Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern

Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern^[1]^[2] (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert Fürst von Hohenzollern^[1]^[2]) (February 3, 1924^[1]^[2]– September 16, 2010) was the head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern and crown prince of Romania.

Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm was born in Schloss Umkirch.^[1]^[2] He was the eldest son^[1]^[2] of Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891–1965) and his wife, Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony (1900–1962), the daughter of the last King of Saxony Frederick Augustus III.^[1]^[2] He became the head of the House of Hohenzollern on the February 6, 1965 following the death of his father Prince Friedrich, and remained so until his death on September 16, 2010.

According to the Romanian succession laws of the kingdom's last democratic Constitution of 1923, upon the demise of King Michael, provided he dies without any male children as is now likely, Friedrich Wilhelm's descendants will arguably inherit the rights of succession to the Romanian throne, although his grandfather's renunciation of his right to the Romanian throne in favour of his brother, King Ferdinand of Romania, may be seen to deprive Friedrich Wilhelm's lineage of any such right (see "Line of succession to the Romanian throne").

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Wilhelm married Princess Margarita of Leiningen (1932–1996) on February 3, 1951. She was a child of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.

They had three children:^[1]^[2]

Prince Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern (born 1952), who succeeded Friedrich Wilhelm as head of the House of Hohenzollern;
Prince Albrecht of Hohenzollern (born 1954), married Nathalie Rocabado de Viets and had two children;
Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern (born 1960), married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak and had three children.^[3]

Titles and styles

February 3, 1924 – October 22, 1927: His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern.
October 22, 1927 – February 6, 1965: His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern.
February 6, 1965 – September 16, 2010: His Highness The Prince of Hohenzollern and Crown Prince of Romania.

Honours

Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (1961).^[4]
Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
Knight Order of Saint Hubert.
Officer's Cross (Merit Cross 1st Class) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern

16. Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern

8. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

17. Princess Josephine of Baden

4. William, Prince of Hohenzollern

18. Ferdinand II of Portugal

9. Infanta Antónia of Portugal

19. Maria II of Portugal

2. Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern

20. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

10. Prince Louis, Count of Trani

21. Maria Theresa of Austria

5. Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

22. Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria

11. Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria

23. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

1. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern

24. John of Saxony

12. George of Saxony

25. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

6. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony

26. Ferdinand II of Portugal (= 18)

13. Maria Anna of Portugal

27. Maria II of Portugal (= 19)

3. Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

28. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

14. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany

29. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies

7. Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany

30. Charles III, Duke of Parma

15. Alice of Bourbon-Parma

31. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Darryl Lundy (September 20, 2006). "Friedrich Wilhelm Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". thePeerage.com. Retrieved December 28, 2008. External link in |publisher= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Paul Theroff. "HOHENZOLLERN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
↑ http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hohenzollern.html, "Hohenzollern"
↑ Trodni

Obituary of His Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, The Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2010

External links

German nobility
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern House of Hohenzollern Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern Born: 3 February 1924
Preceded by Frederick	Prince of Hohenzollern February 6, 1965 – September 16, 2010	Succeeded by Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Frederick	— TITULAR — Prince of Hohenzollern February 6, 1965 – September 16, 2010 Reason for succession failure: Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850	Succeeded by Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern

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