Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)

Prince Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor of Prussia (14 July 1884 – 22 September 1948) was the third son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

Early life
Prince Adalbert was born on 14 July 1884 as the third son of the then Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and his first wife, Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He was born in the Marmorpalais of Potsdam in the Province of Brandenburg, where his parents resided until his father acceded to the throne as Emperor Wilhelm II in 1888. He spent his childhood with his siblings at the New Palace, also in Potsdam, and his school days with his brothers at the Prinzenhaus in Plön in his mother’s ancestral Schleswig-Holstein.

His bride was Princess Adelheid "Adi" of Saxe-Meiningen (16 August 1891 – 25 April 1971), daughter of Prince Frederick and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld. They married on 3 August 1914 in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and had three children, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren:


 * Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (stillborn, 4 September 1915)
 * Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (11 September 1917 – 21 January 1981) she married Kirby Patterson (24 July 1907 – 4 June 1984) on 26 September 1947. They had three children and one grandson:
 * Berengar Orin Bernhard Kirby Patterson (21 August 1948 – 18 May 2011) he married Pamela Knight in 1994.
 * Marina Adelaide Emily Patterson (21 August 1948 – 10 January 2011) she married John Engel on 24 September 1982. They had one son:
 * William John Engel (17 February 1983)
 * Dohna Maria Patterson (7 August 1954) she married Stephen Pearl on 28 July 1974.
 * Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (15 February 1919 – 7 February 1989), he married at Donaueschingen on 20 July 1944 Marie Antoinette, Countess of Hoyos zu Stichsenstein (Hohenthurm, 27 June 1920 – Marbella, 1 March 2004). They had two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Kaiserliche Marine

 * Leutnant zur See (Ensign / Acting Sub-Lieutenant)
 * Oberleutnant zur See (Lieutenant, Junior Grade / Sub-Lieutenant), before 1905 through at least 1908
 * Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant) on staff in SMS Kaiser, 1914
 * Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander) in command of SMS Danzig, 1917
 * Fregattenkapitän (Commander) in command of SMS Dresden 1918.

Regimental Commissions

 * Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) à la suite 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß  (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Potsdam, 1894
 * à la suite, Grenadierregiment König Friedrich der Große (3. Ostpreussisches) Nr. 4
 * à la suite, 1. Gardegrenadierlandwehrregiment (1st Reserve Regiment of Grenadier Guards)

Chivalric Orders

 * Order of the Black Eagle - Ribbon bar.svg Knight, Order of the Black Eagle with Chain (Prussia), invested 18 January 1903
 * PRU Roter Adlerorden BAR.svg Knight Grand Cross (with Crown), Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
 * EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 5th Class BAR.png Knight, First Class, Order of the Prussian Crown
 * D-PRU Hohenzollern Order BAR.svg Grand Commander, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
 * Honour Cross, First Class, Princely House Order of Hohenzollern
 * MKB Order of the Wendish Crown ribbon.svg Knight, First Class (with Crown in ore), House Order of the Wendish Crown (Grand Duchies of Mechlenburg)
 * Order of the White Falcon - Ribbon bar.svg Knight Grand Cross, Order of the White Falcon (Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
 * House Order Fidelitas of Baden ribbon bar.svg House Order of Fidelity (Baden)
 * Cavaliere OCI BAR.svg Hanseatic Cross (Bremen)
 * Ludwig Order (Hesse) - ribbon bar.png Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order (Hesse)
 * OLD Order of Peter Frederick Louis ribbon.svg Grand Cross with golden crown of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
 * Friedrich-August Cross - military (Oldenburg) - ribbon bar.png Friedrich August Cross, 1st class
 * SAX Order of the Rue Crown ribbon.svg Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony)
 * D-SAX Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Saxon Duchies)
 * Knight Order of the Crown Württemberg..png Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown with Swords (Württemberg)
 * Order of the Most Holy Annunciation BAR.svg Knight, Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, Kingdom of Italy
 * Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight.svg Knight, First Class, Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands)
 * Ord.S.Stef.Ungh..png Knight Grand Cross, Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, Empire of Austria-Hungary
 * PRT Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword - Grand Cross BAR.png Knight Grand Cross, Order of Tower and Sword, Portugal
 * ROM Order of the Crown of Romania 1881 GCross BAR.svg Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Romanian Crown, Kingdom of Romania
 * OOSA.jpg Knight, Order of Saint Andrew, the First Called, Imperial Russia
 * Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire) - ribbon bar.png Knight, (star with diamonds) Nichan Iftikhar (Order of Glory, Ottoman Empire) - 21 October 1901 - during the visit to Istanbul of SMS Charlotte, where he served
 * Order of the Osmanie lenta.pngt, First Class (Star with diamonds), Order of Osmanieh (Ottoman Empire)
 * Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar - ribbon bar.gif Knight First Class, Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, Sultanate of Zanzibar (Tanzania)
 * JPN Daikun'i kikkasho BAR.svg Grand Cordon, Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, Imperial Japan

Military Decorations

 * Gold and silver Imtiyaz Medals (Privilege, Ottoman Empire)
 * Gold Liakat Medal (Merit, Ottoman Empire) - 21 October 1901 - during the visit to Istanbul of SMS Charlotte, where he served
 * Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class, Imperial Germany / Kingdom of Prussia

Death
Adalbert died in La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, aged 64.