Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia

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Prince Christian-Sigismund
Born (1946-03-14) 14 March 1946 (age 78)
Spouse Nina Helene Lydia Alexandra
Issue Isabelle-Alexandra Grandmontagne
Prince Christian Ludwig
Princess Irina
House Hohenzollern
Father Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Mother Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
Coat of arms of the German Empire (1871-1918)
  • HRH Princess Cornelie-Cecile

HRH Princess Marie Cécile
HRH Prince Christian-Sigismund
HRH Princess Christian-Sigismund

Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia (born March 14, 1946) is one of the three paternal uncles of Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, head of the House of Hohenzollern since 1994, which reigned over Germany until 1918.[1] He is the youngest of four sons born to Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907-1994) and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909-1967).[1] He was the heir presumptive to the headship of the deposed House of Hohenzollern from the death of his father to 20 January 2013, when Georg Friedrich fathered twin sons, relegating Christian-Sigismund to a more remote place in the Line of succession to the former German throne.

Biography

Dynastic status

His two eldest brothers, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (born 1939) and Prince Michael (born 1940) married commoners in the mid-1960s and renounced their historical rights as Prussian princes.[1] In 1975 his brother Prince Louis Ferdinand Jr. (1944-1977), dynastically wed a mediatised countess, Donata Countess of Castell-Rüdenhausen (born 1950), but died accidentally during German military maneuvers two years later, leaving an only son, Georg Friedrich, as heir to the Hohenzollern legacy.[1] Aware that his father strongly desired that he marry dynastically after his eldest brothers' morganatic marriages, Christian Sigismund nonetheless maintained that he did not feel unduly pressured:[2] his eventual marriage to a countess, although non-mediatised, was also accepted as "equal" by his father.

Prior to his death, Louis Ferdinand Sr. made Georg Friedrich his principal heir, designating Christian Sigismund as guardian responsible for his education and management of his financial share in the Hohenzollern trust during his minority.[3]

However, by the time of his nephew's marriage, alienation among the male dynasts in the family had become entrenched. After their father's death, Friedrich Wilhelm and Michael, whose first marriages to commoners had ended in divorce, retracted their renunciations during their second marriages. Christian Sigismund's marriage having been recognised, he and his son remained Hohenzollern dynasts; nonetheless he joined his two surviving brothers in filing a lawsuit against Georg Friedrich to dissolve the Hohenzollern trust and obtain larger appanages.[4] None of the three brothers attended their nephew's wedding in 2011, although Christian Sigismund's son and younger daughter were in attendance.[4]

Marriage and issue

Prince Christian-Sigismund has three children. His first child was born from a relationship with Christiane Grandmontagne (later daughter-in-law of Count Lennart Bernadotte of Wisborg), whom he had legitimised:

  • Isabelle-Alexandra Angélique Anne-Kathrine Grandmontagne, Prinzessin von Preußen (born 18 September 1969)

He also has two children with his wife Countess Nina Helene Lydia Alexandra zu Reventlow (born Kiel, 13 March 1954) whom he married on September 29, 1984, at Gut Damp an der Ostsee in Holstein, daughter of Count Carl Ludwig zu Reventlow, and his second wife Nina Pryadkin.

  • Prince Christian Ludwig Michael Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 16 May 1986)
  • Princess Irina Maria Nina Kira of Prussia (b. 4 Jul 1988)

Ancestry

Family of Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Frederick III, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Wilhelm II, German Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Victoria, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William, German Crown Prince
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Cecilie of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Alexander II of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (= 20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (= 21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Victoria of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Alexander II of Russia (= 24)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (= 25)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes and references

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Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia
Born: March 14 1946
Titles in pretence
Prince Louis Ferdinand Line of succession to the German throne Succeeded by
Prince Christian Ludwig