German prince and military general (1837–1906)
Prince Albert of Prussia (
German : Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Albrecht ; 8 May 1837 – 13 September 1906) was a Prussian
general field marshal , Herrenmeister (Grand Master) of the
Order of Saint John from 1883 until his death, and
regent of the
Duchy of Brunswick from 1885, also until his death.
Biography
Albert was born in
Berlin , the son of
Prince Albert of Prussia and his wife
Princess Marianne , daughter of
King William I of the Netherlands . His father was a brother of
King Frederick William IV of Prussia and of
William I, German Emperor .
Albrecht entered the
Prussian army in 1847, serving in the
First Schleswig War and participating in the battles of
Skalitz ,
Schweinschädel and
Königgrätz in the
Austro-Prussian War in 1866. In the
Franco-Prussian War in 1870 he commanded a guard cavalry brigade at
Gravelotte and
Sedan . After the fall of the Second Empire, he was subordinated to
Edwin von Manteuffel in the fighting around
Bapaume and
St. Quentin . In 1874 he became commander of the
X Corps stationed in Hannover. In 1883 he succeeded his uncle
Prince Charles as Herrenmeister of the
Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) .
Madrid solemn act of the imposition to H.M. the King by Prince Albert of Prussia. (Illustration by Juan Comba)
In 1885, Albert was chosen as Regent for the
Duchy of Brunswick , as
German Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck had removed
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover , from office.
[1] In 1913 Ernst August's son
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick became Duke of Brunswick who only reigned for 5 years and 6 days. After accepting the regency, Albert and Marie resided chiefly in Brunswick,
Berlin , and
Kamenz .
[1]
Prince Albrecht died at
Schloss Kamenz in 1906. He was buried in the Mausoleum auf dem Hutberge in the park of Schloss Kamenz. After
World War II , the mausoleum was plundered and the bodies of Albert and his wife were reburied in the park.
[2]
Marriage and issue
Albert's parents had been unhappily married to each other and were later divorced. The unhappiness of that marriage had been a formative influence on Albert during his growing years. His decision to wait until he was 36 before marrying is thought to have been a reflection of his parents' marital situation.
[3]
On 9 April 1873 in
Berlin he married
Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg . They had the following children:
Honours and awards
German honours
[4]
Prussia :
Knight of the Black Eagle , 8 May 1847 ; with Collar, 1856
[5]
Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal
House Order of Hohenzollern , 23 August 1851 ; with Swords, 1871
[5]
Grand Cross of the Red Eagle , with Oak Leaves, 18 October 1861 ; with Swords, 1864 ;
[5] with Crown, 12 June 1892
[6]
Knight of the Crown Order , 1st Class, 18 October 1861
[5]
Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class
Pour le Mérite (military), 19 September 1866 ; with Oak Leaves, 10 March 1871
[7]
Commander of Honour of the
Johanniter Order , 1868 ;
[8] Master of Knights, 1883-1906
Knight of Merit of the Prussian Crown , 18 January 1901
Hohenzollern : Cross of Honour of the Princely
House Order of Hohenzollern , 1st Class with Swords
Ascanian duchies : Grand Cross of the
Order of Albert the Bear , 29 November 1854 ; with Swords, 5 December 1864
[9]
Baden :
Bavaria :
Knight of St. Hubert , 1853
[12]
Brunswick : Grand Cross of the
Order of Henry the Lion , 1871 ;
[13] Grand Master (as Regent), 1885-1906
Ernestine duchies : Grand Cross of the
Saxe-Ernestine House Order , January 1855
[14]
Hesse-Kassel :
Knight of the Golden Lion , 16 April 1853
[15]
Hesse-Darmstadt : Grand Cross of the
Ludwig Order , 6 May 1870
[16]
Lippe-Detmold : Grand Cross of the House Order of Lippe
Mecklenburg :
Oldenburg :
Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig , with Golden Crown, 5 September 1850
[17]
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach :
Grand Cross of the White Falcon , 1869
[18]
Saxony :
Knight of the Rue Crown , 1854
[19]
Württemberg :
Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown , 1885
[20]
Foreign honours
[4]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
References
^
a
b "Memorial Notices", The Manchester Guardian , 11 October 1898
^
"Saxe-Altenburg" . Royaltyguide.nl. Archived from
the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010 .
^
"A Royal Marriage" , The New York Times , Berlin, 7 May 1873
^
a
b
Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1906), Genealogy p. 4
^
a
b
c
d
"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste" , Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1 , Berlin:
4 ,
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^
"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)" , Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1 , Berlin:
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^ Lehmann, Gustaf (1913).
Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite ] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin:
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^
"Johanniter-orden" , Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1877, p.
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^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p.
17
^
a
b Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1873), "Großherzogliche Orden"
pp. 34 ,
48
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1873), "Großherzogliche Orden"
p. 64
^
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (in German). Königl. Oberpostamt. 1886. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-09-03 .
^ Braunschweig, Staat (Hg.) (1905): Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für 1905 . In: Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig 1905 . p. 11
^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden"
p. 21
^ Hessen-Kassel (1856).
Kurfürstlich Hessisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch: 1856 . Waisenhaus. p. 12.
^
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 12
^
Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg0: 1879 . Schulze. 1879. p.
32 .
^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1874), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p.
14
^
Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66 . Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p.
28
^
"A Szent István Rend tagjai"
Archived 22 December 2010 at the
Wayback Machine
^
Almanach royal officiel de Belgique . Librairie polytechnique De Decq. 1868. p. 52.
^ Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1898).
Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia . Unione tipografico-editrice. p.
54 .
^
"Militaire Willems-Orde: Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Albrecht Prinz von" [Military William Order: Prussia, Frederick William Nicholas Albert, Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 25 August 1878. Retrieved 6 July 2020 .
^
"Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro" , Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1905, p. 143, retrieved 6 July 2020
^
"Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III" , Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1905, p. 148, retrieved 4 June 2020
^
Norges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1890, pp. 593–594, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
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