Died 1951-07-20.
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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia, was the eldest child of the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. As Emperor Wilhelm's heir, he was the last German Crown Prince and Crown Prince of Prussia, until the abolition of the monarchy.
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business · Last German crown prince (1882–1951) · military officer · politician · crown prince · entrepreneur · also Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, Crown Prince Wilhelm, Prince
Born 6 May 1882 · Died 20 July 1951 · Q57621
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1951· 1 entry
1943· 1 entry
Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz and had issue
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1941· 1 entry
Wilhelm succeeded him as head of the House of Hohenzollern, the former German imperial dynasty
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1940· 1 entry
Their eldest son, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, was killed fighting for the German Army in France in 1940.
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1933· 1 entry
In order to marry Dorothea von Salviati, and had issue
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1932· 1 entry
Until his father (who privately supported Hindenburg) forbade him from acting on the idea
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1931· 1 entry
Into the Harzburg Front, a right-wing organisation of those opposed to the democratic republic
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1926· 1 entry
In 1933 (on the "Day of Potsdam") and in 1935
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1923· 1 entry
Fought the Weimar Republic and campaigned for the reintroduction of the monarchy in Germany
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1918· 1 entry
Both Emperor Wilhelm II and the crown prince signed the document of abdication
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1917· 1 entry
It became the main residence for the Crown Prince for a time
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1916· 1 entry
His troops began the Verdun offensive, a year-long effort to destroy the French armies that would end in failure
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1914· 1 entry
The Kaiser ordered the construction of Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam for Prince Wilhelm and his family which angered him
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1908· 1 entry
And thereby initiating the Kronprinzenpokal (now Länderpokal), the oldest cup competition in German football
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1906· 1 entry
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940), who renounced his succession rights in 1933 in order to marry Dorothea von Salviati, and had issue
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1904· 1 entry
Awarded Royal Victorian Chain (1904).
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1888· 3 entries
Awarded Knight of the Seraphim (1888).
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When his grandfather Frederick III died and his father became emperor
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The Year of the Three Emperors when his great-grandfather and grandfather both died, his father became German Emperor, and six-year-old Wilhelm became the heir apparent to the German and Prussian thrones with the title o
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-05-06.
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