Prince of Wied
William V, Prince of Wied (
German : Wilhelm Adolph Maximilian Karl Fürst von Wied ; 22 August 1845 – 22 October 1907) was a
German army officer and politician, elder son of
Hermann, Prince of Wied . He was the father of
William, Prince of Albania and brother of
Queen Elisabeth of Romania . By birth he was a member of the
House of Wied .
Early life
William was the second child and first son of
Hermann, Prince of Wied (1814–1864), son of Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied (1779-1836) and Princess Sophie Auguste of
Solms-Braunfels (1796-1855), and his wife,
Princess Marie of Nassau (1825–1902), daughter of
William, Duke of Nassau and his first wife,
Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen . Through his mother he was descendant of
William IV
Stadtholder of the
Netherlands and
George II of Great Britain .
Military career
During the
Austro-Prussian War in 1866, he was a lieutenant general staff of the 2nd Army. During 1870-71 he attended
Franco-Prussian War .
Between 1893 and 1897 he was the Imperial commissioner and military Chief of volunteer nurses in the army. In 1893 he was appointed as General of Infantry
à la suite .
Politics
Politically, William was a supporter of
colonial policy . Between 1891 and 1892 he was chairman of the German anti-slavery committees. This funded include expeditions to unexplored areas in
Africa . Since 1897, he was a member of the
Colonial Council . William was co-founder and from 1898 to 1901 President of the Navy League.
Between 1875 and 1886 he was Marshal of
Rhine Province parliament. He was from 1888 to 1894 and from 1899 to 1901 Chairman of the Rhine Province parliament. Since 1878, he was a member of the
Prussian House of Lords . Which he was president from 1897 to 1904.
Marriage
Prince William with his family,
c. 1890.
William married on 18 July 1871 in
Wassenaar ,
Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841–1910), younger daughter of
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1792–1839) second son of
William I of the Netherlands , and his wife,
Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870), daughter of
Frederick William III of Prussia .
They had six children:
Friedrich, Prince of Wied (27 June 1872 – 18 June 1945) married
Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965), had issue.
Prince Alexander of Wied (28 May 1874 – 15 January 1877)
Wilhelm, Prince of Albania (26 March 1876 – 18 April 1945) married
Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1885–1936), had issue.
Prince Victor of Wied (7 December 1877 – 1 March 1946) married Countess Gisela of
Solms-Wildenfels (30 December 1891,
Wildenfels ,
Germany – 20 August 1976,
Oberammergau ,
Germany ) on 6 June 1912, had issue:
Marie Elisabeth of Wied (14 March 1913 - 30 March 1985,
Augsburg ,
Germany )
Benigna Viktoria of Wied (23 July 1918 - 1972). Married Ernst Hartmann, Baron of
Schlotheim (27 December 1914,
Wiesbaden ,
Germany - 31 October 1952,
Wiesbaden ,
Germany ) on 19 December 1939. They had two daughters:
Princess Louise of Wied (24 October 1880 – 29 August 1965)
Princess Elisabeth of Wied (28 January 1883 – 14 November 1938)
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
[1]
Kingdom of Prussia :
Knight of the Red Eagle , 3rd Class with Swords, 1866 ; Grand Cross with Swords on Ring, 26 June 1876
[2] with Collar, 18 May 1891
[3]
Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal
House Order of Hohenzollern , 1872 ; with Star, 23 September 1884
[2]
Knight of the
Royal Crown Order , 1st Class with Enamel Band of the Red Eagle Order and Swords on Ring, 23 July 1874
[2]
Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class
Service Award Cross
Knight of Honour of the
Johanniter Order , 12 February 1885 ;
[2] Knight of Justice, 1896
[4]
Knight of the Black Eagle , 18 July 1896 ; with Collar, 18 January 1897
[4]
Hohenzollern : Cross of Honour of the
Princely House Order of Hohenzollern , 1st Class
Ernestine duchies : Grand Cross of the
Saxe-Ernestine House Order , 1871 ;
[5] with Swords
Mecklenburg :
Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown , with Crown in Ore
Netherlands :
Luxembourg :
Kingdom of Romania :
Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach :
Grand Cross of the White Falcon , 1898
[7]
Schaumburg-Lippe : Military Merit Medal
Sweden-Norway :
United Kingdom :
Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order , 10 February 1904
[10]
Württemberg :
Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown , 1898
[11]
Ancestry
Ancestors of William, Prince of Wied
Notes and sources
Specific
^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat (1905), Herrenhaus
p. 210
^
a
b
c
d
"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste" , Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1 , Berlin:
24 ,
553 ,
933 ,
1051 , 1886 – via hathitrust.org
^ "Rother Adler-orden",
Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p.
7 – via hathitrust.org {{
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link )
^
a
b
Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), Berlin, 1895, pp.
5 ,
139 ,
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015025921423 {{
citation }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p.
45
^
"Militaire Willems-Orde: Wied, Wilhelm Adolph Maximilian Karl Fürst zu" [Military William Order: Wied, William Adolphus Maximilian Charles Prince of]. Ministerie van Defensie (in Dutch). 31 August 1878. Retrieved 6 February 2021 .
^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden"
p. 44
^
Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1890, pp. 593–594, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
^
Sveriges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 440, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England , I , London,
p. 428
^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg , Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p.
49
William, Prince of Wied
Born: 22 August 1845 Died: 22 October 1907
German nobility
Preceded by
Prince of Wied 1864–1907
Succeeded by
International National Artists People