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At Hohenzollern Castle, Prince Georg is shown a photo he’s seen before: It’s his great grandfather Crown Prince Wilhelm, in 1933, dressed in a military uniform and a Nazi armband.

Frederick as Crown Prince, 1874, by Heinrich von Angeli. Friedrich III in Garter Ceremonial Robes. In 1871, following Prussia's victories, the German states were united into the German Empire, with William as the Emperor and Frederick as heir-apparent to the new German monarchy.

Frederick III, also called (until 1888) Crown Prince Frederick William, German Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm, in full Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, (born Oct. 18, 1831, Potsdam, Prussia—died June 15, 1888, Potsdam), king of Prussia and German emperor for 99 days in 1888, during which time he was a voiceless invalid, dying of throat cancer.

Crown Prince Wilhelm, allowed to live in Germany under the condition that he play no part in politics, hosted Hitler at Cecilienhof and in Potsdam at least three times between 1926 and 1935 ...

A crowned lion head in the arms of Kreis Biedenkopf, a county in Hesse, Germany (1832-1974) The Three Crowns, as well as lions and leopards crowned, in the arms of Eric of Pomerania. Badge of the Unicorn Pursuivant, a unicorn gorged of a coronet.

A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wife of the person styled crown prince. Crown prince as a descriptive term has been used throughout history ...

After Cecilienhof, the family home, was seized by the Soviets following World War II, Wilhelm moved to a small house in Hechingen, Germany. He died of a heart attack there on July 20, 1951, at the age of 69. Wilhelm is buried with his wife at Hohenzollern Castle in Bisingen, Zollernalbkreis, Germany.

The ceremony took place at St Kajetan in Munich, Germany followed by a lavish reception at Nymphenburg Palace, the ancestral home of the family. The 33-year-old bride, who was born in Singapore to Dutch-Canadian parents, walked down the aisle in a timeless white bridal gown made by Lebanese designer Reem Acra and pulled together by local ...