Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)

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This article is about the Prince Sigismund born in 1896. For his uncle of the same name born in 1864, see Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866).
Prince Sigismund of Prussia
Prince Sigismund of Prussia.jpg
Born(1896-11-27)27 November 1896
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Died14 November 1978(1978-11-14) (aged 81)
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Burial21 November 1978
Esparza, Costa Rica
Spouse
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
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(m. 1919)​
IssuePrincess Barbara
Prince Alfred
Names
German: Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund
English: William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Henry of Prussia
MotherPrincess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Greater imperial coat of arms of Germany.svg
Frederick III
Children
Wilhelm II
Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Henry
Prince Sigismund
Princess Viktoria
Prince Waldemar
Sophia, Queen of the Hellenes
Margaret, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Grandchildren
Prince Waldemar
Prince Sigismund
Prince Heinrich
Great Grandchildren
Princess Barbara
Prince Alfred
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Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia (German: Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Esparza, Costa Rica), was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine.[1] He was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. A great-grandson of Queen Victoria through both his parents,[1] he was the only one of three brothers who did not have the hemophilia common among her descendants.[2]

Life[]

Sigismund with his older brother and their parents.

Marriage and issue[]

On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, he married Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), eldest daughter of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. They had two children. [3][1]

Costa Rica[]

Prior to emigrating from Europe to Central America, he served as a marine officer.[2]

In 1927, Sigismund and his family resettled in Costa Rica [4] three years after his son Alfred (1924-2013) had been born in Guatemala. [5] He planned to engage in banana and coffee planting on land he owned there.[4]

Sigismund died in Puntarenas on 14 November 1978.[2]

Honours and awards[]

Prince Sigismund received the following awards:[6]

Ancestry[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 27-28, 131, 173. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 78, 91-93 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  3. ^ "preussen.de". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Prussian Prince Moves to Costa Rica", The New York Times, Colon, 22 December 1927
  5. ^ "Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad Prince of Prussia" thepeerage.com (April 8, 2016); retrieved April 19, 2021
  6. ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1918), Genealogy p.3
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