Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm killed in battle




August 26, 1914

According to reports from Rome, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe was killed on August 6 in battle before Liege. His infantry was surrounded by Belgian soldiers and he was "struck by two bullets while standing among his men."

 The prince was killed instantly. Prince Friedrich was married in 1895 to Countess Gisela of Isenburg. They had three children, Calixta Agnes, Barbara, and Simon. 



German authorities are reporting that Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen was killed in battle at Namur on August 23. The prince was killed by a shell. He was married to Countess Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld and the father of six children, Feodora (Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Adelheid (Princess Adalbert of Prussia). Georg, Ernst, Luise and Bernhard.

Prince Friedrich was the son of Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife, Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, a niece of Queen Victoria.

Princess Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen was the niece of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.

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