Prince Waldemar of Prussia
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- This page is about the Prince Waldemar born in 1868. For his nephew and namesake born in 1889, see Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1889).
His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868-1879)
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Prince Waldemar of Prussia (Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar) (February 10, 1868–March 27, 1879) was the sixth child of Crown Prince Friedrich III (later Emperor Friedrich III), and Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, a daughter of the British Queen Victoria.
Waldemar was the favourite of both the Princess Royal and her husband. He was a lively, cheerful boy, boisterous and high-spirited, with a sensible, independent and honest nature. He was quick to learn and his mother found him a pleasure to teach. Waldemar had a "fun loving" character, and a great sense of humour and love for animals. On one occasion, when visiting his grandmother, Queen Victoria, Waldemar let loose his pet crocodile in her study, much to the shock of the elderly queen. The Princess Royal wrote that she would be unhappy when Waldemar went off to school, "as he is my very own boy." She seemed to prefer Waldemar over his elder brothers Wilhelm and Heinrich.
Less than four months after the death of his aunt, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and cousin, Princess May of Hesse, Waldemar became seriously ill with diphtheria, and died in Berlin, Germany on March 27, 1879.
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Another Prince Waldemar of Prussia (Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor Heinrich) (20 March 1889 at Kiel-2 May 1945 at Tutzing, Bavaria) was the eldest son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine. He married Princess Calixta of Lippe on 14 August 1919 at Hemmelmark. They had no children.
Prince Waldemar, like his first cousin, Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, uncle Prince Frederick of Hesse and by Rhine and youngest brother, Heinrich was a haemophiliac. He died in a clinic in Tutzing, Bavaria because of the lack of blood transfusion facilities. He and his wife fled their home in light of the Russian advance, arriving in Tutzing, where Waldemar was able to receive his last blood transfusion. The American Army overran the area the next day, 1 May 1945, and diverted all medical resources to treat concentration camp victims, preventing Waldemar's German doctor from treating him. Prince Waldemar died the following day.
