Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)
Prince Tassilo Wilhelm Humbert Leopold Friedrich Karl of Prussia (6 April 1893 – 6 April 1917) was a German prince and competitive horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Prince Friedrich Karl von Preußen was born in Schloss Klein-Glienicke, Potsdam/Berlin. He was the son of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865–1931) and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866–1952) and a grandson of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.
He was a member of the 1912 German Olympic equestrian team, which won a bronze medal in the team jumping event. His horse during the Olympic competition was "Gibson Boy".
He fought in World War I as an aviator between 1914 and 1917. He commanded FA(A)258, but flew patrols in a single-seat fighter with Jasta Boelcke whenever possible. During one such patrol on March 21, 1917, he was forced to land because of a bullet in his engine and with a slight wound to his foot. He landed his Albatros aircraft in no-man's land, but while running towards his own lines he was shot in the back and severely wounded by Australian troops. He was taken into captivity, where he died from his injuries on 6 April 1917 at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
Regimental Commissions
- 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Leutnant à la suite from 1903; Leutnant by 1908.[1]
- Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 258 (artillery aerial observer squadron), squadron commander, 1917.
Chivalric Orders[1]
Military Decorations (1914-1917)
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen (Pilot’s qualification badge), ca. 1917
Ancestry
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| 16. Frederick William III of Prussia |
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| 8. Prince Charles of Prussia | |
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| 17. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| 18. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| 9. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |
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| 19. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia |
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| 2. Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia | |
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| 20. Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau |
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| 10. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt | |
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| 21. Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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| 5. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau | |
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| 22. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia |
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| 11. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia | |
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| 23. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| 24. Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
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| 12. Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | |
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| 25. Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark |
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| 6. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | |
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| 26. Christian-Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe |
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| 13. Countess Louise-Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe | |
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| 27. Johanna Kaas of Mur |
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| 3. Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | |
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| 28. Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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| 14. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
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| 29. Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth |
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| 7. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
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| 30. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen |
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| 15. Princess Feodora of Leiningen | |
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| 31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schench, G. Handbuch über den Königlich Preuβischen Hof und Staat fur das Jahr 1908. Berlin, Prussia, 1907.
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