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<span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_(%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88)%D8%B3" title="ویلهلم (پرو)س – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویلهلم (پرو)س" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_(%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96)" title="Вільгельм (Кронпрынц Германіі) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вільгельм (Кронпрынц Германіі)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_(1882_%E2%80%93_1951)" title="Вилхелм Пруски (1882 – 1951) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Вилхелм Пруски (1882 – 1951)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Prusia_(1882-1951)" title="Wilhelm Prusia (1882-1951) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Wilhelm Prusia (1882-1951)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillem_de_Pr%C3%BAssia_(pr%C3%ADncep_hereu_de_Pr%C3%BAssia)" title="Guillem de Prússia (príncep hereu de Prússia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Guillem de Prússia (príncep hereu de Prússia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A9m_Prusk%C3%BD_(1882%E2%80%931951)" title="Vilém Pruský (1882–1951) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vilém Pruský (1882–1951)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_af_Preussen" title="Wilhelm af Preussen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wilhelm af Preussen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Preu%C3%9Fen_(1882%E2%80%931951)" title="Wilhelm von Preußen (1882–1951) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wilhelm von Preußen (1882–1951)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_(Saksa_kroonprints)" title="Wilhelm (Saksa kroonprints) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Wilhelm (Saksa kroonprints)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Γουλιέλμος της Γερμανίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γουλιέλμος της Γερμανίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_de_Prusia" title="Guillermo de Prusia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guillermo de Prusia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelmo_de_Prusio" title="Vilhelmo de Prusio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vilhelmo de Prusio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilen_Prusiakoa" title="Gilen Prusiakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gilen Prusiakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ویلهلم، ولیعهد آلمان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویلهلم، ولیعهد آلمان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_de_Prusse" title="Guillaume de Prusse – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guillaume de Prusse" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%ED%97%AC%EB%A6%84_%ED%8F%B0_%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EC%9D%B4%EC%84%BC_%ED%99%A9%ED%83%9C%EC%9E%90" title="빌헬름 폰 프로이센 황태자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="빌헬름 폰 프로이센 황태자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B4_(%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B6)" title="Վիլհելմ (Գերմանիայի թագաժառանգ արքայազն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիլհելմ (Գերմանիայի թագաժառանգ արքայազն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilim,_njema%C4%8Dki_krunski_princ" title="Vilim, njemački krunski princ – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vilim, njemački krunski princ" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm,_Putra_Mahkota_Jerman" title="Wilhelm, Putra Mahkota Jerman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wilhelm, Putra Mahkota Jerman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_di_Prussia_(1882)" title="Guglielmo di Prussia (1882) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Guglielmo di Prussia (1882)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9D,_%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94" title="וילהלם, נסיך הכתר של גרמניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וילהלם, נסיך הכתר של גרמניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Preu%C3%9Fen" title="Wilhelm von Preußen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wilhelm von Preußen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilmos_porosz_kir%C3%A1lyi_herceg_(1882%E2%80%931951)" title="Vilmos porosz királyi herceg (1882–1951) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vilmos porosz királyi herceg (1882–1951)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85" title="فيلهلم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فيلهلم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_van_Pruisen_(1882-1951)" title="Wilhelm van Pruisen (1882-1951) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wilhelm van Pruisen (1882-1951)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3_(1882-1951)" title="ヴィルヘルム・フォン・プロイセン (1882-1951) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴィルヘルム・フォン・プロイセン (1882-1951)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_av_Preussen" title="Wilhelm av Preussen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wilhelm av Preussen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Hohenzollern_(1882%E2%80%931951)" title="Wilhelm Hohenzollern (1882–1951) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wilhelm Hohenzollern (1882–1951)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilherme,_Pr%C3%ADncipe_Herdeiro_da_Alemanha" title="Guilherme, Príncipe Herdeiro da Alemanha – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Guilherme, Príncipe Herdeiro da Alemanha" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm,_Prin%C8%9B_Mo%C8%99tenitor_al_Germaniei" title="Wilhelm, Prinț Moștenitor al Germaniei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wilhelm, Prinț Moștenitor al Germaniei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_(%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)" title="Вильгельм (кронпринц Прусский) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вильгельм (кронпринц Прусский)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_(Saksan_kruununprinssi)" title="Vilhelm (Saksan kruununprinssi) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vilhelm (Saksan kruununprinssi)" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Last German crown prince (1882–1951)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Crown Prince Wilhelm" redirects here. For ships of this name, see <a href="/wiki/Kronprinz_Wilhelm_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Kronprinz Wilhelm (disambiguation)">Kronprinz Wilhelm (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/File:Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg/220px-Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg/330px-Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg/440px-Kronprinz_Wilhelm_1._Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="704" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Crown Prince Wilhelm in 1914</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Head of the House of Hohenzollern</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of monarchs of Prussia">Prince of Prussia</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">4 June 1941 – 20 July 1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ferdinand,_Prince_of_Prussia" title="Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia">Louis Ferdinand</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1882-05-06</span>)</span>6 May 1882<br /><a href="/wiki/Marmorpalais" title="Marmorpalais">Marmorpalais</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 July 1951<span style="display:none">(1951-07-20)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hechingen" title="Hechingen">Hechingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrttemberg-Hohenzollern" title="Württemberg-Hohenzollern">Württemberg-Hohenzollern</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data">26 July 1951<br /><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle" title="Hohenzollern Castle">Hohenzollern Castle</a>, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, West Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Duchess_Cecilie_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText 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(1911–1966)">Prince Friedrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Alexandrine_of_Prussia_(1915%E2%80%931980)" title="Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980)">Princess Alexandrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Cecilie_of_Prussia" title="Princess Cecilie of Prussia">Princess Cecilie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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II</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: left;"> <dl><dt><i>Children</i></dt> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crown Prince Wilhelm</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Eitel_Friedrich_of_Prussia" title="Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia">Prince Eitel Friedrich</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1884%E2%80%931948)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)">Prince Adalbert</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_August_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia">Prince August Wilhelm</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Oskar_of_Prussia" title="Prince Oskar of Prussia">Prince Oskar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim of Prussia">Prince Joachim</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia" title="Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia">Victoria Louise, Duchess of Brunswick</a></dd></dl></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" 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Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia</b> (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last <i><a href="/wiki/German_Emperor" title="German Emperor">Kaiser</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II, German Emperor</a>, and his consort <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein">Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein</a>, and thus a great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, and distant cousin to many British royals, such as Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> and King <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>. As Emperor Wilhelm's heir, he was the last <a href="/wiki/Crown_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Prince">Crown Prince</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>, until the <a href="/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918-1919" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918-1919">abolition of the monarchy</a>. </p><p>Wilhelm became crown prince at the age of six in 1888, when his grandfather <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a> died and his father became emperor. He was crown prince for 30 years until the <a href="/wiki/Abdication_of_Wilhelm_II" title="Abdication of Wilhelm II">fall of the empire on 9 November 1918</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, he commanded the <a href="/wiki/5th_Army_(German_Empire)" title="5th Army (German Empire)">5th Army</a> from 1914 to 1916 and was commander of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_German_Crown_Prince_(German_Empire)" title="Army Group German Crown Prince (German Empire)">Army Group German Crown Prince</a> for the remainder of the war. After his return to Germany in 1923, he fought the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a> and campaigned for the reintroduction of the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchy</a> in Germany. After his plans to become <a href="/wiki/Reichspr%C3%A4sident" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichspräsident">president</a> had been blocked by his father, Wilhelm supported <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>'s rise to power, but when Wilhelm realised that Hitler had no intention of restoring the monarchy, their relationship cooled. Wilhelm became head of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">House of Hohenzollern</a> on 4 June 1941 following the death of his father and held the position until his own death on 20 July 1951. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A,_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn,_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg/170px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg/255px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg/340px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00625A%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_I._mit_Sohn%2C_Enkel_und_Urenkel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Four generations in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">House of Hohenzollern</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_I,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm I, German Emperor">Emperor Wilhelm I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Crown Prince Frederick William</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Prince Wilhelm</a> and the newborn Prince Wilhelm in <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a> in 1882.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wilhelm was born on 6 May 1882 as the eldest son of the then Prince <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm of Prussia</a>, and his first wife, Princess <a href="/wiki/Augusta_Victoria_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein">Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein</a>. He was born in the <a href="/wiki/Marmorpalais" title="Marmorpalais">Marmorpalais</a> of <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Brandenburg" title="Province of Brandenburg">Province of Brandenburg</a>, where his parents resided until his father acceded to the throne. When he was born, his great-grandfather <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm I">Wilhelm I</a> was the <a href="/wiki/German_Emperor" title="German Emperor">German Emperor</a> and his grandfather Crown Prince <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a>, making Wilhelm third in line to the throne. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg/170px-Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg/255px-Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg/340px-Queen_Victoria_with_her_great-grandson_Prince_William.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> with her great-grandson Prince Wilhelm in 1883.</figcaption></figure> <p>His birth sparked an argument between his parents and his grandmother Crown Princess <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal" title="Victoria, Princess Royal">Victoria</a>. Before Wilhelm was born, his grandmother had expected to be asked to help find a nurse, but since her son did everything he could to snub her, the future Wilhelm II asked his aunt Princess <a href="/wiki/Princess_Helena_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Princess Helena of the United Kingdom">Helena</a> to help instead. His mother was hurt and his grandmother, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, who was the younger Wilhelm's great-grandmother, was furious.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prince Wilhelm would have five younger brothers: Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Eitel_Friedrich_of_Prussia" title="Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia">Eitel Friedrich</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1884%E2%80%931948)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)">Adalbert</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_August_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia">August Wilhelm</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Oskar_of_Prussia" title="Prince Oskar of Prussia">Oskar</a> and Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim of Prussia">Joachim</a> and one younger sister: Princess <a href="/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia" title="Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia">Viktoria Luise</a>. He spent his childhood with his siblings at Marmorpalais and after his father's accession to the throne at the <a href="/wiki/New_Palace_(Potsdam)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Palace (Potsdam)">New Palace</a>, also in Potsdam. </p><p>In 1888, the <a href="/wiki/Year_of_the_Three_Emperors" title="Year of the Three Emperors">Year of the Three Emperors</a> when his great-grandfather and grandfather both died, his father became German Emperor, and six-year-old Wilhelm became the heir apparent to the German and Prussian thrones with the title of <a href="/wiki/Kronprinz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kronprinz">Kronprinz</a>. He spent his school days with his brothers at the <a href="/wiki/Prinzenhaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Prinzenhaus">Prinzenhaus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pl%C3%B6n" title="Plön">Plön</a> in his mother's ancestral <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Province of Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a>. </p><p>Wilhelm was a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>, then a relatively new sport in the country, donating a cup to the <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">German Football Association</a> in 1908 and thereby initiating the <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A4nderpokal" title="Länderpokal">Kronprinzenpokal (now Länderpokal)</a></i>, the oldest cup competition in German football.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German club <a href="/wiki/BFC_Preussen" title="BFC Preussen">BFC Preussen</a> was also originally named BFC Friedrich Wilhelm in his honour. </p><p>In 1914, the kaiser ordered the construction of Schloss <a href="/wiki/Cecilienhof" title="Cecilienhof">Cecilienhof</a> in Potsdam for Prince Wilhelm and his family which angered him. The Schloss was loosely inspired by <a href="/wiki/Hill_Bark" title="Hill Bark">Bidston Court</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birkenhead" title="Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a>, England, resembling a Tudor manor.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Completed in 1917, it became the main residence for the Crown Prince for a time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_I">World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilhelm had been active in pushing German expansion, and sought a leading role on the outbreak of war. Despite being only thirty-two and having never commanded a unit larger than a regiment, the German crown prince was named commander of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Army_(German_Empire)" title="5th Army (German Empire)">5th Army</a> in August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. However, under the well-established Prussian/<a href="/wiki/German_General_Staff" title="German General Staff">German General Staff</a> model then in use, inexperienced nobles who were afforded commands of large army formations were always provided with (and expected to defer to the advice of) experienced <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chiefs of staff</a> to assist them in their duties. As emperor, Wilhelm's father instructed the crown prince to defer to the advice of his experienced chief of staff <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Schmidt_von_Knobelsdorf" title="Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf">Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1914 Wilhelm gave his first interview to a foreign correspondent and the first statement to the press made by a German noble since the outbreak of war.<sup id="cite_ref-AE74_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AE74-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KW_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He denied promoting military solutions to diplomatic problems, and said this in English: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Undoubtedly this is the most stupid, senseless and unnecessary war of modern times. It is a war not wanted by Germany, I can assure you, but it was forced on us, and the fact that we were so effectually prepared to defend ourselves is now being used as an argument to convince the world that we desired conflict.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Crown Prince Wilhelm, <i>Wiegand</i><sup id="cite_ref-AE74_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AE74-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KW_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KW-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>From August 1915 onwards, Wilhelm was given the additional role as commander of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_German_Crown_Prince_(German_Empire)" title="Army Group German Crown Prince (German Empire)">Army Group German Crown Prince</a>. In 1916 his troops began the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun" title="Battle of Verdun">Verdun Offensive</a>, a year-long effort to destroy the French armies that would end in failure. He personally ordered a naval gun to fire the first shot on 21 February 1916, starting the deadly battle.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilhelm relinquished command of the 5th Army in November of that year, but remained commander of the Army Group German Crown Prince for the rest of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1918–34"><span id="1918.E2.80.9334"></span>1918–34</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1918–34"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%9319" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–19">German Revolution</a> in 1918, both Emperor Wilhelm II and the crown prince signed the document of abdication. On 13 November, the former crown prince fled Germany, crossed into the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> at <a href="/wiki/Oud-Vroenhoven" title="Oud-Vroenhoven">Oudvroenhoven</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was later interned on the island of <a href="/wiki/Wieringen" title="Wieringen">Wieringen</a> (now part of the mainland), near <a href="/wiki/Den_Helder" title="Den Helder">Den Helder</a>. In the autumn of 1921, <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Stresemann" title="Gustav Stresemann">Gustav Stresemann</a> visited Wilhelm, and the former crown prince voiced an interest in returning to Germany, even as a private citizen. After Stresemann became chancellor in August 1923, Wilhelm was allowed to return after giving assurances that he would not engage in politics. He chose 9 November 1923 for this, which infuriated his father, who had not been informed about the plans of his son and who felt <a href="/wiki/November_9_in_German_history" class="mw-redirect" title="November 9 in German history">the historic date</a> to be inappropriate.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 11–12">: 11–12 </span></sup> </p><p>In June 1926, a <a href="/wiki/1926_German_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 German referendum">referendum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Expropriation_of_the_Princes_in_the_Weimar_Republic" title="Expropriation of the Princes in the Weimar Republic">expropriating the former ruling Princes of Germany without compensation</a> failed and as a consequence, the financial situation of the Hohenzollern family improved considerably. A settlement between the state and the family made Cecilienhof property of the state but granted a right of residence to Wilhelm and his wife <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Cecilie_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Cecilie</a>. This was limited in duration to three generations.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9–12">: 9–12 </span></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437,_Tag_von_Potsdam,_Adolf_Hitler,_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-14437%2C_Tag_von_Potsdam%2C_Adolf_Hitler%2C_Kronprinz_Wilhelm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="552" /></a><figcaption>Meeting Adolf Hitler in 1933</figcaption></figure> <p>Wilhelm broke the promise he had made to Stresemann to stay out of politics. <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> visited Wilhelm at Cecilienhof three times, in 1926, in 1933 (on the "<a href="/wiki/Day_of_Potsdam" class="mw-redirect" title="Day of Potsdam">Day of Potsdam</a>") and in 1935. Wilhelm joined <i><a href="/wiki/Der_Stahlhelm,_Bund_der_Frontsoldaten" title="Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten">Der Stahlhelm</a></i>, which merged in 1931 into the <a href="/wiki/Harzburg_Front" title="Harzburg Front">Harzburg Front</a>, a right-wing organisation of those opposed to the democratic republic.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 13">: 13 </span></sup> </p><p>The former crown prince was reportedly interested in the idea of running for <i><a href="/wiki/Reichspr%C3%A4sident" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichspräsident">Reichspräsident</a></i> as the right-wing candidate against <a href="/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg" title="Paul von Hindenburg">Paul von Hindenburg</a> in 1932, until his father (who privately supported Hindenburg) forbade him from acting on the idea. After his plans to become president had been blocked by his father, Wilhelm supported Hitler's rise to power.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 13">: 13 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1934–51"><span id="1934.E2.80.9351"></span>1934–51</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1934–51"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg/220px-Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg/330px-Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg/440px-Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany_LOC_99405727.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2835" data-file-height="3753" /></a><figcaption> Photograph of Wilhelm, circa 1933</figcaption></figure> <p>After the murder of his friend <a href="/wiki/Kurt_von_Schleicher" title="Kurt von Schleicher">Kurt von Schleicher</a>, the former Chancellor, in the <a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives" title="Night of the Long Knives">Night of the Long Knives</a> (1934), Wilhelm withdrew from all political activities. </p><p>When Wilhelm realised that Hitler had no intention of restoring the monarchy, their relationship cooled. Upon his father's death in 1941, Wilhelm succeeded him as head of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">House of Hohenzollern</a>, the former German imperial dynasty. He was approached by those in the military and the diplomatic service who wanted to replace Hitler, but Wilhelm turned them down. After the ill-fated <a href="/wiki/20_July_plot" title="20 July plot">assassination attempt on 20 July 1944</a>, Hitler nevertheless had Wilhelm placed under supervision by the <i><a href="/wiki/Gestapo" title="Gestapo">Gestapo</a></i> and had his home at Cecilienhof watched.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 11–15">: 11–15 </span></sup> </p><p>In January 1945, Wilhelm left Potsdam for <a href="/wiki/Oberstdorf" title="Oberstdorf">Oberstdorf</a> for a treatment of his gall and liver problems. His wife Cecilie fled in early February 1945 as the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> drew closer to Berlin, but they had been living apart for a long time. At the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">End of World War II in Europe</a>, Wilhelm's home, Cecilienhof, was seized by the Soviets.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 15–16">: 15–16 </span></sup> The palace was subsequently used by the Allied Powers as the venue for the <a href="/wiki/Potsdam_Conference" title="Potsdam Conference">Potsdam Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Broschure_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Broschure-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 16">: 16 </span></sup> </p><p>At the end of the war, Wilhelm was captured by French Moroccan troops in <a href="/wiki/Baad,_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Baad, Austria">Baad, Austria</a>, and was interned as a (World War I) war criminal. Transferred to <a href="/wiki/Hechingen" title="Hechingen">Hechingen</a>, Germany, he lived for a short time in <a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle" title="Hohenzollern Castle">Hohenzollern Castle</a> under house arrest before moving to a small five-room house at Fürstenstraße 16 in Hechingen. He died there on 20 July 1951, of a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a>. It was exactly seven years after the <a href="/wiki/20_July_plot" title="20 July plot">20 July plot</a>. Three days later, his opponent in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun" title="Battle of Verdun">Battle of Verdun</a>, Marshal <a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Philippe Pétain</a>, died in prison in France.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilhelm and his wife are buried at Hohenzollern Castle.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_children">Family and children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family and children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280,_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-01280%2C_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II._mit_Sohn_und_Enkel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>With his father and his son, Prince Wilhelm, in 1927</figcaption></figure> <p>Wilhelm married <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Cecilie_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> on 6 June 1905. After their marriage, the couple lived at the <a href="/wiki/Kronprinzenpalais" title="Kronprinzenpalais">Crown Prince's Palace</a> in Berlin during the winter and at the Marmorpalais in Potsdam, later at <a href="/wiki/Cecilienhof" title="Cecilienhof">Cecilienhof</a> in Potsdam. Cecilie was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Francis_III,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> (1851–1897) and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Mikhailovna_of_Russia" title="Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia">Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia</a> (1860–1922). Their eldest son, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, was killed fighting for the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">France in 1940</a>. </p><p>Their children were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1906%E2%80%931940)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)">Prince Wilhelm of Prussia</a> (1906–1940), who renounced his succession rights in 1933 in order to marry <a href="/wiki/Dorothea_von_Salviati" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorothea von Salviati">Dorothea von Salviati</a>, and had issue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ferdinand,_Prince_of_Prussia" title="Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia">Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia</a> (1907–1994); married 1938 <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Kira_Kirillovna_of_Russia" title="Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia">Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia</a> and had issue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hubertus_of_Prussia" title="Prince Hubertus of Prussia">Prince Hubertus of Prussia</a> (1909–1950); married 1941 Baroness Maria von Humboldt-Dachroeden, 1943 <a href="/wiki/Princess_Magdalena_Reuss_of_K%C3%B6stritz" title="Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz">Princess Magdalena Reuss</a> and had issue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Prussia_(1911%E2%80%931966)" title="Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)">Prince Frederick of Prussia</a> (1911–1966); married 1945 <a href="/wiki/Lady_Brigid_Guinness" title="Lady Brigid Guinness">Lady Brigid Guinness</a> and had issue:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Alexandrine_of_Prussia_(1915%E2%80%931980)" title="Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980)">Princess Alexandrine of Prussia</a>, called "Adini" (1915–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Cecilie_of_Prussia" title="Princess Cecilie of Prussia">Princess Cecilie of Prussia</a> (1917–1975); married <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Kenneth_Harris" title="Clyde Kenneth Harris">Clyde Kenneth Harris</a> on 21 June 1949, and had issue</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_literature_and_popular_culture">In literature and popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In literature and popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilhelm's reputation as a military commander was satirised by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Munro_(writer)" title="Neil Munro (writer)">Neil Munro</a> in his Erchie MacPherson story, "Bad News", first published in the <i><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Evening_News" title="Glasgow Evening News">Glasgow Evening News</a></i> on 8th January 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>German honours<sup id="cite_ref-HofUndStaat1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HofUndStaat1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-p69_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p69-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li>Kingdom of Prussia: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Black_Eagle" title="Order of the Black Eagle">Knight of the Black Eagle</a>, <i>6 May 1892</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-prus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Collar</li> <li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Prussia)" title="Order of the Crown (Prussia)">Royal Crown Order</a>, 1st Class, <i>6 May 1892</i><sup id="cite_ref-prus_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Hohenzollern" title="House Order of Hohenzollern">House Order of Hohenzollern</a>, <i>6 May 1892</i><sup id="cite_ref-prus_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Eagle" title="Order of the Red Eagle">Grand Cross of the Red Eagle</a>, with Crown, <i>12 June 1892</i><sup id="cite_ref-prus_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Cross" title="Iron Cross">Iron Cross</a> (1914), 2nd and 1st Classes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> (military), <i>22 August 1915</i>; with Oak Leaves, <i>8 September 1916</i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern" class="mw-redirect" title="Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a>: Cross of Honour of the Princely <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Hohenzollern" title="House Order of Hohenzollern">House Order of Hohenzollern</a>, 1st Class with Swords</li> <li>Anhalt: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Albert_the_Bear" title="Order of Albert the Bear">Order of Albert the Bear</a>, with Swords</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich Cross">Friedrich Cross</a>, 1st Class</li></ul></li> <li>Baden: <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Fidelity" title="House Order of Fidelity">House Order of Fidelity</a>, <i>1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Berthold_the_First" title="Order of Berthold the First">Order of Berthold the First</a>, <i>1900</i></li></ul></li> <li>Kingdom of Bavaria: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Hubert">Knight of St. Hubert</a>, <i>1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Max_Joseph" title="Military Order of Max Joseph">Military Order of Max Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li>Duchy of Brunswick: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Henry_the_Lion" title="Order of Henry the Lion">Order of Henry the Lion</a>, <i>1902</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Swords</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_Merit_Cross_(Brunswick)" title="War Merit Cross (Brunswick)">War Merit Cross</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Ernestine duchies</a>: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Ernestine_House_Order" title="Saxe-Ernestine House Order">Saxe-Ernestine House Order</a>, with Swords</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_for_Merit_in_War" title="Cross for Merit in War">Cross for Merit in War</a> (Saxe-Meiningen)</li></ul></li> <li>Free Hanseatic Cities: <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_Cross" title="Hanseatic Cross">Hanseatic Crosses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesse_and_by_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Hesse and by Rhine">Hesse and by Rhine</a>: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Order" title="Ludwig Order">Ludwig Order</a>, <i>6 May 1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-hesse_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hesse-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Honor_Decoration_(Hesse)" title="General Honor Decoration (Hesse)">General Honor Decoration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Lippe</a>: <ul><li>War Honor Cross for Heroic Deeds</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_Merit_Cross_(Lippe)" title="War Merit Cross (Lippe)">War Merit Cross</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown" title="House Order of the Wendish Crown">Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown</a>, with Crown in Ore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Merit_Cross_(Mecklenburg-Schwerin)" title="Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)">Military Merit Cross</a>, 1st Class (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Schwerin</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Oldenburg: <a href="/wiki/House_and_Merit_Order_of_Peter_Frederick_Louis" title="House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis">Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig</a>, with Golden Crown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Reuss" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Reuss">Reuss</a>: War Merit Cross</li> <li>Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Falcon" title="Order of the White Falcon">Grand Cross of the White Falcon</a>, <i>1896</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Swords</li> <li>Kingdom of Saxony: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rue_Crown" title="Order of the Rue Crown">Knight of the Rue Crown</a>, <i>1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-Sachsen1901_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sachsen1901-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_St._Henry" title="Military Order of St. Henry">Military Order of St. Henry</a>, 1st Class</li></ul></li> <li>Württemberg: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(W%C3%BCrttemberg)" title="Order of the Crown (Württemberg)">Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown</a>, <i>1899</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Merit_Order_(W%C3%BCrttemberg)" title="Military Merit Order (Württemberg)">Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> <dl><dt>Foreign honours<sup id="cite_ref-p69_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p69-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Machine_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Machine-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Stephen_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Stephen of Hungary">Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen</a>, <i>1898</i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Belgium: Grand Cordon of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a></li> <li>Kingdom of Bulgaria: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Alexander_(Bulgaria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint Alexander (Bulgaria)">Grand Cross of St. Alexander</a></li> <li>Qing dynasty: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Double_Dragon" title="Order of the Double Dragon">Order of the Double Dragon</a>, Class I Grade II</li> <li>Denmark: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Knight of the Elephant</a>, <i>6 May 1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece" title="Kingdom of Greece">Greece</a>: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Redeemer" title="Order of the Redeemer">Grand Cross of the Redeemer</a></li> <li>Kingdom of Italy: <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation" title="Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation">Knight of the Annunciation</a>, <i>13 April 1896</i><sup id="cite_ref-dell'interno1898_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dell'interno1898-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" title="Order of the Chrysanthemum">Order of the Chrysanthemum</a>, <i>19 September 1899</i><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Monaco: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint-Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint-Charles">Grand Cross of St. Charles</a>, <i>15 January 1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Netherlands: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion" title="Order of the Netherlands Lion">Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion</a></li> <li>Norway: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Grand Cross of St. Olav</a>, with Collar, <i>15 December 1906</i><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ottoman Empire: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Distinction_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Order of Distinction (Ottoman Empire)">Order of Distinction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Osmanieh" title="Order of Osmanieh">Order of Osmanieh</a>, 1st Class in Diamonds</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Glory_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire)">Order of Glory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Persia</a>: <a href="/wiki/Neshan-e_Aqdas" title="Neshan-e Aqdas">Order of the Aqdas</a>, 1st Class</li> <li>Kingdom of Portugal: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Sash_of_the_Two_Orders" title="Sash of the Two Orders">Sash of the Two Orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Tower and Sword">Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword</a>, with Collar</li></ul></li> <li>Kingdom of Romania: <ul><li>Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Carol_I" title="Order of Carol I">Order of Carol I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Romania" title="Order of the Crown of Romania">Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kingdom of Serbia: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Serbia)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)">Grand Cross of the White Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siam" class="mw-redirect" title="Siam">Siam</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Royal_House_of_Chakri" title="Order of the Royal House of Chakri">Order of the Royal House of Chakri</a></li> <li>Spain: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Knight of the Golden Fleece</a>, <i>January 1900</i><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sweden: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Seraphim" title="Order of the Seraphim">Knight of the Seraphim</a>, <i>27 July 1888</i><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter</a>, <i>27 January 1901</i><sup id="cite_ref-p71_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p71-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (expelled in 1915)</li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Chain" title="Royal Victorian Chain">Royal Victorian Chain</a>, <i>June 1904</i><sup id="cite_ref-p416_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p416-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (expelled in 1915)</li></ul></li> <li>Russian Empire: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Andrew" title="Order of St. Andrew">Knight of St. Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Alexander_Nevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Alexander Nevsky">Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the White Eagle (Russia)">Knight of the White Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Anna" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Anna">Knight of St. Anna</a>, 1st Class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Stanislaus_(House_of_Romanov)" title="Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)">Knight of St. Stanislaus</a>, 1st Class</li></ul></li></ul></div> <dl><dt>Foreign military appointments</dt></dl> <ul><li>During a visit to Russia in January 1903 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Little Russian Dragoon Regiment No. 40.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg/330px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg/440px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Crown_Prince_of_German_Empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1019" data-file-height="1290" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of Wilhelm as crown prince</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor" title="William I, German Emperor">William I, German Emperor</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III, German Emperor</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Augusta_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II, German Emperor</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert, Prince Consort">Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal" title="Victoria, Princess Royal">Victoria, Princess Royal</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Victoria of the United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Wilhelm, German Crown Prince</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="/wiki/Christian_August_II,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg" title="Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg">Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_VIII,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein">Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. <a href="/wiki/Countess_Louise_Sophie_Danneskiold-Sams%C3%B8e" title="Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe">Countess Louise Sophie 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Hohenlohe-Langenburg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Adelheid_of_Hohenlohe-Langenburg" title="Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg">Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">15. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Feodora_of_Leiningen" title="Princess Feodora of Leiningen">Princess Feodora of Leiningen</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> 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the same as those which were worn by the <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm I">Emperor Wilhelm I</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-p69_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p69-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 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A. (1906) <i>The Knights of England</i>, <b>I</b>, London, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n159/mode/2up">p. 71</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-p416-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-p416_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaw, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092537418#page/n507/mode/2up">p. 416</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Latest Intelligence - The German Crown Prince". <i>The Times</i>. No. 36980. London. 17 January 1903. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Latest+Intelligence+-+The+German+Crown+Prince&rft.issue=36980&rft.pages=p.-1&rft.date=1903-01-17&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilhelm%2C+German+Crown+Prince" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="AE" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Andreas Elter (April 2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110718230246/http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=968575013&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=968575013.pdf"><i>Die andere Front: Pressepolitik in den USKriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in German), Cologne, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=968575013&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=968575013.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 18 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2009</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+andere+Front%3A+Pressepolitik+in+den+USKriegen+des+20.+Jahrhunderts&rft.place=Cologne&rft.date=2003-04&rft.au=Andreas+Elter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdeposit.ddb.de%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdokserv%3Fidn%3D968575013%26dok_var%3Dd1%26dok_ext%3Dpdf%26filename%3D968575013.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilhelm%2C+German+Crown+Prince" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Citation" title="Template:Citation">citation</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="KW" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Henry_von_Wiegand" title="Karl Henry von Wiegand">Karl Henry von Wiegand</a> (1915), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/currentmisconcep00vonw"><i>Current misconceptions about the war</i></a>, New York: The Fatherland corporation, inc.<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2009</span>, <q>Copyright 1914, United Press ... 20 November</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Current+misconceptions+about+the+war&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=The+Fatherland+corporation%2C+inc.&rft.date=1915&rft.au=Karl+Henry+von+Wiegand&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcurrentmisconcep00vonw&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilhelm%2C+German+Crown+Prince" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Wilhelm, German Crown Prince </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">House of Hohenzollern</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 6 May 1882</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 20 July 1951</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #79DBFF;"><a href="/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Titles in pretence</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II</a></div><i><b>as Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_monarchs" title="List of German monarchs">German Emperor</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rulers of Prussia">King of Prussia</a> </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><small><b>— TITULAR —</b></small><br /><i><b> Head of the <a href="/wiki/Family_tree_of_German_monarchs" title="Family tree of German monarchs">German</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of monarchs of Prussia">Prussian</a> royal families </b></i><br />4 June 1941 – 20 July 1951<br /><span style="font-size: 90%;">Reason for succession failure:</span><br /><span style="font-size: 90%;"><a href="/wiki/German_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution">German Revolution</a></span> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ferdinand,_Prince_of_Prussia" title="Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia">Louis Ferdinand</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Formed from <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)#Army_inspectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (German Empire)">VII Army Inspectorate</a><br />(<i>VII. Armee-Inspektion</i>)</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Commander, <a href="/wiki/5th_Army_(German_Empire)" title="5th Army (German Empire)">5th Army</a> </b><br />2 August 1914 – 30 November 1916 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Infantry_(Germany)" title="General of the Infantry (Germany)">General der Infanterie</a> <a href="/wiki/Ewald_von_Lochow" title="Ewald von Lochow">Ewald von Lochow</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">New Creation</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Commander, <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_German_Crown_Prince_(German_Empire)" title="Army Group German Crown Prince (German Empire)">Army Group German Crown Prince</a> </b><br />1 August 1915 – 10 November 1918 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1726%E2%80%931802)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Ferdinand_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia">Prince Augustus Ferdinand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1747%E2%80%931767)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Louis_Ferdinand_of_Prussia_(1772%E2%80%931806)" title="Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)">Prince Louis Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus of Prussia">Prince Augustus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William III of Prussia">Frederick William III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Louis_Charles_of_Prussia" title="Prince Louis Charles of Prussia">Prince Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1781%E2%80%931846)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1781–1846)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1783%E2%80%931851)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851)">Prince William</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor" title="William I, German Emperor">William I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_of_Prussia" title="Prince Charles of Prussia">Prince Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Prussia_(1809%E2%80%931872)" title="Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)">Prince Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Prussia_(1794%E2%80%931863)" title="Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)">Prince Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1811%E2%80%931873)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)">Prince Adalbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1817%E2%80%931849)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817–1849)">Prince Waldemar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Karl_of_Prussia_(1828%E2%80%931885)" title="Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)">Prince Friedrich Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Prussia_(1837%E2%80%931906)" title="Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)">Prince Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Prussia" title="Prince Alexander of Prussia">Prince Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_of_Prussia" title="Prince George of Prussia">Prince George</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II" title="Wilhelm II">William II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1862%E2%80%931929)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1864%E2%80%931866)" title="Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)">Prince Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1868%E2%80%931879)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)">Prince Waldemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Leopold_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Leopold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Heinrich_Albrecht_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_Albert_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia">Prince Joachim Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Wilhelm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">8th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crown Prince Wilhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Eitel_Friedrich_of_Prussia" title="Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia">Prince Eitel Friedrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1884%E2%80%931948)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)">Prince Adalbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_August_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia">Prince August Wilhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Oskar_of_Prussia" title="Prince Oskar of Prussia">Prince Oskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim of Prussia">Prince Joachim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1889%E2%80%931945)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)">Prince Waldemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1896%E2%80%931978)" title="Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)">Prince Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1900%E2%80%931904)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1891%E2%80%931927)" title="Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927)">Prince Friedrich Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Karl_of_Prussia_(1893%E2%80%931917)" title="Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)">Prince Frederick Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Leopold_of_Prussia_(1895%E2%80%931959)" title="Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1895–1959)">Prince Friedrich Leopold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">9th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1906%E2%80%931940)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)">Prince Wilhelm</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_mor"><b><a href="#ref_mor">^•</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Ferdinand,_Prince_of_Prussia" title="Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia">Prince Louis Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hubertus_of_Prussia" title="Prince Hubertus of Prussia">Prince Hubertus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Prussia_(1911%E2%80%931966)" title="Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)">Prince Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_Victor_of_Prussia" title="Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia">Prince Wilhelm Viktor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_Ferdinand_of_Prussia" title="Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia">Prince Alexander Ferdinand</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_mor"><b><a href="#ref_mor">^•</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Karl_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Wilhelm Karl Prinz von Preussen">Prince Wilhelm-Karl</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Karl_Franz_of_Prussia" title="Prince Karl Franz of Prussia">Prince Karl Franz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Michael Prinz von Preussen">Prince Michael</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span> <span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_mor"><b><a href="#ref_mor">^•</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Oskar Prinz von Preussen">Prince Oskar</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Wilhelm_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen">Prince Franz Wilhelm</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">11th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Friedrich_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen">Prince Georg Friedrich</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_George_Mikhailovich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia">Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span> born after the abolishment of monarchy by the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Constitution" title="Weimar Constitution">Weimar Constitution</a> <br /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_mor"><b><a href="#ref_mor">^•</a></b></span> Forfeit rights to the succession<br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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