

Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburgġ1. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holsteinĥ.

Held at Wilhelm's private residence without much ceremony, he and Hermine attended the ceremony, as did a few other guests. She was a daughter of Princess Hermine Reuss-Greiz, who had been the second wife of Karl Franz's grandfather Emperor Wilhelm II since 1922 (Henriette was thus Kaiser Wilhelm's stepdaughter). On 5 October 1940, Karl Franz married Princess Henriette Hermine Wanda Ida Luise of Schönaich-Carolath. In World War II, Karl Franz served as a lieutenant in an armoured car division, and at one point was stationed on the Polish front. In 1926, his mother remarried to Johannes-Michael, Baron von Loën. Wilhelm's attorney argued that the House of Hohenzollern laws were no longer valid, and therefore there was no obligation to support her. In 1922, Marie-Auguste sued ex-Emperor Wilhelm for financial support that had been promised in her and Joachim's marriage contract. Marie-Auguste went to court however and made a plea that she was heartbroken, which may have helped win the case for her. Eitel's defence had also stated that Marie-Auguste was not a fit person for Karl Franz's guardianship. She was given this right despite the fact that she had run away from her husband and that there had been numerous servants testifying against her.
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This was later declared to have been illegal, and his mother was given full custody of him in 1921. As the legal head of the House of Hohenzollern, he claimed this right because Emperor Wilhelm had issued an edict placing Hohenzollern powers in Eitel's hands. At the time of his grandfather's abdication, Prince Karl Franz was twelfth in line of succession to the German and Prussian thrones.Īfter his father's suicide, Karl Franz was taken into custody by his paternal uncle Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia. His grandfather abdicated in 1918, and his father Prince Joachim committed suicide in 1920. Karl Franz was the Emperor's fourth grandchild to be born since World War I began he was consequently very young when Hohenzollern fortunes fell. He was the only child born to Prince Joachim of Prussia by his wife Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt. Prince Karl Franz was born on 15 December 1916 in Potsdam. Early life Karl Franz as a child with his mother Marie-Auguste of Anhalt.
