Prince Sigismund of Prussia
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- This page is about the Prince Sigismund born in 1864. For his nephew and namesake born in 1896, see Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1896).
His Royal Highness Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866)
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- For other nobles of the same name, please see Sigismund.
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (Franz Friedrich Sigismund) (September 15, 1864–June 18, 1866) was the fourth child of Crown Prince Friedrich III (later Emperor Friedrich III), and Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, a daughter of the British Queen Victoria.
He was born at the Neues Palais in Potsdam, Germany in 1864. His mother found him much cleverer and more intelligent than his three elder siblings and believed he would have great potential when he grew up. However, he died from meningitis at the Neues Palais on June 18, 1866, aged twenty-one months. His mother's grief and despair were intense, as his father, leading the Prussian army into battle against Austria, had taken away all the available doctors thus making it impossible for her to alleviate the suffering of her child or to prevent his death, the memory of which would haunt her for the rest of his life.
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Another Prince Sigismund of Prussia (Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund) (27 November 1896 at Kiel-14 November 1978 at Puntarenas, Costa Rica) was the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine. He married Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg on 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark. They had two children:
- HRH Princess Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis of Prussia (2 August 1920 - 31 May 1994) married Duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenberg and had issue:
- HH Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (11 March 1956-) married Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue:
- Thyra von Solodkoff (12 October 1989-)
- Alix von Solodkoff (17 March. 1992-)
- Niklot Alexis von Solodkoff (8 December 1994-)
- HH Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (25 September. 1960-) married Konrad von Posern and had issue:
- HH Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (11 March 1956-) married Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue:
- HRH Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (17 August 1924-) married Maritza Farkas (6 August 1929 - 1 November 1996), no issue.
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