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William Frederick, Prince of Wied

William Frederick
Prince of Wied
Born (1872-06-27)27 June 1872
Neuwied, Kingdom of Prussia
Died 18 June 1945(1945-06-18) (aged 72)
Neuwied, Allied-occupied Germany
Spouse Princess Pauline of Württemberg
Issue Prince Hermann
Prince Dietrich
Full name
German: Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Otto Karl
House House of Wied-Neuwied
Father William, Prince of Wied
Mother Princess Marie of the Netherlands
Full name
German: Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Otto Karl

William Frederick, Prince of Wied (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Hermann Otto Karl Fürst von Wied; 27 June 1872 – 18 June 1945) was a German nobleman, eldest child of William, Prince of Wied. He was an elder brother of William, Prince of Albania.

William Frederick was born at Neuwied, Kingdom of Prussia, the first child of William, Prince of Wied (1845–1907), (son of Hermann, Prince of Wied and Princess Marie of Nassau) and his wife, Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841–1910), (daughter of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and his wife Princess Louise of Prussia). Through his father he was descendant of George II of Great Britain. His great-grandparents were, William I of the Netherlands and Frederick William III of Prussia. He was nephew of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.

William Frederick married on 29 October 1898 in Stuttgart, Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877–1965), only daughter of King William II of Württemberg and his first wife, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. The couple had two children:


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