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Biography

Early life

Waldemar was the favourite of both the Princess Royal and her husband. He was a lively, cheerful boy, boisterous and high-spirited, with a sensible, independent and honest nature. He was quick to learn and his mother found him a pleasure to teach. Waldemar had a "fun loving" character and a great sense of humour and love for animals and sports. On one occasion, when visiting his grandmother, Queen Victoria, Waldemar let loose his pet crocodile in her study, much to the shock of the middle-aged queen. The Princess Royal wrote that she would be unhappy when Waldemar went off to school, "as he is my very own boy." She seemed to prefer Waldemar over his elder brothers Wilhelm and

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Death

Less than four months after the deaths of his maternal aunt, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and cousin, Marie, Waldemar became seriously ill with

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on 27 March 1879. He was buried in the royal mausoleum attached to the Friedenskirche at

, near the main altar and his elder brother Prince Sigismund of Prussia. His parents were later buried not far away in the centre of the mausoleum directly under the dome.

Ancestry

References

*Richard Hough, ''Advice to a Grand-daughter. Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse''. London, 1975, p. 12. Prussian princes House of Hohenzollern 1868 births 1879 deaths Infectious disease deaths in Germany Deaths from diphtheria Sons of emperors Royalty who died as children Children of Frederick III, German Emperor Sons of kings {{Germany-noble-stub