Frederick William, Prince of Wied
| Friedrich Wilhelm | |||||
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| Prince of Wied | |||||
| Born |
2 June 1931 Stuttgart, Weimar Republic |
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| Died | 28 August 2000 (aged 69) Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Spouse |
Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont (m. 1958; div. 1962) Princess Sophie of Stolberg-Stolberg (m. 1967) |
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| Issue | Prince Alexander Carl, Prince of Wied Princess Christina Prince Wolff-Heinrich |
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| House | Wied-Neuwied | ||||
| Father | Prince Hermann of Wied | ||||
| Mother | Countess Marie Antonia of Stolberg-Wernigerode | ||||
| Full name | |
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| German: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Konstantin |
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Wied (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Konstantin Fürst von Wied; 2 June 1931 – 28 August 2000) was the grandson of William Frederick, 6th Prince of Wied. He was the titular Prince of Wied from 1945 until his death.
If George III of the United Kingdom had died in infancy, as many predicted he would following his premature birth, Friedrich William would have eventually succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of his grandmother, Princess Pauline of Württemberg in 1965, who was descended from Princess Augusta (George III's sister) and her eldest daughter, Princess Augusta of Württemberg.
Friedrich Wilhelm married on 9 September 1958 in Arolsen to Princess Guda of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1939), youngest daughter of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife, Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg, daughter of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. They divorced in 1962.
They had two children:
Friedrich Wilhelm married secondly on 15 July 1967 in Runkel to Princess Sophie of Stolberg-Stolberg (b. 1943), youngest child of Wolff-Heinrich, Prince of Stolberg-Stolberg and Irma Erfert.
They had two children:
In 1945, at the age of 14, Friedrich Wilhelm succeeded as head of the House of Wied after the death of his grandfather; his father Hermann had previously died of wounds received in action during World War II in Rzeszów, Poland.
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