Prince Hubertus of Prussia

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Prince Hubertus
Born(1909-09-30)30 September 1909
Anastasia, Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Princess Marie Christine
Names
Hubertus Karl Wilhelm
HouseHohenzollern
FatherWilhelm, German Crown Prince
MotherDuchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Prince Hubertus Karl Wilhelm of Prussia (30 September 1909 – 8 April 1950) was the third son of

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and member of the princely House of Hohenzollern
.

Biography

He joined the army in 1934 (infantry regiment 8 in Frankfurt/Oder) and participated in the Invasion of Poland in 1939. One year later he was dismissed from the army by Hitler's Prinzenerlaß, following the death of his elder brother Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, who was wounded in France in May 1940 and later died in a field hospital in Belgium.

Marriage and issue

On 29 December 1941, he married Baroness Maria Anna Sybilla Margaretha von

Ernest Augustus', illegitimate son),[1] and on 5 June of that year, he married again to Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz
(20 August 1920 – 10 October 2009). They had two daughters:

  • Alois-Konstantin, 9th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
    and had issue.
  • Princess Marie Christine of Prussia (18 July 1947 – 29 May 1966); died from injuries resulting from a car accident.

Prince Hubertus died of appendicitis on 8 April 1950 at Windhoek, South West Africa. He was buried in Hohenzollern Castle.

Prince Hubertus (at bottom) with his brothers, 1914

Ancestry

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