curland 1940   Countess Elisabeth von Isenburg-Philippseich 1941   Prince Ernst-Johann is the present Head of the Princely House of Biron von Curland
11.2115321 - QVD   Anja Prinzessin Biron von Curland 1975           Anja is the adopted daughter (adopted 24 February 1976) of Prince and Princess Ernst-Johann Biron von Curland
11.2115322 - QVD   Christiana Prinzessin von Curland 1977           Christiana is the adopted daughter (adopted 23 May 1978) of Prince and Princess Ernst-Johann Biron von Curland
11.211533 - QVD Prince Michael Biron von Curland 1944     Kristin von Oertzen 1944    
11.2115331 - QVD Princess Veronika Biron von Curland 1970     Christoph Carl ?    
11.2115332 - QVD Prince Alexander Biron von Curland 1972   Countess Michaela Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Caminitz 1979    
11.2115333 - QVD Princess Stephanie Biron von Curland 1975            
11.21154 - QVD Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia 1922 2007   Armgard von Veltheim 1926    
11.211541 - QVD Princess Donata-Viktoria of Prussia 1952            
11.211542 - QVD Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia 1955            
11.211543 - QVD Prince Oskar of Prussia 1959     Auguste Zimmermann von Siefart 1962    
11.2115431 - QVD Prince Oskar of Prussia 1993            
11.2115432 - QVD Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia 1995            
11.2115433 - QVD Prince Albert of Prussia 1998            
11.2116 - QVD Prince Joachim of Prussia 1890 1920 Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt 1898 1983 See 24.73343 - Joachim shot himself, one of the reasons could have been his unhappy marriages to Marie Auguste
11.21161 - QVD Prince Karl Franz Joseph of Prussia 1916 1975 Princess Henriette of Schoenaich-Carolath 1918 1972 See 43.1555 - One source mentions Karl Franz Joseph dies in an automobile accident in Chile, I'm trying to corroborate this information. Henriette was the daughter of Prince Johann Georg of Schoenaich-Carolath and Princess Hermine Reuss-Greiz. Princess Hermine subsequently married Emperor Wilhelm of Germany
11.21161 - QVD Prince Karl Franz Joseph of Prussia 1916 1975   Luise Hartman 1909 1961  
11.21161 - QVD Prince Karl Franz Joseph of Prussia 1916 1975   Eva Maria Herreray Valdeavellano 1922 1987  
11.211611 - QVD Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia 1943   Grand Duchess Marie of Russia 1953   See 4.914231 - Franz Wilhelm and Friedrich were twins. Grand Duchess Marie is the present Head of the Imperial House of Russia
11.2116111 - QVD Prince Georg Wilhelm of Prussia (also Grand Duke of Russia) 1981           Georg was granted the title of Grand Duke of Russia
11.211612 - QVD Prince Friedrich Christian of Prussia 1943 1943         Franz Wilhelm and Friedrich were twins
11.211613 - QVD Prince Franz Friedrich of Prussia 1944     Gudrun Winkler 1949    
11.211613 - QVD Prince Franz Friedrich of Prussia 1944     Susann Genske 1964    
11.2116131 - QVD   Christine Prinzessin von Preussen 1968     Milos Kovacevic 1964    
11.2116131 - QVD   Christine Prinzessin von Preussen 1968     Thomas Kempkes 1965    
11.211614 - QVD