Genealogy of the Royal Family of Prussia1Genealogy of the Royal Family of Prussia1
HM Friedrich
I King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Friedrich Prince of Brandenburg)
(Since May 9th n.s., 1688:) HSH Friedrich III Elector of
Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia
* Köningsberg, July 11th n.s., 1657
† Berlin, February 25th, 1713
Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, May 9th n.s., 1688; King
of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
Married:
Child from the first marriage:
Married:
Berlin, May 31st, 1700:
HSH Friedrich Landgrave von Hesse-Cassel
(Since March 24th, 1720:) HM Fredrik I King of
Sweden
* Cassel, April 23rd, 1676
† Wrangel's Palace, Stockholm, April 5th, 1751
King of Sweden (elected: March 24th, 1720; crowned:
Stockholm, May 3rd, 1720)
Children from the second marriage:
HM Friedrich Wilhelm I King of Prussia,
Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HSH Friedrich Wilhelm Hereditary Prince of
Brandenburg)
(Since January 18th, 1701:) HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Crown
Prince of Prussia, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg
* Kölln an der Spree (today a part of Berlin), August 14th, 1688
† Potsdam, May 31st, 1740
Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg, August 14th, 1688; Crown Prince
of Prussia, January 18th, 1701
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, February 25th, 1713
Married:
Hanover, November 17th and Berlin, November
28th, 1706:
HSH Sophia Dorothea Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and
Lüneburg
* Hanover, March 26th n.s., 1685 or 1687
† Schloß Monbijou near Berlin, June 28th or 29th, 1757
Children from this marriage:
HRH
Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine Princess of PrussiaMarried:
Berlin, November 20th, 1731:
HSH Friedrich Margrave von Brandenburg-Bayreuth
* Weferlingen, May 10th, 1711
† Bayreuth, February 26th, 1763
HM Friedrich II King of Prussia,
Elector of Brandenburg "The Great"
Married:
Schloß Salzdalum near
Wolfenbüttel, June 12th, 1733:
HSH Elisabeth Duchess von
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Wolfenbüttel, November 8th, 1715
† Berlin, January 13th, 1797
Married:
Berlin, May 30th, 1729:
HSH Karl Margrave von Brandenburg-Ansbach
* Ansbach, May 12th, 1712
† Gunzenhausen, August 3rd, 1757
Married:
Berlin, July 2nd, 1733:
HSH Karl I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Wolfenbüttel, August 1st, 1713
† Brunswick, March 26th, 1780
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Married:
Potsdam, November 10th, 1734:
HSH Friedrich Wilhelm Margrave von
Brandenburg-Schwedt
* Schloß Oranienbaum near Dessau, December 27th, 1700
† Wildenbruch, March 4th, 1771
HRH Luise
Ulrike Princess of Prussia
Married:
(by proxy) Berlin, July 17th and
(in person) Drottningholm Palace, August 29th, 1744:
HM Adolf Fredrik King of Sweden
(Born as: HSH Adolf Friedrich Prince von
Holstein-Gottorp)
(Since June 23rd, 1743:) HRH Adolf Fredrik Crown
Prince of Sweden
* Schloß Gottorp, Gottorp, May 14th, 1710
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, April 12th, 1771
Crown Prince of Sweden (elected: June 23rd, 1743)
King of Sweden, April 5th, 1751 (crowned: Stockholm,
November 26th, 1751)
HRH
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Prince of PrussiaMarried:
Schloß Charlottenburg, June 25th,
1752:
HSH Wilhelmine Landgravine von Hesse-Cassel
* Cassel, February 25th, 1726
† Berlin, October 8th, 1808
HRH August Ferdinand Prince of
PrussiaMarried:
Schloß Charlottenburg, September
27th, 1755:
HSH Luise Margravine von Brandenburg-Schwedt
* Schwedt, April 22nd, 1738
† Berlin, February 10th, 1820
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Berlin, March 17th, 1796:
HSH Anton Henryk Prince Radziwill
* June 13th, 1775
† Berlin, April 7th, 1833
HRH Friedrich Louis Ferdinand
Christian Prince of Prussia
HRH August
Wilhelm Prince of Prussia
* Berlin, August 9th, 1722
† Schloß Oranienburg near Potsdam, June 12th, 1758
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, May 31st, 1740
General of the Army
Married:
Berlin, January 6th, 1742:
HSH Luise Duchess von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Wolfenbüttel, January 29th, 1722
† Berlin, January 13th, 1780
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, October 4th,
1767:
HH Willem V Batavus Prince of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau,
Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg,
Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
(Born as: HSH Willem Prince of Orange-Nassau,
Count of Buren)
* The Hague, March 8th, 1748
† Brunswick, April 9th, 1806
Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, Dillenburg, Siegen and Hadamar,
Marquess of Veere and Flushing, Count of Vianden,
Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Viscount of
Antwerp, Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the city Grave
and the land of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven,
Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy,
Hereditary and Suzerain Lord of the Isle of Ameland, Lord
of Breedevoort, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Klundert,
Zevenbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen,
Sint-Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Willemstad,
Steenbergen, Montfort, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg,
Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon, October 22nd, 1751;
Lord of Borculo and Lichtenvoorde, 1777 (lost his
territories in the Netherlands when he went into exile
following the French invasion of the Netherlands: January
18th, 1795)
Hereditary Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht,
Gelderland, Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe,
October 22nd, 1751; Member of the Council of State, March
8th, 1766 (deprived of his commissions when he went into
exile following the French invasion of the Netherlands:
January 18th, 1795)
Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of
the Republic of the United Netherlands, Hereditary
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of Holland
and Zeeland, Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen and
Drenthe, October 22nd, 1751 (deprived of his commissions
when he went into exile following the French invasion of
the Netherlands: January 18th, 1795)
Knight of the Order of the Garter, January 5th, 1752
HM Friedrich
Wilhelm II King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia)
* Berlin, September 25th, 1744
† Marmorpalais, Potsdam, November 16th, 1797
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, June 12th, 1758
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, August 17th, 1786
Married:
Child from the first marriage:
Married:
Schloß Charlottenburg, September
28th and Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London,
November 23rd, 1791:
HRH Frederick Augustus Prince of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
(Since November 29th, 1784:) HRH Frederick Augustus
Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and
Lüneburg, Duke of York
* St. James's Palace, London, August 16th, 1763
† (dropsy) Rutland House, Arlington Street, London,
January 5th, 1827
Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, February 27th, 1764; created
Duke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, November 29th,
1784; Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and to the Throne of
Hanover, January 29th, 1820
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Knight of the Garter, June 19th, 1771
Children from the second marriage:
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, October 1st,
1791:
HM Willem I Frederik King of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(Born as: HSH Willem Frederik Hereditary Prince
of Orange and Nassau)
(Since April 9th, 1806:) HH Willem Frederik
Prince of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Count zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren,
Leerdam and Culemborg
(Since December 2nd, 1813:) HRH Willem I
Frederik Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau
(Since his abdication:) HM King Willem Frederik
Count of Nassau
* Huis ten Bosch Palace near The Hague, August 24th, 1772
† Palace at 36 Unter den Linden (aka
"Niederländisches Palais"), Berlin, December
12th, 1843
Governor of Breda, 1790 (deprived of his commission when
he went into exile following the French invasion of the
Netherlands: January 18th, 1795); Fürst zu Fulda, Count
zu Corvey, Weingarten, Dortmund, Isny and Buchhorn, 1802
(deprived: 1807); Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, Dillenburg,
Siegen and Hadamar, April 9th, 1806 (deprived: 1807) and
November 26th, 1813 (exchanged for Luxembourg: June 9th,
1815); Count of Spiegelberg, April 9th, 1806 (sold to the
King of Hanover: 1819); Sovereign Prince of the
Netherlands (proclaimed: Amsterdam, December 2nd, 1813;
inaugurated: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, March 30th, 1814);
Governor-General of the Southern Netherlands, August 1st,
1814 - March 16th, 1815; King of the Netherlands
(proclaimed: March 16th, 1815; inaugurated: Brussels,
September 21st, 1815; abdicated: Palace Het Loo near
Apeldoorn, October 7th, 1840); Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
June 9th, 1815 (abdicated: Palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn,
October 7th, 1840)
General of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1790 (deprived of his commission when he
went into exile following the French invasion of the
Netherlands: January 18th, 1795): General of the Army of
Prussia, 1806-1807; Lieutenant-Fieldmarshal of the Army
of Austria, 1809
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle; Knight of the
Order of the Garter, August 22nd, 1814; Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece, 1816
Married:
Berlin, February 13th, 1797:
HRH Wilhelm II Elector von Hesse
(Born as: HSH Wilhelm Landgrave von Hesse-Cassel)
* Hanau, July 28th, 1777
† Frankfurt am Main, November 20th, 1847
Hereditary Prince von Hesse-Cassel, October 31st, 1785;
Hereditary Prince of Hesse, 1803
Elector of Hesse, February 27th, 1821
HM Friedrich
Wilhelm III King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia)
(Since August 17th, 1786:) HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Crown
Prince of Prussia, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg
* Potsdam, August 3rd, 1770
† Berlin, June 7th, 1840
Crown Prince of Prussia, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg, August
17th, 1786
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, November 16th, 1797
Married:
Children
from the first marriage:
Married:
Berlin, November 29th, 1823:
HRH Elisabeth Ludovika Princess of Bavaria ("Elise")
(Born as: HSH Elisabeth Ludovika Princess of
Bavaria)
* Munich, November 13th, 1801
† Dresden, December 14th, 1873
HIM Wilhelm I German Emperor and King of Prussia
Married:
St. Petersburg, July 13th n.s.,
1817:
HIM Nikolai I Pavlovitch Emperor and Autocrat of all Russians
(Born as: HIH Nikolai Pavlovitch Grand Duke of
Russia)
* Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo, July 6th n.s., 1796
† Emperor's Cabinet Room, Winter Palace, St.
Petersburg, March 2nd n.s., 1855
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, August 28th n.s., 1823
Emperor of Russia, December 1st n.s., 1825 (crowned:
Moscow, September 3rd n.s., 1826 and Warsaw, May 24th,
1829)
Married:
Berlin, May 22nd, 1822:
HRH Paul Friedrich Grand Duke von
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of the Wends, zu Schwerin
und Ratzeburg, Count zu Schwerin, Lord of the lands
Rostock und Stargard, etc., etc.
(Born as: HH Paul Friedrich Duke von
Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, zu Schwerin und
Ratzeburg, Count zu Schwerin, Lord of the lands Rostock
und Stargard, etc., etc.)
(Since November 29th, 1819:) HRH Paul Friedrich
Hereditary Grand Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince of
the Wends, zu Schwerin und Ratzeburg, Count zu Schwerin,
Lord of the lands Rostock und Stargard, etc., etc.
* Ludwigslust, September 15th, 1800
† Schwerin, March 7th, 1842
Hereditary Grand Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, November
29th, 1819
Grand Duke von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, February 1st, 1837
HRH Ferdinand
Friedrich Julius Leopold Prince of Prussia
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, May 21st,
1825:
HRH Willem Frederik Karel Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of
Orange-Nassau ("Frits")
(Born as: HSH Willem Frederik Karel Prince of
Orange-Nassau)
* Royal Palace, Berlin, February 28th, 1797
† Huis "De Paauw", Wassenaar, September
8th, 1881
Member of the Council of State, 1815 (resigned his
commission: 1862), Minister of War, 1826-1829
Colonel of the Infantry, 1813; Lieutenant-General of the
Infantry and Grandmaster of the Artillery, 1814; Admiral,
1829; Fieldmarshal, 1840 (resigned his commissions:
1868); Colonel of the Infantry of Prussia, Honorary
General-Colonel of the Infantry of Prussia; Colonel of
the Cavalry of Russia
National Grandmaster of the Freemasons in the
Netherlands, 1816
HIM Wilhelm I German
Emperor and King of Prussia2
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Prince of
Prussia)
(Since January 2nd, 1861:) HM Wilhelm I King of Prussia
* Berlin, March 22nd, 1797
† Berlin, March 9th, 1888
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Prussia, June 7th, 1840
King of Prussia, January 2nd, 1861; German Emperor (Proclaimed:
Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, January 8th, 1871)
Married:
Berlin, June 11th, 1829:
HH Marie Luise Augusta Katharina Princess von
Saxe-Weimar und Eisenach, Duchess von Saxony
* Weimar, September 30th, 1811
† Berlin, January 7th, 1890
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Berlin, September 20th, 1856:
HRH Friedrich I Wilhelm Ludwig Grand Duke von Baden, Duke von Zähringen, etc.
(Born as: HGDH Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig
Grand-Ducal Prince and Margrave von Baden)
* Karlsruhe, September 9th, 1826
† Mainau, September 28th, 1907
Regent of Baden and Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of
Baden, April 24th, 1852
Grand Duke von Baden, January 22nd, 1858
HIM Friedrich
III Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl German Emperor and King of Prussia2 ("Fritz")
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl Prince of
Prussia)
(Since January 2nd, 1861:) HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus
Karl Crown Prince of Prussia
(Since January 8th, 1871:) HI & RH Friedrich Wilhelm
Nikolaus Karl Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince
of Prussia
* Neues Palais, Potsdam, October 18th, 1831
† (cancer of the throat) Neues Palais, Potsdam, June 15th,
1888
Crown Prince of Prussia, January 2nd, 1861; Crown Prince of the
German Empire, January 8th, 1871
German Emperor and King of Prussia, March 9th, 1888
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
January 25th, 1858:
HRH Victoria
Adelaide Mary Louisa Princess of
Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duchess of Saxony ("Vicky"/"Pussy")
(Since January 19th, 1841:) HRH Victoria Adelaide Mary
Louisa Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, The Princess Royal
* Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, November 21st, 1840
† (cancer) Schloß Friedrichshof, Kronberg im Taunus, August
5th, 1901
Created Princess Royal, January 19th, 1841
Children
from this marriage:
Married:
Berlin, February 18th, 1878:
HH Bernhard III Friedrich Wilhelm
Albert Georg Duke von
Saxe-Meiningen, Duke von Saxony
(Born as: HH Bernhard Friedrich Wilhelm Albert
Georg Duke von Saxe-Meiningen, Duke von Saxony)
(Since September 20th, 1866:) HH Bernhard
Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Georg Hereditary Duke von
Saxe-Meiningen, Duke von Saxony
* Meiningen, April 1st, 1851
† Meiningen, January 16th, 1928
Hereditary Duke von Saxe-Meiningen, September 20th, 1866
Duke von Saxe-Meiningen, June 25th, 1914 (abdicated:
November 10th, 1918)
HRH
Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Victoria Princess
of PrussiaMarried:
HRH
Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar Prince of
Prussia ("Waldy")
HRH Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice
Princess of Prussia
Married:
Athens, October 27th, 1889:
HM Konstantinos I King of the Hellenes ("Tino")
(Born as: HRH Konstantinos Crown Prince of
Greece, Prince of Denmark)
* Athens, August 2nd, 1868
† Palermo, January 11th, 1923
Crown Prince of Greece, August 2nd, 1868
King of the Hellenes, March 18th, 1913 (forced to
abdicate and to go in exile, June 11th, 1917; returned to
the throne after a plebiscite, December 19th, 1920 but
was forced to abdicate and to go in exile again,
September 27th, 1922)
HIM Wilhelm
II German Emperor and King of Prussia2
("Willy")
(Born as: HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert Prince of
Prussia)
(Since March 9th, 1888:) HRH Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor
Albert Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of
Prussia
* Berlin, January 27th, 1859
† Huis Doorn, Doorn, June 4th, 1941
Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of Prussia,
March 9th, 1888
German Emperor and King of Prussia, June 15th, 1888 (left Germany
to go in exile, November 9th, 1918; deposed, November 11th, 1918;
abdicated as German Emperor, Amerongen, November 28th, 1918)
Married:
Huis Doorn, Doorn, November 5th, 1922:
Children
from the first marriage:
Married:
(civil) Elector's Hall and
(religious) Chapel, Royal Palace, Berlin, February 27th,
1906:
HH Sophie Charlotte Duchess von Oldenburg
* Oldenburg, February 2nd, 1879
† Westerstede, Oldenburg, March 29th, 1964
(Divorced: October 20th, 1926)
HRH Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor of Prussia
Married:
(civil) Electress' Hall and
(religious) Chapel, Royal Palace, Berlin, May 24th, 1913:
HRH Ernst August Christian Georg Prince von Hanover, Prince of Great Britain
and Ireland, Duke von Brunswick und Lüneburg
* Penzing near Vienna, November 17th, 1887
† Schloß Marienburg, Nordstemmen near Hanover,
January 30th, 1953
Duke von Brunswick, November 1st, 1913 (abdicated:
November 8th, 1918); Head of the Royal Family of Hanover,
November 14th, 1923
HI &
RH Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst Crown Prince of
the German Empire and of Prussia ("Willy")
* Marmor Palais, Potsdam, May 6th, 1882
† Hechingen, July 20th, 1951
Crown Prince of the German Empire and of Prussia, June 15th, 1888
(renounced his rights to the throne of the German Empire,
December 1st, 1918)
Married:
(civil and religious) Royal Palace, Berlin,
June 6th, 1905:
HH Cecilie Auguste Marie Duchess von Mecklenburg,
Princess of the Wends, zu Schwerin und Ratzeburg, Countess zu
Schwerin, Lady of the lands Rostock und Stargard, etc, etc.
* Schwerin, September 20th, 1886
† Bad Kissingen, May 6th, 1954
Children from this marriage:
HRH
Alexandrine Irene Princess of Prussia
HI & RH Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard
Albert Michael Hubertus Prince of Prussia
* Marmor Palais, Potsdam, November 9th, 1907
† Bremen, September 25th, 1994
Head of the Royal Family of Prussia, July 20th, 1951
Married:
(civil and Orthodox) Schloß Cecilienhof,
Potsdam, May 2nd and (Lutheran) Huis Doorn, Doorn, May 4th, 1938:
HIH Kira Kirillovna Grand Duchess of Russia
(Born as: HH Kira Kirillovna Princess of Russia
* Paris, May 9th, 1909
† St. Briac-sur-mer, September 8th, 1967
Children from this marriage:
Married:
(civil) Berlin, December 3rd and
(religious) Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin,
December 4th, 1965:
HH Friedrich August Wilhelm Christian Ernst Duke
von Oldenburg
* Rastede, January 11th, 1936
(Divorced: November 23rd, 1989)
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Klosterkirche, Bronnbach an
der Tauber, January 20th, 2001:
María del Pilar Mendez de Vigo y
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
* Munich, October 20th, 1970
Married:
(civil) Munich, September 10th and
(religious) Felizenzell near Buchbach-Mühldorf,
September 11th, 1973:
Thomas Frank Liepsner
* St. Louis, Missouri, January 20th, 1945
(Divorced: January 1984)
Child from this marriage:
Married:
(civil) Rüdenhausen and
(religious) Church of St. Peter and St. Paul,
Rüdenhausen, May 24th, 1975:
H Ill H Donata Emma Countess zu
Castell-Rüdenhausen
* Rüdenhausen, June 20th, 1950
Children from this marriage:
Married:
(civil) Gut Damp an der Ostsee,
September 27th and (religious) Chapel, Gut Damp an der
Ostsee, September 29th, 1984:
Nina Helene Lydia Alexandra Countess zu
Reventlow
* Kiel, March 13th, 1954
Illegitimate child:
Children from this marriage:
Married:
(civil) Bremen, January 26th and
(religious) Bremen-Borgfeld, January 27th, 1973:
Per-Edvard Lithander
* Vasa near Göteborg, September 10th, 1945
(Divorced: March 6th, 1978)
Children from this marriage:
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