Prince Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl of Prussia (7 July 1883 – 8 December 1942) was the second son of
Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. He was born and died in
Potsdam , Germany.
Life and activities
Prince Eitel Friedrich was born on 7 July 1883 as the second son of the then
.
On 27 February 1906, Prince Eitel married Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (2 February 1879 Oldenburg – 29 March 1964 Westerstede ) in Berlin. They were divorced on 20 October 1926 on the grounds of her adultery before the war. They had no children.
Raised at the cadet corps of
von Blumenthal, but returned to duty before the end of the year. The following year, he was transferred to the Eastern Front. During the summer of 1915, he was out in a field in Russia when he had a chance encounter with
Manfred von Richthofen , who had just crashed with his superior officer, Count Holck. The two men were hiding in a nearby tree line from what they thought was the advancing Russian army and who turned out to be the grenadiers, guardsmen, and officers of Prince Eitel.
In 1907, it was reported that Member of the Reichstag Otto Arendt had proposed the elevation of
Alsace-Lorraine to a
grand duchy within the empire, with Eitel Friedrich as monarch; however, while the Kaiser did express interest, ultimately nothing came of the plan.
[1]
After the war, he was engaged in monarchist circles and Der Stahlhelm ex-servicemens' organization. In 1921, the Berlin criminal court found him guilty of the fraudulent transfer of 300,000 Marks and sentenced him to a fine of 5000 Marks.[2]
From 1907 to 1926, he was Master of the Knights (Herrenmeister ) of the Order of St. John (Johanniterorden ). He received the Pour le Mérite order in 1915. His body is buried at the Antique Temple in Sanssouci Park , Potsdam.
Regimental Commissions[3]
Hauptmann (captain) and commander of the Leibkompagnie (Life-company), 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards)
à la suite , Grenadierregiment König Friedrich Wilhelm IV.(1. Pommersches) Nr. 2
à la suite , 1. Gardelandwehrregiment (Guard Reserve Regiment)
Hauptmann (captain), Austria-Hungary K.u.K. Infantry Regiment "Wilhelm I., Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen" Nr. 34
Hauptmann (captain), Saxon Army
à la suite , 7. Königsinfanterieregiment (King's Infantry Regiment) Nr. 106
First Brigade of Imperial Guards, commander, 1914–15[4]
Orders and decorations
German decorations[3]
Prussia :
Knight of the Black Eagle , 7 July 1893 ;[5] with Collar, 17 January 1902 [6]
Grand Cross of the Red Eagle , with Crown, 7 July 1893
Knight of the Prussian Crown , 1st Class, 7 July 1893 [5]
Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern , 7 July 1893 [5]
34th Master of Knights of the Johanniter Order
, 1907–1926
Founder of the Cross of the Mount of Olives , 24 December 1909
Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Classes
Pour le Mérite (military), 22 March 1915 ; with Oak Leaves, 14 May 1915 [7]
, 1st Class with Swords
Baden :
Bavaria :
Brunswick : War Merit Cross
Ernestine duchies :
Hamburg : Hanseatic Cross
Mecklenburg :
Oldenburg :
Saxony :
Württemberg : Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown , 1899 [11]
Foreign decorations[7]
Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen,
1900 [12]
China : Order of the Double Dragon , Class I Grade II
Denmark : Knight of the Elephant , 19 November 1906 [13]
Greece : Grand Cross of the Redeemer
Italy : Knight of the Annunciation , 27 August 1902 [14]
Japan : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum , 21 May 1908 [15]
Montenegro : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Netherlands : Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Norway : Grand Cross of St. Olav , with Collar, 15 December 1906 [16]
Ottoman Empire :
Persia : Order of the Lion and the Sun , 1st Class
Portugal :
Romania :
Russia : Knight of St. Andrew , 1910
Siam
:
Spain : Knight of the Military Merit Order , 3rd Class
Sweden : Knight of the Seraphim , 1 December 1904 [18]
United Kingdom : Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order , 1 July 1904 [19] (expelled in 1915)
Honours
Two ships were named after Prince Eitel, the passenger ship Prince Eitel Friedrich (1901) and the Reich postal steamer Prince Eitel Friedrich (1904).
Ancestry
Ancestors of Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
References
New York Times
. 8 June 1907. p. 8.
^ Tucholsky: Awrumele Schabbesdeckel und Prinz Eitel-Friedrich von Hohenzollern at www.textlog.de
^ a b Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1918), Genealogy p.1
^ The American Library Annual . R.R. Bowker Co. 1915. p. 25.
^ a b c "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)" , Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1 , Berlin: 7 , 80 , 129 , 1886 – via hathitrust.org
^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden" , Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), Berlin, 1895, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org{{citation }}
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^ a b "Wilhelm Eitel-Friedrich Christian Karl Prinz von Preußen, K.H." the Prussian Machine . Retrieved 17 March 2021 .
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden" p. 41
^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German), Munich: Druck and Verlag, 1914, p. 10 – via hathitrust.org
^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 6 – via hathitrust.org
^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg , Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p. 31
^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
.
^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia . p. 57 .
^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 150.
^ Norway (1908), "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden" , Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), pp. 869–870, retrieved 17 September 2021
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^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 441, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England , I , London, p. 430
Sources
Schench, G. Handbuch über den Königlich Preuβischen Hof und Staat fur das Jahr 1908 . Berlin, Prussia, 1907.
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