441 HRH Prince Wilhelm of Prussia

HRH Prince Wilhelm of Prussia

✶ 23 January 1859 in Palais Unter den Linden, Berlin
✟  4 June 1941 in Huize Doorn (Utrecht), Netherlands

Appointed

Berlin 25 April 1878
Assigned the collar in November 1888

motto

Missing

shield

Painted 1913 by B P Hedlund. Date of death added 1941 by David Friefeldt.

other awards

Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 1888
Knight of the Order of the Norwegian Lion 1904
Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav with collar 1908

Biography

Oldest son of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, later Emperor Friedrich III of Prussia. Succeeded him as Crown Prince of the German Empire and Crown Prince of Prussia 1888 and as Wilhelm II German Emperor and King of Prussia the same year.
Abdicated 1918
Received Order of the Norwegian Lion at his 45th birthday.

Placement