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Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst; 6 May 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and thus a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, and distant cousin to many British royals, such as Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III.
Wilhelm and his first wife, Augusta Victoria Wedding medal of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Augusta, obverse The reverse shows the couple in medieval costumes in front of 3 squires carrying the shields of Prussia, Germany, and Schleswig-Holstein. Wilhelm and his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, were married on 27 February 1881.
The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
Schleswig was a duchy created by the King of Denmark, and eventually the title reverted to the Danish Crown. Holstein was a fief of the Holy Roman Empire that also was inherited by the King of Denmark. After Napoleon's defeat Holstein joined the German Confederation.
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels; Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg; Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg; Charles of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich; Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia (29 January 1887 – 25 March 1949), nicknamed "Auwi", was the fourth son of German Emperor Wilhelm II by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. A vocal supporter of Nazism and of Adolf Hitler, he joined the Nazi party in 1930 and rose to the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer.
Wilhelm I, German Emperor: 9. Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 2. Frederick III, German Emperor: 10. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: 5. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: 11. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia: 1. Wilhelm II, German Emperor: 12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 6. Prince Albert ...
On 6 November 1918, the new German imperial Chancellor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, met with Minister Wilhelm Solf to discuss the future of the German Empire. They were both of the opinion that the monarchy could only survive with the removal of the kaiser and his son the crown prince and the setting up of a regency under the nominal rule of ...