Prince Joachim of Prussia
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| Prince Joachim of Prussia | |
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| Born |
17 December 1890 Potsdam, Prussia |
| Died | 18 July 1920 (aged 29) Potsdam, Prussia |
| Burial | 21 July 1920 Antique Temple, Potsdam, Germany |
| Spouse | Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt |
| Issue | Prince Karl Franz of Prussia |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Wilhelm II, German Emperor |
| Mother | Duchess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein |
Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
During the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, some republican leaders, including Patrick Pearse and Joseph Plunkett, contemplated giving the throne of an independent Ireland to Prince Joachim.
While they were not in favour of a monarchy per se, Pearse and Plunkett thought that if the rising were successful and Germany won the First World War, an independent Ireland would be a monarchy with a German prince as king, like Romania and Bulgaria before it.
The fact that Joachim did not speak English was also considered an advantage, as he might be more disposed to learning and promoting the use of the Irish language.
After Georgia's declaration of independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Joachim was briefly considered by the German representative Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg and Georgian royalists as a candidate to the Georgian throne.
Prince Joachim married Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 – 22 May 1983), the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt and his wife Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg (daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg), on 11 March 1916. The couple had one son, the Prince Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard Paul (Potsdam, 15 December 1916 – Arica, Chile 22 Jan 1975).
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