William Frederick, Prince of Wied

William Frederick
Prince of Wied
Born (1872-06-27)27 June 1872
Neuwied, Kingdom of Prussia
Died 18 June 1945(1945-06-18) (aged 72)
Neuwied, Allied-occupied Germany
Spouse Princess Pauline of Württemberg
Issue Prince Hermann
Prince Dietrich
Full name
German: Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Otto Karl
House House of Wied-Neuwied
Father William, Prince of Wied
Mother Princess Marie of the Netherlands

William Frederick, Prince of Wied (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Otto Karl Fürst von Wied; 27 June 1872  18 June 1945) was a German nobleman, eldest child of William, Prince of Wied. He was an elder brother of William, Prince of Albania.

Early life

William Frederick with his parents and siblings

William Frederick was born at Neuwied, Kingdom of Prussia, the first child of William, Prince of Wied (1845–1907), (son of Hermann, Prince of Wied and Princess Marie of Nassau) and his wife, Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841–1910), (daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Louise of Prussia). Through his father he was descendant of George II of Great Britain. His great-grandparents were, William I of the Netherlands and Frederick William III of Prussia. He was nephew of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.

Marriage

William Frederick married on 29 October 1898 in Stuttgart, Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965), only daughter of King William II of Württemberg and his first wife, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.[1] The couple had two children:

Prince of Wied

William Frederick, inherited the title of Prince of Wied after the death of his father in 1907. After the German Revolution in 1919 all nobility titles were abolished. He became the titular Prince, or Furst, until his death in 1945, the title was inherited by his 14-year-old grandson Frederick William (1931–2000),[2] his son Hermann died of wounds received in action during World War II in Rzeszów, Poland.[3]

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Notes

  1. C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 226. Hereinafter cited as The Book of Kings
  2. Lundy, Darryl. "Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Constantine Fürst zu Wied". The Peerage. p. 6315 § 63150.
  3. Marek, Miroslav. "runkel/runkel6.html". Genealogy.EU.

References

William Frederick, Prince of Wied
Cadet branch of the House of Wied
Born: 27 June 1872 Died: 18 June 1945
German nobility
Preceded by
William
Prince of Wied
1907–1919
Succeeded by
German nobility titles abolished
Titles in pretence
Loss of title  TITULAR 
Prince of Wied
1919 – 1945
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished
Succeeded by
Frederick William
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