Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)
| Prince Henry | |
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| Born |
14 August 1862 Crown Prince's Palace, Berlin, Prussia |
| Died | 20 April 1929 (aged 66) Schloss Hemmelmark, Barkelsby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Burial | 24 April 1929 Schloss Hemmelmark, Barkelsby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Spouse |
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (m. 1888) |
| Issue |
Prince Waldemar of Prussia Prince Sigismund of Prussia Prince Henry of Prussia |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick III, German Emperor |
| Mother | Victoria, Princess Royal |
| Military career | |
| Service/branch |
 Kaiserliche Marine
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| Years of service | 1872–1919 |
| Rank | Großadmiral |
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Prinz Albert Wilhelm Heinrich von Preußen, or Prince Henry of Prussia, Generalinspekteur der Marine (born Albert Wilhelm Heinrich, 14 August 1862 – 20 April 1929), was a younger brother of German Emperor William II and a Prince of Prussia. He was also a grandson of Queen Victoria. A career naval officer, he held various commands in the Imperial German Navy and eventually rose to the rank of Grand Admiral.
Born in Berlin, Prince Henry of Prussia was the third child and second son of eight children born to Crown Prince Frederick (later Emperor Frederick III), and Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (later Empress Victoria and in widowhood Empress Frederick), eldest daughter of the British Queen Victoria. Henry was three years younger than his brother, the future Emperor William II (born 27 January 1859).
After attending the gymnasium in Kassel, which he left in the middle grades in 1877, the 15-year-old Henry entered the Imperial Navy cadet program. His naval education included a two-year voyage around the world (1878 to 1880), the naval officer examination (Seeoffizierhauptprüfung) in October 1880, and attending the German naval academy (1884 to 1886).
As an Imperial Prince, Henry quickly achieved command. In 1887, he commanded a torpedo boat and simultaneously the First Torpedo Boat Division; in 1888 the Imperial yacht SMY Hohenzollern; from 1889 to 1890 the second-class cruiser SMS Irene, the armored coastal defense ship SMS Beowulf, and the capital ships SMS Sachsen and SMS Wörth.
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