Friedrich III. German Emperor

Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl of Prussia, German Emperor and King of Prussia in 1888 for 99 days.

Known as Prince Friedrich Wilhelm before he assumed the throne and called „Fritz“ by his family.

Son of Wilhelm I. German Emperor (1797-1888) and his wife Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach-Eisenach (1811-1890)

Born: Potsdam 18. Oct 1831

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James Palace 25. Jan 1858: Victoria, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1840-1901)

Issue:

• Wilhelm II. German Emperor (1859-1941) m. 1881 Auguste Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921); m. 1922 Hermine, Princess Reuss (1887-1947)
• Charlotte, Princess of Prussia (1860-1919) m. 1878 Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1851-1828)
• Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1862-1929) m. 1888 Irene, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine (1866-1953)
• Sigismund, Prince of Prussia (1864-1866)
• Viktoria, Princess of Prussia (1866-1929) m. 1890 Adolf, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859-1917); m. 1927 Alexander Zoubkoff (1901-1936)
• Waldemar, Prince of Prussia (1868-1879)
• Sophie, Princess of Prussia (1870-1932) m. 1889 Konstantinos I. King of Greece (1868-1923)
• Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1872-1954) m. 1893 Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hesse (1868-1940)

Died: Potsdam 15. Jun 1888 from throat cancer

Buried: Royal Mausoleum, Friedenskirche (Church of Peace), Potsdam

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997