Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia

Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (Joachim Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854.

Family
On 24 June 1889, he married in Berlin Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (8 April 1866 in Kiel – 28 April 1952 in Bad Nauheim), a sister of Empress Auguste Viktoria, wife of Emperor Wilhelm II.

Military career
At age 10 in 1875 Kadett, in 1885 Premierlieutnant (Oberleutnant), 1888 Rittmeister (Hauptmann), 1890 Major and 1893 Oberst.

In the same year promoted to Generalmajor, commander of the Gardes du Corps, a Cuirassiers regiment of the 1st Guards Cavalry Brigade. Colonel-in-Chief of the Austrian k.u.k. Husarenregimentes Nr. 2 Friedrich Leopold, Prinz von Preußen (since 17. April 1742).

1898 Generalleutnant, leader of Kavallerieinspektion Potsdam. In 1902 General der Kavallerie. Served during Russian-Japanese War (1904–1905) as counselor in the Russian HQ. 1907 Generalinspektor of the Army, 10 September 1910 Generaloberst.

Other
Prinz Friedrich Leopold was the last patron of the Prussian freemasons from the House of Hohenzollern. A member since 1889 in "Friedrich Wilhelm zur Morgenröte", in 1894 he became patron of all three lodges. During the November Revolution 1918, he hoisted a red flag on his hunting lodge, Jagdschloss Glienicke, near Berlin.

He also owned a large manor at Krojanke, after 1918 located in Posen-West Prussia. On 21 June 1924, possession was confirmed by the Reichsgericht. He died there in 1931.

Honours
German honours • Prussia:

• * Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 November 1875; with Collar, 1884

• * Knight of the Royal Crown Order, 1st Class, 14 November 1875

• * Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 14 November 1875; with Swords, 1914

• * Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown, 12 June 1892

• * Iron Cross (1914), 1st Class

• * Service Award Cross

•  Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords

•  Anhalt:

• * Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, 1882; with Swords, 1914

• * Friedrich Cross

•  Baden:

• * Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1888

• * Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1888

•  undefined: Knight of St. Hubert, 1889

•  undefined: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1888; with Swords, May 1906

•    Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1885

•  Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 24 May 1888

•  Mecklenburg:

• * Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore

• * Military Merit Cross, 1st Class (Schwerin)

• * Cross for Distinction in War (Strelitz)

•  Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 18 February 1878; with Swords, 1914

•  Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1888; with Swords, 1914

•  undefined: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1890

•  Waldeck and Pyrmont: Cross of Merit for Civil and Military Performance, 1st Class

•  Württemberg:

• * Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1886

• * Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order

• * Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order

Foreign honours •  Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1889

• 🇧🇪 Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold

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• * Knight of Saints Cyril and Methodius

• * Grand Cross of St. Alexander

•  China: Order of the Double Dragon, Class I Grade II

• 🇬🇷 Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer

•  undefined: Knight of the Annunciation, 24 May 1884

•  undefined: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum

•  undefined: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I

• 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion

•  Persia: Order of the August Portrait

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• * Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders

• * Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword

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• * Grand Cross of the Star of Romania

• * Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania

• * Cross of Valour, 1st Class

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• * Knight of St. Andrew

• * Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky

• * Knight of the White Eagle

• * Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class

• * Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class

• * Knight of St. George, 4th Class

•  undefined: Grand Cross of the White Eagle

• 🇹🇭 Siam: Grand Cross of the White Elephant

• 🇪🇸 Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 18 May 1907

• 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 Sweden-Norway:

• * Knight of the Seraphim, with Collar, 4 September 1893

• * Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 4 September 1893

• * Medal of the Order of the Sword

•  undefined: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 29 September 1899

Literature

 * Zivkovic, Georg: Heer- und Flottenführer der Welt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1971 S. 427–428 ISBN 3-7648-0666-4