Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst

Prince

Birthday May 6, 1882

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Jul 20, 1951 (69)

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About

German Crown Prince who was the eldest child of the final Emperor of Germany Kaiser Wilhelm II. During World War I, he was named commander of the 5th Army in 1914. When Germany lost World War II, he went into exile in the Netherlands.

Before Fame

In the year 1888, he became a crown prince at the age of six.

Trivia

In the year 1923, the German government allowed him to return to Germany. After World War II, he was captured and interned as a war criminal. He later lived under house arrest in Hohenzollern Castle.

Family Life

He was Queen Victoria's great-grandson. He was a distant cousin to Elizabeth II. He and his wife Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had six children together.

Associated With

He supported the rise of Adolf Hitler for a brief time because he promised a restoration of the monarchy. 

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