Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868-1879)
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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 (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 deaths of his aunt, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and cousin, May, Waldemar became seriously ill with diphtheria, and died in Berlin, Germany on March 27, 1879.
