Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Puntarenas, 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
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]
- Princess Barbara of Prussia (2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994) married 5 July 1954 Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue:
- Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (b. 11 March 1956) married 14 August 1987 Alexander von Solodkoff (b. 1951) and had issue:
- Thyra von Solodkoff (b. 12 October 1989)
- Alix von Solodkoff (b. 17 March 1992)
- Niklot von Solodkoff (b. 8 December 1994)
- Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg (b. 25 September 1960) married 20 September 1995 Konrad von Posern (b. 1964) and had issue:
- Leopold von Posern (b. 27 February 1996)
- Friedrich von Posern (b. 14 June 1997)
- Ferdinand von Posern (b. 19 June 1999)
- Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (b. 11 March 1956) married 14 August 1987 Alexander von Solodkoff (b. 1951) and had issue:
- Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (17 August 1924 - 5 June 2013) married Maritza Farkas de Zaladörgicse de Kiskapornok (6 August 1929 – 1 November 1996) on 15 December 1984.
Costa Rica
Prior to emigrating from Europe to South America, he served as a marine officer.[2]
In 1927, Prince Sigismund and his family resettled in Costa Rica.[4] He planned to engage in banana and coffee planting on land he owned there. They were accompanied by only a governess, as the children were still young.[4]
Sigismund died in Puntarenas on 14 November 1978.[2]
Ancestry
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997. pp. 27-28, 131, 173. ISBN 91-630-5964-9
- 1 2 3 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
- ↑ preussen.de
- 1 2 "Prussian Prince Moves to Costa Rica", The New York Times, Colon, 22 December 1927
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