Prince Joachim of Prussia

Infobox Prussian Royalty|prince
name =Prince Joachim
title = Prince Joachim of Prussia

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caption =
spouse =Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
issue =Prince Karl Franz Josef
royal house =House of Hohenzollern
father =Wilhelm II
mother =Duchess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
date of birth =birth date|1890|12|17|mf=y
place of birth =Potsdam, Prussia
date of death = death date and age|1920|07|18|1890|12|17|mf=y
place of death =Potsdam, Brandenburg
place of burial=|

Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890-18 July 1920) was the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, by his first wife, Duchess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

During the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland in 1916 some republican leaders contemplated giving the throne of an independent Ireland to Prince Joachim. [referred to on page 324 in 'Daisy, Princess of Pless' ed. Desmond Chapman-Huston, Murray, London 1928, ASIN: B00086RUJU]

Prince Joachim married Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 - 22 May 1983), on 11 March, 1916. The couple had one son, the prince Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard Paul (Potsdam 15 Dec 1916-Arica, Chile 22 Jan 1975). His wife Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt was to be the adoptive mother of Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.

After his father's abdication, Joachim was unable to accept his new status as a commoner and fell into a deep depression, finally committing suicide by gunshot on July 18, 1920.

Children and Granchildren

* "Prince Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard of Prussia" (December 15 1916 Potsdam, Germany - 22 January 1975 in Chile). Married first, on 5 October 1940, to Princess Henriette Hermine Wanda Ida Luise Schönaich-Carolath (25 November 1918 - 16 March 1972). They divorced 5 September 1946. They were the parents of three children;
**Prince Franz Wilhelm Viktor Christoph Stephan of Prussia (born 3 September 1943), he married the heiress of the russian throne Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia.
**Prince Friedrich Christian Ludwig of Prussia (3 September 1943 - 26 September 1943)
**Prince Franz Friedrich Christian of Prussia (born 17 October 1944).

Prince Karl married secondly, morganatically, on 9 November 1946, to Luise Dora Hartmann (5 September 1909 Hamburg, Germany - 23 April 1961 Hamburg, Germany). The couple were childless and divorced in 1959.

Prince Karl married lastly, on 20 July 1959 in Lima, Peru, to Dona Eva Maria Herrera y Valdeavellano (10 June 1922 Lima, Peru - 6 March 1987 Lima, Peru). They were married until Prince Karl's death and had two daughters;

*Alexandra Maria Augusta Juana Consuelo Prinzessin von Preussen (born 29 April 1960 Lima, Peru)
*Désirée Anastasia Maria Benedicta Prinzessin von Preussen (born 13 July 1961 Lima, Peru).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Joachim of Prussia

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1= 1. Prince Joachim of Prussia
2= 2. William II, German Emperor
3= 3. Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
4= 4. Frederick III, German Emperor
5= 5. Victoria, Princess Royal
6= 6. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
7= 7. Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
8= 8. William I, German Emperor
9= 9. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
10= 10. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
11= 11. Victoria of the United Kingdom
12= 12. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg
13= 13. Louise of Danneskiold-Samsøe
14= 14. Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
15= 15. Princess Feodora of Leiningen
16= 16. Frederick William III of Prussia
17= 17. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
18= 18. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
19= 19. Maria Pavlovna of Russia
20= 20. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
21= 21. Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
22= 22. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
23= 23. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
24= 24. Frederik Christian II, Duke of Augustenborg
25= 25. Louise Auguste of Denmark
26= 26. Christian-Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe
27= 27. Johanna Kaas of Mur
28= 28. Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
29= 29. Amalie of Solms-Baruth
30= 30. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen
31= 31. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (= 23)

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