Prince Joachim of Prussia

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Prince Joachim of Prussia
Born December 17, 1890(1890-12-17)
Birthplace Potsdam, Prussia
Died July 18, 1920 (aged 29)
Place of death Potsdam, Brandenburg
Consort Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
Royal House House of Hohenzollern
Father Wilhelm II
Mother Duchess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890-18 July 1920) was the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, by his first wife, Duchess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

During the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland in 1916 some republican leaders contemplated giving the throne of an independent Ireland to Prince Joachim.[1]

Prince Joachim married Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 - 22 May 1983), on 11 March 1916. The couple had one son.

After his father's abdication, Joachim was unable to accept his new status as a commoner and fell into a deep depression, finally committing suicide by gunshot on July 18, 1920.

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Prince Karl married secondly, morganatically, on 9 November 1946, to Luise Dora Hartmann (5 September 1909 Hamburg, Germany - 23 April 1961 Hamburg, Germany). The couple were childless and divorced in 1959.

Prince Karl married lastly, on 20 July 1959 in Lima, Peru, to Dona Eva Maria Herrera y Valdeavellano (10 June 1922 Lima, Peru - 6 March 1987 Lima, Peru). They were married until Prince Karl's death and had two daughters;

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