Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)

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Prince Frederick of Prussia
Rhine River, West Germany
Burial11 May 1966
, Germany
Spouse
(m. 1945)
IssuePrince Nicholas
Prince Andreas
Princess Victoria Marina, Mrs. Achache
Prince Rupert
Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington
Names
German: Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph
HouseHohenzollern
FatherWilhelm, German Crown Prince
MotherDuchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Prince Frederick George William Christopher of Prussia (

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
.

Marriage

Frederick married Lady Brigid Guinness on 30 July 1945 at Little Hadham. They had five children:[2]

Prince Nicholas, the eldest son

Studies in Britain and internment

He was studying at

internment camps near Quebec City and soon afterwards in Farnham, Quebec. In both camps, he was elected camp leader by fellow inmates.[5]

British naturalisation in 1947

He renounced his German citizenship in 1947.

Sophia Naturalisation Act 1705, he had a claim to British citizenship from birth. His status in context of his claim for compensation for property seized in Poland was debated in Parliament and the law courts until 1961.[1]

Death

He was the owner of Schloss Reinhartshausen [de] at Erbach, Germany. While staying there in 1966, he went missing and was found two weeks later after he had drowned in the Rhine. Whether it was suicide or an accident could not be determined.[2]

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ a b Commons Debate of 19 October 1961
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  4. ^ Grandson of Kaiser Was Held in Canada. Toronto Star, June 1, 1945, p. 28