Early life
Friedrich Heinrich was the oldest son of Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906) and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854–1898). He stood over six feet tall. He studied law at Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn. In 1895, he became a member of the fraternity " Corps Borussia Bonn," and later became an honorary member of the Burschenschaft Vandalia Berlin. He traveled to Italy, Norway, and Sweden.Military career
After university, he took up a career as a commissioned officer. He began as a major in the 1st Guard Dragoon Regiment "Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland," and then was called to the command of the German General Staff in 1902. In 1904, he became the commander of the 1st Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment Number 2; he would rise to colonel on May 21, 1906.Homosexuality
He was relieved of his post as Commander of the Regiment at the beginning of 1907 and expelled from the Prussian Army because of his homosexuality. He was allowed to reenlist at the beginning of World War I as a private, but was denied promotion. At the end of 1906, at the wishes of Kaiser Wilhelm II and as the heir of his deceased father, Friedrich Heinrich was voted the Herrenmeister of the Order of Saint John. However, due to increasing knowledge of his homosexuality,Later years
His inheritance included the towns of Kamenz and Zawidów (German: ''Seidenberg'') in the southeastern area of Province of Lower Silesia; his contributions to the economic development of the area and care for the townsfolk made him locally popular. With his own money, he established the Evangelical Church of the Holy Cross in Wölfelsgrund in 1911 and the Church of the Resurrection in Zawidów in 1913, and brought in deaconesses for local nursing homes. He also promoted local forestry and dispensed honors to locals. He was never married and died without descendants, ending the paternal line of Albrecht Hohenzollern. He died on November 13, 1940 in Zawidów and was buried in the mausoleum there. After his death, Waldemar, son of Prince Heinrich and the grandson of Friedrich III inherited the castle in Kamenz.Honours
* Kingdom of Prussia: ** Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, ''15 July 1884''; with Collar, ''17 January 1893'' ** Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, ''15 July 1884'' ** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, ''15 July 1884'' ** Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, with Crown, ''12 June 1892'' * : Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen, ''1898'' * : Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, ''1898'' * : Knight of theReferences
Further reading
* Röhl, J. (2014). ‘Kings are only human, after all.’ Scandals at the Hohenzollern court. In S. Bellaigue & R. Bridge (Trans.), ''Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941'' (pp. 522-544). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139046275.022External links