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Prince Frederick Henry Charles of Prussia (; 30 December 1781, Berlin - 12 July 1846, Rome) was a Prussian prince and army officer.
Henry was a son of Heinrichplatz.
In: Straßennamenlexikon des Luisenstädtischen Bildungsvereins (on Kaupert)
Life
Henry was a son of Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II (; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was also the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (through the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign princ ...
(1744-1797) by his second wife Frederika Louisa (1751-1805), daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Henry entered the army on 5 September 1795 as a fähnrich
Fähnrich () is an officer candidate rank in the Austrian Bundesheer and German Bundeswehr. The word comes from an older German military title, (flag bearer), and first became a distinct military rank in Germany on 1 January 1899. Howeve ...
in the Life Company of the 1st Guards Battalion. He also served as an oberst
''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German language, German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel. It is currently used by both the Army, ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, a ...
during the 1806-07 campaign against Napoleon - at Auerstadt he was loaned a horse by Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Pru ...
after Henry's horse was killed under him. In 1807 he was made commander of the "von Schöning" Infantry Regiment. In the 1813 campaign he was on the headquarters staff of the Russian general Peter Wittgenstein
Louis Adolf Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg-Berleburg (; ; ''Pyotr Christianovitch Wittgenstein''; – 11 June 1843), better known as Peter Wittgenstein in English, was a prince of the German dynasty of Sayn-Wittgenstein ...
. On 31 May 1815 he was promoted to General of Infantry.
From 1800 until the dissolution of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg in 1811, Henry served as co-adjutor of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, the Bailiwick's last Lord Master. On its dissolution, Henry's brother Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III (; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved ...
set up the Royal Prussian Order of Saint John
The Royal Prussian Order of Saint John () was an order of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia. It was set up in 1812 and was awarded until the inauguration of the modern Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), Order of Saint John in 1852.
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with Augustus as its Grand Master. In 1813 Henry replaced Augustus as Grand Master. Under Henry the new Order set up a hospital in Jüterbog
Jüterbog () is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin.
History
The Polabian Slavs, Slavic se ...
and a 'Deaconess Institute' (''Diakonissenanstalt'') in Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
. He was also a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle
The Order of the Black Eagle () was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I of Prussia, Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the ...
, the Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire (1871–1918), and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a black cross pattée with a white or silver outline, was derived from the in ...
, the Order of St. Andrew, the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
History
The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor ...
and the Order of St. George
The Order of Saint George () is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. It was originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire for commiss ...
3rd degree and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Vladimir.
On 12 August 1817 Henry visited the USS ''Washington'' during her time as the US flagship in the Mediterranean. In 1819 he was one of the godparents of Prince George of Cumberland, grandson of George III of the United Kingdom
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great ...
at his christening in Berlin. Later in 1819 Henry moved to Rome, only gaining permission to go from Frederick William III after Henry (always in poor health) fainted at a soirée. He spent his last twenty years bedridden, with major general Friedrich Wilhelm von Lepel (1774-1840) and from 1845 Helmuth von Moltke as his adjutant.
He is buried in the Berliner Dom. Heinrichplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg was named after him from 7 April 1849 until 21 August 2022 when it was renamed .In: Straßennamenlexikon des Luisenstädtischen Bildungsvereins (on Kaupert)
Ancestry
Sources
*Richard von Meerheimb: Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Prinz von Preußen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, S. 569 f. * Heinrich Haeser: Geschichte christlicher Kranken-Pflege und Pflegerschaften. W. Hertz, 1857, S. 55 f. *Leopold von Zedlitz: Der preussische Staat in allen seinen Beziehungen. August Hirschwald, 1835, S. 149 *Theodor Fontane: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, Band 1 (Grafschaft Ruppin) „Ruppiner Garnison“ – Das Regiment Prinz Ferdinand (bei Auerstedt) *Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum, Band 3, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, S. 265-266References