, house =Schönaich-Carolath , father =Prince Johann George of Schönaich-Carolath , mother =

Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (german: Hermine, Prinzessin Reuß zu Greiz;Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 248-249,302. "Almanach de Gotha", ''Russie'', (Gotha: Justus ...

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Neuendettelsau Neuendettelsau is a local authority in Middle Franconia, Germany. Neuendettelsau is situated 20 miles southwest of Nuremberg and 12 miles east of Ansbach. Since 1947 it has a Lutheran seminary ( ''Augustana Hochschule''). Diakonie Neuendettelsau ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath (german: Henriette Hermine Wanda Ida Luise Prinzessin von Schönaich-Carolath; 25 November 191816 March 1972) was the youngest daughter of Prince Johann George von Schönaich-Carolath and

, who later became the second wife of

Wilhelm II, German Emperor Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (german: Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening the German Empir ...

Early life

Princess Henriette was born at

, as the fifth child and youngest daughter of Prince Johann George of Schönaich-Carolath (1873–1920; son of Prince George of Schönaich-Carolath and Princess Wanda of Schönaich-Carolath) and his wife,

(1887–1947), daughter of

Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (28 March 1846 – 19 April 1902) was the reigning sovereign of Reuss-Greiz, a small principality of the German states, from 1859 until his death in 1902.Martin (1879), p. 173. Reign Heinrich succeeded as rei ...

and Princess Ida of

Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807, a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bück ...

. After Princess Henriette's father died in 1920, her mother married secondly in 1922 to the former German Emperor,

Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (german: Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening the German Empir ...

. Hermine had five young children, but it was decided that only the youngest, Princess Henriette, would come to live with them at

Doorn Doorn is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. History In a document from 885 to 896, the settlement is called "Thorhem", dwelling of Thor, the God of Thunder. Vikings quarte ...

.MacDonogh, p. 430. Wilhelm generally stayed out of his stepchildren's affairs, with the exception of Henriette. He seemed to have a genuine affection for her, and she came to be known as "the general".MacDonogh, p. 434. According to Giles MacDonough, Henriette "performed the role of resident grandchild, passing the sugar when coffee was served".

Marriage

On 6 August 1940 at his residence at

, former German Emperor

officially announced his stepdaughter Princess Henriette's engagement with his grandson,

Prince Karl Franz of Prussia Prince Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard Paul of Prussia (15 December 1916 – 23 January 1975) was the only child of Prince Joachim of Prussia and his wife Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt. He was also the grandson of Wilhelm II, German ...

. Karl Franz (1916–1975) was the only son of

Prince Joachim of Prussia Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son and sixth child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He committed suicide at age 29. Prince J ...

and his wife,

Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 – 22 May 1983) was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, then married and divo ...

. The couple were married on 1 October 1940 and had three children: *

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(born 3 September 1943), married in 1976 to

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, claimant to the Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia; they divorced in 1985 and had one son,

George Mikhailovich Romanov Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (russian: Георгий Михайлович Романов, Georgiy Mikhaylovich Romanov, also spelled ''Romanoff''; german: Georg Mikhailowitsch Romanow; born 13 March 1981) is the heir apparent to Ma ...

. He married secondly in 2019 to Nadia Nour.Willis, Daniel A., ''The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain'', Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 575, 696. *Prince Friedrich Christian of Prussia (3 September 1943 – 26 September 1943) *Prince Franz Friedrich of Prussia (born 17 October 1944), married firstly in 1970 in a

morganatic marriage Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...

to Gudrun Edith Winkler (born 29 January 1949), divorced in 1996, and had one daughter. He married secondly in 1998 to

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politician and former pianist Susann Genske(in German
Röd, Ildiko, "''Schlager-Sängerin Cora geht in die Politik''"
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'', 11 March 2014. (born 12 January 1964), with no issue. The couple divorced on 5 September 1946. Henriette died on 16 March 1972 at age 53 at

Ancestry

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* *Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1984 501 {{DEFAULTSORT:Schonaich-Carolath, Princess Henriette Of 1918 births 1972 deaths People from Berlin Henriette Henriette