Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893-1917)

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Men's Equestrian
Bronze 1912 Stockholm Team jumping

Prince Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl Prussia (born April 6, 1893 in Schloss Klein-Glienicke, Potsdam/Berlin - died April 6, 1917 in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray) was a German prince and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was the son of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865-1931) and Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein (1866-1952) and a grandson of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.

He was part of the German team, which was able to win a bronze medal in the equestrian team jumping event.

He fought in World War I between 1914 and 1917 and was killed in action. His Albatros aircraft was strafed and he was taken into Australian war captivity where he died from his injuries.

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See for photograph of Prince Karl and airplane at [[1]].

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