Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia

Prince Friedrich Carl Nicolaus of Prussia (March 20, 1828 – June 15, 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801-1883) and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar (1808-1877). Prince Frederick Charles was a grandson of King Frederick William III of Prussia and a nephew of Frederick William IV and William I. He was born at Schloss Klein in Berlin.

From 1842 to 1846, Frederick Charles was under the military tutelage of then major Albrecht von Roon, who accompagnied the Prince to the University of Bonn in 1846. After his studies, the Prince served as a captain on Wrangel's staff during the Schleswig campaign of 1848. Promoted to major on the general staff, he partook in a campaign in Baden during which he was wounded. During the following peace years he was promoted to colonel in 1852, major general in 1854 and lieutenant general in 1856. In 1860, the Prince published a military book, titled, "Eine militärische Denkschrift von P. F. K.". Promoted to "General der Kavallerie", the Prince took part in the Second Schleswig War of 1864 against Denmark, where he held command over the Prussian troops in the Austro-Prussian expeditionary force.

Her served with distinction in the Austro-Prussian War, where he commanded the First Army; consisting of 2nd, 3rd and 4th corps. Arriving first at Königgrätz, he held the numerically superior Austrians at bay until his cousin Crown Prince Frederick William and his Second army came up and attacked the Austrians in the flank.

At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, the Prince was given command of the Second Army, with which he distinguished himself at the Battle of Spicheren and the battles of Vionville-Mars le Tour and Gravelotte-St.Privat and the following Siege of Metz. After the fall of Metz, his army was sent to the Loire to clear the area around Orléans, where French troops, first under Aurelle de Paladines, then under Chanzy, were trying to march north to relieve Paris. He won battles at Orleans and Le Mans. For his services he was promoted to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall. After the war, the Prince was made Inspector-General and was given the rank of Field Marshal of Russia by Alexander II of Russia.

He died at Jagdschloss Glienicke.

Family and Children

On 29 November 1854 at Dessau he married Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt (1837-1906), daughter of Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau. They had five children amongst which:

* Princess Marie Elisabeth Luise Friederike of Prussia (1855-1888), married twice (1) Prince Henry of the Netherlands; (2) Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
* Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia (1857-1895), married Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
* Anne Victoria Charlotte Augusta Adelheid of Prussia (b. and d. 1858)
* Princess Luise Marguerite Alexandra Victoria Agnes of Prussia (1860-1917), married Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
* Prince Joachim Carl Wilhelm "Friedrich Leopold" of Prussia (1865-1931)

After the birth of their fourth daughter, Luise Margarete, Prince Frederick Charles reportedly boxed his wife's ears for not producing a son.


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