Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896-1978)
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Prince Sigismund of Prussia (Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund) (27 November 1896 at Kiel
– 14 November 1978 at Puntarenas
, Costa Rica
), was the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia
and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
. He was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.
On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, he married Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
(4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), eldest daughter of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. They had two children:
Sigismund died in Puntarenas
on 14 November 1978.
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
– 14 November 1978 at Puntarenas
Puntarenas
Puntarenas is the capital and largest city in the province Puntarenas, Costa Rica, at the Pacific coast. The eponymous and oddly shaped province has its largest section in the South, far from the capital.Some 100,000 live in the city and close towns...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
), was the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia
Prince Heinrich of Prussia
Prince Henry of Prussia was a younger brother of German Emperor William II and a Prince of Prussia...
and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert...
. He was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.
Marriage and issue
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.-Marriage and family:...
(4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), eldest daughter of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. They had two children:
- HRH Princess Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis of PrussiaPrincess Barbara of PrussiaPrincess Barbara of Prussia was the only daughter of Prince Sigismund of Prussia and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg.She was a great-granddaughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.-Marriage and family:...
(2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994) married HRH Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue:- HH Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDuchess Donata of MecklenburgDuchess Donata of Mecklenburg is the senior member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Since there are no males left in the family, the Schwerin branch itself is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession...
(b. 11 March 1956) married Alexander von Solodkoff and had issue:- Thyra von Solodkoff (b. 12 October 1989)
- Alix von Solodkoff (b. 17 March 1992)
- Niklot Alexis von Solodkoff (b. 8 December 1994)
- HH Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (b. 25 September. 1960) married Konrad von Posern and had issue:
- Ludwig Leopold Bernhard Georg Maria von Posern (b. 27 February 1996)
- Paul Friedrich Christian Fabian Maria von Posern (b. 14 June 1997)
- Ferdinand Johann Albrecht Maria von Posern (b. 19 June 1999)
- HH Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- HRH Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (b. 17 August 1924) married Maritza Farkas (6 August 1929 – 1 November 1996), no issue.
Costa Rica
In 1927, Prince Sigismund and his family resettled in Costa Rica. He planned to engage in banana and coffee planting on land he owned there. They were only accompanied by a governess, as the children were still young.Sigismund died in Puntarenas
Puntarenas
Puntarenas is the capital and largest city in the province Puntarenas, Costa Rica, at the Pacific coast. The eponymous and oddly shaped province has its largest section in the South, far from the capital.Some 100,000 live in the city and close towns...
on 14 November 1978.
Ancestry
See also
- House of HohenzollernHouse of HohenzollernThe House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...
- Family tree of the German monarchs