Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen

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Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen
Georg Friedrich in 2014
Head of the House of Hohenzollern
Prince of Prussia
Tenure26 September 1994 – present
PredecessorLouis Ferdinand
Heir apparentCarl Friedrich
Born (1976-06-10) 10 June 1976 (age 47)
Bremen, West Germany
Spouse
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(m. 2011)​
Issue
  • Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Prussia
  • Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
  • Princess Emma Marie of Prussia
  • Prince Heinrich Albert of Prussia
Names
Georg Friedrich Ferdinand
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
MotherCountess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen

Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (born 10 June 1976, as Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen) is a German businessman who is the current head of the Prussian branch of the

King of Prussia, who abdicated and went into exile upon Germany's defeat in World War I in 1918. Thus he is a fourth great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
and a distant cousin of many European monarchs.

Education and career

Georg Friedrich is the only son and eldest child of Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen (1944–1977) and Countess Donata of

mediatised princely family, his mother later became Duchess Donata of Oldenburg when she married secondly Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg, who had previously been married to her sister-in-law Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia.[6] His only sister is Cornelie-Cécile (b. 1978).[5]

He attended grammar schools in

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.[7]

Georg Friedrich works for a company specialising in helping universities to bring their innovations to market.

Grand Duchess Kira of Russia in 1952, now administered by his wife.[9] In 2018 he moved from a house near Bremen, where he had also spent his childhood, to Babelsberg, a district of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg.[10]

He owns a two-thirds share of his family's original seat,

Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern. He also owns the Princes' Island in the Great Lake of Plön. In 2017 he founded a beer trademark called Kgl. Preußische Biermanufactur (Royal Prussian Beer Manufactory) producing a Pilsner
brand called Preussens.

Georg Friedrich continues to claim compensation for land and palaces in Berlin expropriated from his family, a claim begun in March 1991 by his grandfather Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia under the Compensation Act (EALG).[11]

House of Hohenzollern

George Friedrich Prinz von Preussen poses standing and in a suit between two paintings.
George Friedrich Prinz von Preussen photographed by Oliver Mark in Hohenzollern Castle, Bisingen 2018

Georg Friedrich succeeded his grandfather,

German Kaiser, Wilhelm II.[13]

His position as sole heir to the estate of his grandfather was challenged by his uncles, Friedrich Wilhelm and Michael, who filed a lawsuit claiming that, despite their renunciations as

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany which overruled the previous court rulings in Georg Friedrich's favour, on 22 March 2004.[14] On 19 October 2005, a German regional court ruled that Georg Friedrich was indeed the principal heir of his grandfather, Louis Ferdinand (who was the primary beneficiary of the trust set up for the estate of Wilhelm II), but also concluded that each of the children of Louis Ferdinand was entitled to a portion of the Prussian inheritance.[citation needed
]

Family

Georg Friedrich and his wife

In 2011, Georg Friedrich married

Church of Peace in Potsdam on 27 August 2011, in commemoration of the 950th anniversary of the founding of the House of Hohenzollern.[17][18][19] The religious wedding was also broadcast live by local public television.[8]

On 20 January 2013, Georg Friedrich's wife, Sophie, gave birth to twin sons in Bremen, Carl Friedrich Franz Alexander and Louis Ferdinand Christian Albrecht. Carl Friedrich, the elder of the two, is his father's heir apparent.[20] Their third child, Emma Marie Charlotte Sophie, was born on 2 April 2015. On 17 November 2016, Sophie gave birth to Heinrich Albert Johann Georg, their fourth child.[21]

Property claims

In mid-2019 it was revealed that, since 2014, Georg Friedrich had filed claims for permanent right of residency for his family in

Empress Augusta Victoria.[22] This sparked a public debate about the legitimacy of these claims and the role of the Hohenzollern during and before the Nazi regime in Germany, specifically Crown Prince Wilhelm's involvement.[23][24][25] On 9 March, 2023, Georg Friedrich dropped the suit, hoping that doing so would "open the way for an unencumbered historical debate on the role of my family in the 20th Century following the end of the monarchy."[26]

In June 2019, a claim made by Georg Friedrich that Rheinfels Castle be returned to the Hohenzollern family was dismissed by a court. In 1924, the ruined castle had been given to the town of St Goar, under the proviso (the conditional provision to an agreement) it was not sold. In 1998 the town leased the ruins to a nearby hotel. His case made the claim that this constituted a breach of the bequest.[27]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "George Frederick The Prince of Prussia" Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine preussen.de
  2. ^ Ward, Adolphus William (1917). Germany 1815-90. Vol. II 1852-71. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ In 1919 royalty and nobility were mandated to lose their privileges in Germany, hereditary titles were to be legally borne thereafter only as part of the surname, according to Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution. Styles such as majesty and highness were not retained. Archived 24 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ISBN 978-0-9383-1104-1
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  5. ^
    ISBN 978-3-7980-0700-0
  6. ISBN 978-0-8063-5172-8
  7. ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  8. ^ a b c "Heir to Prussian throne to get televised wedding". Times of Malta. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  9. ^ "George Frederick The Prince of Prussia". Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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  11. ^ "Preußen-Prinz bittet Berlin zur Kasse". Südwest Presse. Ulm. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. ^ DeMarco, Anthony (29 February 2012). "A 35-Carat Diamond of Royal Historical Significance Will Be Sold at Sotheby's". Forbes. Retrieved 18 November 2012. After the death of Prince Louis Ferdinand, the diamond was inherited as part of the estate by his grandson, Georg Friedrich (1976-), Prince of Prussia and current head of the Royal House of Prussia
  13. ^ Majesty. Interview, March 2009.
  14. ^ a b Velde, Francois. "The Hohenzollern Succession Dispute". Heraldica.org. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  15. ^ For further details, see the German-language Wikipedia article Ebenbürtigkeit.
  16. ^ Gimson, Andrew (18 December 1998). "Kaiser's rule on marriage still applies to heirs". The Daily Telegraph.[dead link]
  17. ^ "George Friedrich Prince of Prussia and Sophie Princes: Is Germany set for Its Own Royal Wedding?" Der Spiegel. 26 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Verlobung im Haus Hohenzollern" [Engagement in the House of Hohenzollern]. Preussen.de. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Prinz von Preußen heiratet in Potsdam". Charivari.de. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Official Website of the House of Hohenzollern: Prinz Georg Friedrich von Preußen". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  21. ^ Brutscher, Charlot (24 November 2016). "BUNTE.de verrät: So heißt ihr Baby-Prinz!" [Bunte reveals: The baby prince's name!]. Bunte (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  22. ^ Scally, Derek (15 July 2019). "The fall of the House of Hohenzollern". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  23. ^ McLean, Scott; Schmidt, Nadine (30 December 2022). "Germany's ex-royals want their riches back, but past ties to Hitler stand in the way". CNN. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  24. ^ Häntzschel, Jörg (16 November 2019). "Jan Böhmermann, der Aufklärer". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  25. ^ "Historian Christopher Clark on the Hohenzollern Dispute". Der Spiegel. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  26. ^ "German prince drops property compensation lawsuit". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  27. ^ Le Blond, Josie (25 June 2019). "Kaiser's descendant loses court battle to regain 13th-century castle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

External links

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Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen
Born: 10 June 1976
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Prince of Prussia
26 September 1994 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom of Prussia abolished in 1918
 		Incumbent
Hereditary Prince:
Carl Friedrich
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