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Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)

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Prince Henry of Prussia
Born(1747-12-30)30 December 1747
Died26 May 1767(1767-05-26) (aged 19)
Names
Friedrich Heinrich Karl
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Augustus William of Prussia
MotherLuise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William I
Grandchildren
Frederick William II
Prince Henry
Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange
Prince Emil
Princess Friederike
Prince Heinrich
Louise, Princess Antoni Radziwiłł
Prince Christian
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Prince Paul
Prince Augustus

Prince Frederick Henry Charles of Prussia (German: Friedrich Heinrich Karl, 30 December 1747 – 26 May 1767) was the second son of Prince Augustus William, the brother of Frederick the Great. His older brother was Frederick William II of Prussia.

Biography

In his early life, the prince received several military promotions and honours; on 16 January 1748 he became a member of the Order of the Black Eagle, and on 20 September 1764 he became captain and company commander of the 1st Battalion Guard of the Gardes du Corps. In September later that year he was raised to commander, and on 26 April 1767 he was made Major General by Frederick II.

At the age of 17, Colonel Hans von Blumenthal, commander of the Gardes du Corps, became the prince's governor. As a result, he and his brother Frederick William spent much time at the Colonel's estate at Paretz.

Prince Henry was a promising young captain in the guards and his uncle the King had high hopes for him. However, in May 1767 he was leading his cuirassier squadron to Berlin for a parade and review when he stopped at the von Kleist estate of Protzen. Here he caught smallpox and died on the 26th, much to his uncle's grief.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)
8. Frederick I of Prussia
4. Frederick William I of Prussia
9. Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
2. Prince Augustus William of Prussia
10. George I of Great Britain
5. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
11. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
1. Prince Henry of Prussia
12. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
6. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
13. Princess Christine of Hesse-Eschwege
3. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
14. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
7. Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
15. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

References

  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 17.
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The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King in Prussia in 1701.
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^§ born after the abolishment of monarchy by the Weimar Constitution
^• Forfeit rights to the succession
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