Prince Frederick of Prussia
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Prince Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph of Prussia (19 December 1911 – 20 April 1966), a.k.a. in England
as "Mr. Friedrich von Preussen", was the son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany
and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
.
, daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh
, at Little Hadham
, Hertfordshire
. They had five children:
and having rights under the Act of Settlement 1701
, as amended by a 1705 Act, Prince Frederick was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1947 under the name Mr. Friedrich Von Preussen. This naturalisation was controversial to some, and his status and a subsequent claim for compensation was debated in parliament and the law courts until 1961. It is therefore doubtful whether he could have been styled in England as a Prince after 1947 (as distinct from any naming practices in Germany where titles are incorporated into names). In the period 1917-32 it was settled that a person who had a foreign title would normally undertake to relinquish it before he/she could receive a certificate of British naturalization, and no exception was made in the case of Mr. Friedrich von Preussen. In turn, his children's claims to be princes or princesses, and their usage of royal titles, is open to question, at least in Britain; titles can be incorporated into names in modern Germany (see German nobility
).
Prince Friedrich was owner of Schloss Reinhartshausen at Erbach, Rheingau
, where he died in 1966 after drowning in the Rhine.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
as "Mr. Friedrich von Preussen", was the son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany
Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest of the House of Hohenzollern was the last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. He was colloquially known as William or Wilhelm throughout Europe....
and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Crown Princess of Germany and Prussia as the wife of German Crown Prince William, the son of German Emperor William II...
.
Family
On 30 July 1945, he married Lady Brigid Katherine Rachel GuinnessLady Brigid Guinness
Lady Brigid Guinness was the youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia, grandson of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.-Early life:...
, daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh
Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh KG CB CMG VD ADC FRS, , was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician, oarsman and philanthropist. Born in London, he was the eldest son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh...
, at Little Hadham
Little Hadham
Little Hadham is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England. At the census of 2001 it had a population of 1,081...
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. They had five children:
- Prince Frederick Nicholas (in German, Friedrich Nikolaus, born 3 May 1946), married the Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft (daughter of Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron MancroftStormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron MancroftStormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft KBE , was a British Conservative politician.Mancroft was the son of Arthur Michael Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft, and Phoebe Fletcher. In 1925 he assumed by deed poll the surname of Mancroft...
) on 27 February 1980 in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and had issue:- Beatrice Victoria von Preußen (born 10 February 1981)
- Florence Jessica von Preußen (born 28 July 1983)
- Augusta Lily von Preußen (born 15 December 1986)
- Frederick Nicholas Stormont von Preußen (born 11 June 1990)
- Prince William Andrew (in German, Wilhelm Andreas, born 14 November 1947), married Alexandra Blahová on 2 January 1979, daughter of František Blaho and wife Vlasta Dokupilová, formerly married on 17 December 1972 to Tom Aisbett, and had issue:
- Tatiana Brigid Honor von Preußen (born 16 October 1980)
- Friedrich Alexander von Preußen (born 28 November 1984)
- Princess Victoria Marina Cecilie (in German, Viktoria Marina Cecilie, born 22 February 1952), married Philippe Alphonse Achache (born 25 March 1945), son of Jean Achache and wife Jacqueline Andrieu, on 3 May 1976 in Albury, Hertfordshire, England, and had issue:
- George Jean Achache (born 8 Jun 1980)
- Francis Maximilian Frederick Achache (born 30 Apr 1982)
- Prince Rupert Alexander Frederick (in German, Rupprecht Alexander Friedrich, born 28 April 1955), married Ziba Rastegar-Javaheri (born 12 December 1954) on 5 January 1982 in London, England, daughter of Morteza Rastegar-Javaheri and wife Rabeéh Baghaii-Kermani, and had issue:
- Brigid Elizabeth Soraya von Preußen (born 24 Dec 1983) in London, England
- Astrid Katherine Rabeéh von Preußen (born 16 Apr 1985) in London, England
- Princess Antonia Elizabeth Brigid LouisePrincess Antonia, Marchioness of DouroPrincess Antonia of Prussia, Marchioness of Douro, Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo, OBE , is a great-granddaughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.-Biography:...
(in German, Antonia Elisabeth Birgitta Luise, born 28 April 1955), married Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro and had issue.
Studies in England, Internment
Friederich was studying at Cambridge, living incognito under the name of Count von Lingen, when war broke out in September, 1939. He was arrested and interned in May, 1940. He was held in England for several months, then sent to internment camps near Quebec City and, soon afterwards, Farnham, Quebec. In both camps, he was elected camp leader by fellow inmates.British naturalization in 1947
Being a descendant of Sophia of HanoverSophia of Hanover
Sophia of the Palatinate was an heiress to the crowns of England and Ireland and later the crown of Great Britain. She was declared heiress presumptive by the Act of Settlement 1701...
and having rights under the Act of Settlement 1701
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant heirs. The act was later extended to Scotland, as a result of the Treaty of Union , enacted in the Acts of Union...
, as amended by a 1705 Act, Prince Frederick was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1947 under the name Mr. Friedrich Von Preussen. This naturalisation was controversial to some, and his status and a subsequent claim for compensation was debated in parliament and the law courts until 1961. It is therefore doubtful whether he could have been styled in England as a Prince after 1947 (as distinct from any naming practices in Germany where titles are incorporated into names). In the period 1917-32 it was settled that a person who had a foreign title would normally undertake to relinquish it before he/she could receive a certificate of British naturalization, and no exception was made in the case of Mr. Friedrich von Preussen. In turn, his children's claims to be princes or princesses, and their usage of royal titles, is open to question, at least in Britain; titles can be incorporated into names in modern Germany (see German nobility
German nobility
The German nobility was the elite hereditary ruling class or aristocratic class from ca. 500 B.C. to the Holy Roman Empire and what is now Germany.-Principles of German nobility:...
).
Prince Friedrich was owner of Schloss Reinhartshausen at Erbach, Rheingau
Erbach, Rheingau
Erbach is a Stadtteil in Eltville am Rhein, Hesse, Germany. It lies within the Rheingau wine region.- Famous people :* Princess Marianne of the Netherlands lived in Schloss Reinhartshausen from 1855 to 1883....
, where he died in 1966 after drowning in the Rhine.