Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (17 December 1891 – 6 July 1927) was a German World War I fighter pilot and member of the

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as the son of

Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854. Family On 24 June 1889, he married in Berlin Princ ...

and

Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (German: Feodora Luise Sophie Adelheid Henriette Amalie; 8 April 1866 – 28 April 1952) was a daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Adelheid of H ...

Early life

At Glienicke Castle, Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund was born to

and his wife

on 17 December 1891. He was their second child and eldest son; his siblings would come to include Princess Victoria Margaret, Prince Friedrich Karl, and Prince Friedrich Leopold. Prinz Siegesmund- Flugzeug

Like some other Hohenzollerns like

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, Friedrich was greatly interested in

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. In 1911, he began building an

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at Glenicke Castle, with the hopes of trying it out the following spring. In 1917, he and his brother Friedrich Karl joined the German flying corps. Later that year, his brother died from war wounds.

Marriage and issue

On 27 April 1916, he married at Jagdschloss Klein-Glienicke in Berlin Princess Marie Louise of

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(b. 10 February 1897,

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- d. 1 October 1938,

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) (a daughter of Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Louise of Denmark). They had two children: *''Louise Victoria'' Margaret Antoinette Sieglinde Alexandrine Stephanie Thyra (b. 23 August 1917 – d. 23 March 2009), married Hans Reinhold (b. 20 November 1917 – d. 2002) on 12 September 1942 in Potsdam. They had one sons before divorcing in 1949: **Manfred Reinhold (b. 13 February 1943) *''Friedrich Karl'' Viktor Stefan Christian (b. 13 March 1919,

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– d. 19 June 2006,

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), married Lady Hermione Mary Morton Stuart (2 March 1925 – 2 September 1969) and secondly Adelheid von Bockum-Dolffs (born 16 September 1943). Died with no issue.

Death

He and his wife were great lovers of riding and horses, and he was considered one of the best horsemen in Germany. The couple spent most of their time raising and training horses at their

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estate, as well as at their estate at Glienicke Castle near

. He and his wife were great social favorites, and Friedrich was popular with the German people. On 5 July 1927 at age 35 at

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, Frederich Sigismund fell from a horse. He was riding in an international tournament; while doing a difficult jump, he fell and his foot got caught in a stirrup. Before he was able to free himself, the horse trod his chest multiple times, breaking five ribs and causing other injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died the following day from his injuries. His body was brought back to Potsdam, where a ceremonial funeral was held. Important members of the Hohenzollern dynasty attended, including former

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and his brother

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. He was buried at

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, next to his sister Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia.

Regimental commissions

Schench, G. ''Handbuch über den Königlich Preuβischen Hof und Staat fur das Jahr 1908''. Berlin, Prussia, 1907. * 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Leutnant ''à la suite'' from 1901; Leutnant by 1908. * 2. Leib-Husaren-Regiment Königin Viktoria von Preußen Nr. 2, Rittmeister (captain of cavalry), during World War I * Fliegerabteilung 22 (aerial observer squadron), 1917–1918

Chivalric orders

* Knight of the

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, ''17 December 1901'' * Grand Cross of the

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, with Crown, ''1901'' * Knight of the Order of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, ''1901'' * Grand Commander's Cross of the

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, ''17 December 1901''

Military decorations (1914-1918)

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, Second Class *

, First Class * Flugzeugführerabzeichen (Pilot's qualification badge)

Ancestry

References

Sources

* Zivkovic, Georg: ''Heer- und Flottenführer der Welt''. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1971 S. 427-428 * C. Arnold McNaughton: ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy'', in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 67. {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, Prince Prussian princes House of Hohenzollern Military personnel from Berlin Luftstreitkräfte personnel 1891 births 1927 deaths