Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)

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Prince Frederick
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The Prince in 1838
Born (1794-10-30)30 October 1794
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse Princess Louise of Anhalt-Bernburg
Issue Prince Alexander
Prince George
Full name
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig
House House of Hohenzollern
Father Prince Louis Charles of Prussia
Mother Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia (30 October 1794 – 27 July 1863), known in English as Frederick, was a Prussian prince, general of the royal cavalry, and division commander.

Family

Born in Berlin, Frederick was the son of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later Queen of Hanover, nephew of King Frederick William III of Prussia and stepson of King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.

Princess Charlotte of Wales was interested in Frederick in 1814 and hoped to marry him. The pair met several times. However, the Prince suddenly got engaged to the daughter of Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Bernburg, whom he married on 21 November 1817 at Ballenstedt.[1] The couple had two sons:

Life in Düsseldorf

From 1815 until his death, the Prince served as the Commander of 1st (Silesian) Life Cuirassiers "Great Elector". He resided in a palace in Wilhelmstrasse until 1820, when he became Commander of the 20th Division in Düsseldorf and moved to Jägerhof Castle. He had two more wings built during his stay in the castle. The castle soon became the center of social and cultural life of the city, as the Prince and Princess Frederick were both interested in art and talented artists themselves. Prince Frederick was among the founders of the Düsseldorf art, music and drama club and served as its patron.

Much like his cousin, King Frederick William IV of Prussia, Frederick displayed interest in the Middle Ages and the castles of Rhine Province. He acquired Fatzberg Castle, turned it into his summer residence and named it Burg Rheinstein.

Last years in Berlin

He was recalled to Berlin during the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. His popularity in Düsseldorf was such that he was appointed the first honorary citizen of the city in 1856. Frederick had separated from his wife the previous year, due to her chronic nervous disease. She lived at Eller near Düsseldorf, where he visited her on their common birthday.

Frederick, his wife and younger son are buried in a chapel he had built at Burg Rheinstein.

The town of Fredericksburg, Texas, also known as Fritzburg, was named after Frederick by the town's founder baron John O. Meusebach.

Ancestry

Family of Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Frederick William I of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Prince Augustus William of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Frederick William II of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Prince Frederick of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt =20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg =21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Williams, pp. 88–89

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