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(1772-1806)
Son of: August Ferdinand von Preussen & Elisabeth Louise von Brandenburg-Schwedt.
"Prince Louis Ferdinand was the son of Prince Frederick, Frederick the Great's youngest brother, and born in 1772. He was uncommonly gifted by nature, but lacked a fair field on which to exercise his eminent talents. His warm temperament therefore led him into the gay rollicking life which earned him the name of the Prussian Alcibiades. He was as brave and dauntless as Frederick the Great, and as fond of literary pursuits, for which he had more capacity than his uncle possessed. His character was quite the opposite of that of Frederick William III, his private life and his tastes were different, therefore it is not surprising that he had ho influence over that monarch. He was exceedingly popular with all classes, especially with the army, and, the Queen excepted, he was the brightest ornament of the Prussian Court. . . ." (The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia: Vol. 2: 41)
A devotee to wine, women & song.
"Prince Louis Ferdinand, a cousin of the king, a chameleon-like character, composed of some good and many evil qualities, who is still sung in German folklore, owing to his heroic death on the battlefield against Napoleon, was an exponent of that frivolous life. Like his prototype, the Athenian Alcibiades, he was a devotee now to wine, woman, song, bow to the strenuous life in a brave soldier and heroic patriot. One woman of wonderful beauty and of the temper of a Messalina, to use Scherr's words, Pauline Wiesel, held him under her demoniacal sway of never satisfied passion. But a woman of an entirely different type, the extraordinary Jewish authoress, and ingenious, spirited conversationalist and epistolographer, Rahel Levin, served him as a true Egeria, in pure friendship and intellectual affinity. . . ." (Women of the Teutonic Nations)
"Prince Louis Ferdinand was the son of Prince Frederick, Frederick the Great's youngest brother, and born in 1772. He was uncommonly gifted by nature, but lacked a fair field on which to exercise his eminent talents. His warm temperament therefore led him into the gay rollicking life which earned him the name of the Prussian Alcibiades. He was as brave and dauntless as Frederick the Great, and as fond of literary pursuits, for which he had more capacity than his uncle possessed. His character was quite the opposite of that of Frederick William III, his private life and his tastes were different, therefore it is not surprising that he had ho influence over that monarch. He was exceedingly popular with all classes, especially with the army, and, the Queen excepted, he was the brightest ornament of the Prussian Court. . . ." (The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia: Vol. 2: 41)
Unusually handsome, charmingly unconventional, a libertine.
"One of the last to arrive that evening was Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772-1806), a nephew of King Frederick II and the highest-born visitor to grace Rahel's society. Unusually handsome and charmingly unconventional, he was a very welcome guest. But life other members of the high nobility, he led an essentially marginal existence, unable to find a meaningful role for himself in this age of democratic revolution. Though a libertine in his personal life, his public actions betrayed political conservatism. He was gifted, sensitive, distraught, and very much in need of Rahel's empathy and her 'straightforward attic truths,' as she called the advice she gave him. She was apt to receive him in the privacy of her room under the roof, reserved for her more intimate friends, where the prince could also be heard improvising on the piano. Other less prominent people, relatives, and close friends of their own Jewish circle completed the social gathering of the night." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 36)
"One of the last to arrive that evening was Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772-1806), a nephew of King Frederick II and the highest-born visitor to grace Rahel's society. Unusually handsome and charmingly unconventional, he was a very welcome guest. But life other members of the high nobility, he led an essentially marginal existence, unable to find a meaningful role for himself in this age of democratic revolution. Though a libertine in his personal life, his public actions betrayed political conservatism. He was gifted, sensitive, distraught, and very much in need of Rahel's empathy and her 'straightforward attic truths,' as she called the advice she gave him. She was apt to receive him in the privacy of her room under the roof, reserved for her more intimate friends, where the prince could also be heard improvising on the piano. Other less prominent people, relatives, and close friends of their own Jewish circle completed the social gathering of the night." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 36)
Unusually handsome, charmingly unconventional, a libertine.
"One of the last to arrive that evening was Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772-1806), a nephew of King Frederick II and the highest-born visitor to grace Rahel's society. Unusually handsome and charmingly unconventional, he was a very welcome guest. But life other members of the high nobility, he led an essentially marginal existence, unable to find a meaningful role for himself in this age of democratic revolution. Though a libertine in his personal life, his public actions betrayed political conservatism. He was gifted, sensitive, distraught, and very much in need of Rahel's empathy and her 'straightforward attic truths,' as she called the advice she gave him. She was apt to receive him in the privacy of her room under the roof, reserved for her more intimate friends, where the prince could also be heard improvising on the piano. Other less prominent people, relatives, and close friends of their own Jewish circle completed the social gathering of the night." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 36)
"One of the last to arrive that evening was Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772-1806), a nephew of King Frederick II and the highest-born visitor to grace Rahel's society. Unusually handsome and charmingly unconventional, he was a very welcome guest. But life other members of the high nobility, he led an essentially marginal existence, unable to find a meaningful role for himself in this age of democratic revolution. Though a libertine in his personal life, his public actions betrayed political conservatism. He was gifted, sensitive, distraught, and very much in need of Rahel's empathy and her 'straightforward attic truths,' as she called the advice she gave him. She was apt to receive him in the privacy of her room under the roof, reserved for her more intimate friends, where the prince could also be heard improvising on the piano. Other less prominent people, relatives, and close friends of their own Jewish circle completed the social gathering of the night." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 36)
A devotee to wine, women & song.
"Prince Louis Ferdinand, a cousin of the king, a chameleon-like character, composed of some good and many evil qualities, who is still sung in German folklore, owing to his heroic death on the battlefield against Napoleon, was an exponent of that frivolous life. Like his prototype, the Athenian Alcibiades, he was a devotee now to wine, woman, song, bow to the strenuous life in a brave soldier and heroic patriot. One woman of wonderful beauty and of the temper of a Messalina, to use Scherr's words, Pauline Wiesel, held him under her demoniacal sway of never satisfied passion. But a woman of an entirely different type, the extraordinary Jewish authoress, and ingenious, spirited conversationalist and epistolographer, Rahel Levin, served him as a true Egeria, in pure friendship and intellectual affinity. . . ." (Women of the Teutonic Nations)
His lovers were:
1) Eberhardine von Schlieben.
1) Eberhardine von Schlieben.
Also known as:
born Eberhardine Charlotte Justine von Schlieben
Natural offspring:
a. Caroline Henriette Bentley.
2) Henriette Fromme (1783-1828)
Lover in 1802.
Lover in 1802.
Also known as:
Friederike Susanne Henriette Fromme.
3) Karoline von Braunschweig, Queen of England.
4) Marie-Adelaide de La Grange.
Natural offspring:
a. Theodor Friedrich Klitsche (1799-1868)
b. Wilhelm Klitsche (1799-1820)
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| Pauline Wiesel by J. H. Schroder, c1800 |
5) Pauline Wiesel (1778-1848)
German socialite & royal mistress.
Lover in 1804-1806.
Also known as:
German socialite & royal mistress.
Lover in 1804-1806.
Also known as:
born Pauline Cesar
Pauline Zesar
Pauline Caesar.
Daughter of: Carl Philipp Cesar & Sophie-Elisabeth Leveaux.
Wife of:
1. Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826), Prussian war councillor mar 1799.
2. Jules-Michel Vincent (1777-1846) mar 1828.
"Pauline Wiesel was a woman of extraordinary character, independence, and self-confidence. Born in 1779 as the daughter of a French emigre mother and the privy councillor Cesar, who was in the services of Prince Henry of Prussia, she led her life according to her own wishes and thus achieved considerable freedom and notoriety. Not surprisingly, she was shunned by respectable society for much of her life. Later, literary historians also thought it prudent to pass over the two women's explosive correspondence, although a selection of their letters appeared in print in 1865. Her dubious reputation notwithstanding, Pauline Wiesel became Rahel's most remarkable and important friend. Although married since 1800 to Friedrich Ferdinand Wiesel, councillor of war, she became in 1804 the lover of Prince Louis Ferdinand, with whom she appeared openly at Rahel's salon. After the prince's death in battle in 1806, she left Berlin with her little daughter and roamed around Europe, living alternately with her mother or with a lover or husband or independently in Switzerland, Paris, Vienna, Italy, Southern Germany, and England. . . ." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 104)
" . . . Pauline was born in Berlin to a Huguenot mother and a Catholic father. Little is known about her youth and upbringing before her marriage to Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826) at age twenty-one. A number of subsequent affairs with powerful men compromised her social position to the extent that she left Berlin at the age of thirty, spending the rest of her life primarily in France and Switzerland. Had one of her lovers not been Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806), Pauline most likely would have received little mention in historical works. As it is, she is remembered mainly for this affair in such texts as Fanny Lewald's 1849 novel Prinz Ludwig Ferdinand, Ein Zeitbild, or an 1865 collection of the prince's letters. Pauline, however, had many experiences in addition to those of sexual partner to famous men, not the least of which was the long-lasting friendship she enjoyed with Rahel. . . ." (Challenging Separate Sphere: Female Bildung in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Germany: 95)
Her chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior was passion.
"Like Josephine von Pachta, Pauline wiesel's rebellion was enacted more in the private world than in the public one. She was born into a noble family which mixed in courtly circles, but she married down on the estate hierarchy, to a French official. While she was still in Berlin, until 1808, Wiesel did not live with her husband, living instead with her mother in a local Gasthaus. Her oldest saloniere friend was Rahel Levin, who ardently admired Wiesel for her thoroughly emancipated sensual style. For passion was, indeed, Wiesel's chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior. Her most famous lover was Prince Louis Ferdinand, whom she met at a ball given by Sara (Meyer) von Grotthuss. But there were many other men in her life, including several prominent salon men. Major Gualtieri was in love with her at one time, as was Gustav von Brinkmann. Wilhelm von Humboldt once expressed his gratitude to Wiesel for giving him 'some of the happiest hours of his life.'" (Jewish High Society in Old Regime Berlin:185)
Daughter of: Carl Philipp Cesar & Sophie-Elisabeth Leveaux.
Wife of:
1. Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826), Prussian war councillor mar 1799.
2. Jules-Michel Vincent (1777-1846) mar 1828.
"Pauline Wiesel was a woman of extraordinary character, independence, and self-confidence. Born in 1779 as the daughter of a French emigre mother and the privy councillor Cesar, who was in the services of Prince Henry of Prussia, she led her life according to her own wishes and thus achieved considerable freedom and notoriety. Not surprisingly, she was shunned by respectable society for much of her life. Later, literary historians also thought it prudent to pass over the two women's explosive correspondence, although a selection of their letters appeared in print in 1865. Her dubious reputation notwithstanding, Pauline Wiesel became Rahel's most remarkable and important friend. Although married since 1800 to Friedrich Ferdinand Wiesel, councillor of war, she became in 1804 the lover of Prince Louis Ferdinand, with whom she appeared openly at Rahel's salon. After the prince's death in battle in 1806, she left Berlin with her little daughter and roamed around Europe, living alternately with her mother or with a lover or husband or independently in Switzerland, Paris, Vienna, Italy, Southern Germany, and England. . . ." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 104)
" . . . Pauline was born in Berlin to a Huguenot mother and a Catholic father. Little is known about her youth and upbringing before her marriage to Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826) at age twenty-one. A number of subsequent affairs with powerful men compromised her social position to the extent that she left Berlin at the age of thirty, spending the rest of her life primarily in France and Switzerland. Had one of her lovers not been Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806), Pauline most likely would have received little mention in historical works. As it is, she is remembered mainly for this affair in such texts as Fanny Lewald's 1849 novel Prinz Ludwig Ferdinand, Ein Zeitbild, or an 1865 collection of the prince's letters. Pauline, however, had many experiences in addition to those of sexual partner to famous men, not the least of which was the long-lasting friendship she enjoyed with Rahel. . . ." (Challenging Separate Sphere: Female Bildung in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Germany: 95)
Her chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior was passion.
"Like Josephine von Pachta, Pauline wiesel's rebellion was enacted more in the private world than in the public one. She was born into a noble family which mixed in courtly circles, but she married down on the estate hierarchy, to a French official. While she was still in Berlin, until 1808, Wiesel did not live with her husband, living instead with her mother in a local Gasthaus. Her oldest saloniere friend was Rahel Levin, who ardently admired Wiesel for her thoroughly emancipated sensual style. For passion was, indeed, Wiesel's chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior. Her most famous lover was Prince Louis Ferdinand, whom she met at a ball given by Sara (Meyer) von Grotthuss. But there were many other men in her life, including several prominent salon men. Major Gualtieri was in love with her at one time, as was Gustav von Brinkmann. Wilhelm von Humboldt once expressed his gratitude to Wiesel for giving him 'some of the happiest hours of his life.'" (Jewish High Society in Old Regime Berlin:185)
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| Prince August of Prussia Prince Don Juan |
(1779-1843)
Also known as:
August von Hohenzollern
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August of Prussia
His mother's "gallantries" whose lover was:
Count Friedrich Wilhelm Carl von Schmettau (1743-1806)
"His father was the youngest and least distinguished brother of Frederick the Great. His mother, Princess Ferdinande Louise, a daughter of Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt, was distinguished in her youth for her beauty and her numerous gallantries, and in her old age for her pride. Her Italian singing-master she had filled with so ardent a passion, that he built himself a hut on Vesuvius, to live entirely on the remembrance of her. A count Schmettau was the declared favorite of her heart. Frederick the Great used to call her children " 'the horrible Schmettau race,' for whom his imbecile brother accumulated treasures. The eldest, Friedrich, had died in the prime of youth. The second was the highly talented but unhappy Prince Louis Ferdinand, who had inherited the hot blood of his mother. His wild youth was a chain of amours and debts. His uncle, Prince Heinrich, who died in Rheinsberg, had made the handsome, amiable Louis Ferdinand the sole heir of his large fortune, but the light-headed, good-natured young prince had renounced his right in favor of his father, having been persuaded by his family to do so, in ordere to be able to divide the fortune with his brother August later on." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 134)
"Justifiably anxious, Friedrich II wondered how to solve the problem. He detested his nephew, the Hereditary Prince, whose character was opposed to his in every way, and so he decided that the offspring of his brother Ferdinand must be increased, and undeterred by the fact that Ferdinand could have no more children, he earnestly begged his sister-in-law to provide some. Princess Ferdinand had a fiery temperament, restrained by honest principles. At first these made her reject – with cries of indignation – the King’s suggestion. Friedrich had entrusted this delicate mission to a devoted but middle aged gentleman. He then sent her another emissary, Major von Schmettau, who was young and good looking. The Princess took some persuading but finally gave in. She made only one condition; that Major von Schmettau should take it upon himself to put the King’s advice into practice. Unfortunately the first result of this bedroom diplomacy was a daughter, born in 1770, Princess Luise, who later became Princess Anton Radziwill. In the meantime, just timed to upset the sovereign’s calculations, the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Wilhelm had repudiated his wife in order to marry Princess Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt who, on August 3, 1770, gave birth to a son, the future King Friedrich Wilhelm III. At a period when children died like flies the King regarded this solitary male offspring as inadequate. He encouraged Major von Schmettau to persevere. The brave young man obeyed conscientiously and in 1771 Princess Ferdinand gave birth to Prince Friedrich Christian Heinrich Ludwig. In 1772, Prince Friedrich Ludwig Christian “Ludwig Ferdinand” was born, the idol of his generation, he was to be killed in the Battle of Saalfeld, leaving two illegitimate children.In 1773, it was the turn of the Hereditary Princess. She gave birth to a son, Prince Ludwig, but in 1779, Princess Ferdinand retaliated with the birth of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August who was to become famous through his unhappy passion for Madame Récamier. Friedrich the Great now felt that his sister-in-law was being too zealous, and when Major von Schmettau came to receive the congratulations he thought he deserved, the King told him dryly; “That’s enough children now, sir. I already told you when Prince Ludwig Ferdinand was born. If my sister-in-law becomes pregnant, a fifth time I shall have her locked up in one fortress and you in another.' Major von Schmettau took this as read and Princess Ferdinand had no more children. All Berlin knew the story and one evening, at a masked ball during which Prince Ludwig Ferdinand intrigued a pretty woman, he heard her suddenly say: “Of course I know who you are! Don’t you realize that everyone knows you’re the son of Major von Schmettau?'" (Esoteric Curiosa)
"His father was the youngest and least distinguished brother of Frederick the Great. His mother, Princess Ferdinande Louise, a daughter of Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt, was distinguished in her youth for her beauty and her numerous gallantries, and in her old age for her pride. Her Italian singing-master she had filled with so ardent a passion, that he built himself a hut on Vesuvius, to live entirely on the remembrance of her. A count Schmettau was the declared favorite of her heart. Frederick the Great used to call her children " 'the horrible Schmettau race,' for whom his imbecile brother accumulated treasures. The eldest, Friedrich, had died in the prime of youth. The second was the highly talented but unhappy Prince Louis Ferdinand, who had inherited the hot blood of his mother. His wild youth was a chain of amours and debts. His uncle, Prince Heinrich, who died in Rheinsberg, had made the handsome, amiable Louis Ferdinand the sole heir of his large fortune, but the light-headed, good-natured young prince had renounced his right in favor of his father, having been persuaded by his family to do so, in ordere to be able to divide the fortune with his brother August later on." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 134)
"Justifiably anxious, Friedrich II wondered how to solve the problem. He detested his nephew, the Hereditary Prince, whose character was opposed to his in every way, and so he decided that the offspring of his brother Ferdinand must be increased, and undeterred by the fact that Ferdinand could have no more children, he earnestly begged his sister-in-law to provide some. Princess Ferdinand had a fiery temperament, restrained by honest principles. At first these made her reject – with cries of indignation – the King’s suggestion. Friedrich had entrusted this delicate mission to a devoted but middle aged gentleman. He then sent her another emissary, Major von Schmettau, who was young and good looking. The Princess took some persuading but finally gave in. She made only one condition; that Major von Schmettau should take it upon himself to put the King’s advice into practice. Unfortunately the first result of this bedroom diplomacy was a daughter, born in 1770, Princess Luise, who later became Princess Anton Radziwill. In the meantime, just timed to upset the sovereign’s calculations, the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Wilhelm had repudiated his wife in order to marry Princess Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt who, on August 3, 1770, gave birth to a son, the future King Friedrich Wilhelm III. At a period when children died like flies the King regarded this solitary male offspring as inadequate. He encouraged Major von Schmettau to persevere. The brave young man obeyed conscientiously and in 1771 Princess Ferdinand gave birth to Prince Friedrich Christian Heinrich Ludwig. In 1772, Prince Friedrich Ludwig Christian “Ludwig Ferdinand” was born, the idol of his generation, he was to be killed in the Battle of Saalfeld, leaving two illegitimate children.In 1773, it was the turn of the Hereditary Princess. She gave birth to a son, Prince Ludwig, but in 1779, Princess Ferdinand retaliated with the birth of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August who was to become famous through his unhappy passion for Madame Récamier. Friedrich the Great now felt that his sister-in-law was being too zealous, and when Major von Schmettau came to receive the congratulations he thought he deserved, the King told him dryly; “That’s enough children now, sir. I already told you when Prince Ludwig Ferdinand was born. If my sister-in-law becomes pregnant, a fifth time I shall have her locked up in one fortress and you in another.' Major von Schmettau took this as read and Princess Ferdinand had no more children. All Berlin knew the story and one evening, at a masked ball during which Prince Ludwig Ferdinand intrigued a pretty woman, he heard her suddenly say: “Of course I know who you are! Don’t you realize that everyone knows you’re the son of Major von Schmettau?'" (Esoteric Curiosa)
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"Prince Augustus of Prussia, the younger brother of Prince Louis Ferdinand, who was killed in 1806 at Saalfeld, and the son of Prince Ferdinand, the last brother of Frederick the Great, was never married. He possessed a considerable fortune which he had increased by unscrupulous methods at the expense of his relations, and made a will by which the property of which he could not dispose reverted to the crown of Prussia, while the rest was bequeathed to his numerous natural children; so that he thus deprived his sister, Princess Radziwill, of the inheritance which should have gone to her. This scandal led to a famous lawsuit, which was lost by the Radziwills and attracted much public attention in Berlin." (Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino)
Physical appearance & personal qualities.
"Formerly, when on the stage of the Konigstadt theatre, my attention had often been attracted by an aristocratic gentleman in the uniform of a general, seated in the royal box: a fine-looking, imposing figure, with sharply-cut, interesting features, dark, curling hair, and black sparkling eyes, which he seldom diverted from me, from the moment I appeared on the stage, looking all the while at me with a burning lustre, as if they would consume me." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 133)
"Formerly, when on the stage of the Konigstadt theatre, my attention had often been attracted by an aristocratic gentleman in the uniform of a general, seated in the royal box: a fine-looking, imposing figure, with sharply-cut, interesting features, dark, curling hair, and black sparkling eyes, which he seldom diverted from me, from the moment I appeared on the stage, looking all the while at me with a burning lustre, as if they would consume me." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 133)
A rich, unmarried prince.
"Prince Augustus of Prussia, the younger brother of Prince Louis Ferdinand, who was killed in 1806 at Saalfeld, and the son of Prince Ferdinand, the last brother of Frederick the Great, was never married. He possessed a considerable fortune which he had increased by unscrupulous methods at the expense of his relations, and made a will by which the property of which he could not dispose reverted to the crown of Prussia, while the rest was bequeathed to his numerous natural children; so that he thus deprived his sister, Princess Radziwill, of the inheritance which should have gone to her. This scandal led to a famous law suit, which was lost by the Radziwills and attracted much public attention in Berlin." (Memoirs of the Duchess de Dino, 1841-1850)
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| Prince August of Prussia |
His lovers were:
Lover in 1818-1843.
Also known as:
Auguste von Prillwitz
Auguste, Frau von Prillwitz.
Daughter of a Jewish money changer.
Natural offspring:
a. August Ludwig Ferdinand von Prillwitz (1779-?)
b. Ferdinand Ludwig August von Prillwitz (1825-?)
c. Friedrich Wilhelm August Ludwig von Prillwitz (1829-?)
d. Luise Auguste Malwine von Prillwitz
e. Luise Auguste Elisabeth von Prillwitz (1827-?)
f. Marie Auguste Luise von Prillwitz (1830-?)
g. Klara August Luise von Prillwitz (1831-?)
First encounter -- 1818.
"Auguste Arend was the daughter of a Jewish money changer and rentier. Around 1818, shortly after her father's death, she met Prince Augustus of Prussia, who had parted company with his first partner, Caroline Friederike Wichmann (1781-1844), and entered into a liaison with him . Already in June 1819 her first daughter Malwine was born. In the same year Auguste Arend moved in with her mother and the child in Rheinsberg Castle , which Prince August inherited from his father in 1813. She was assigned a companion who was responsible for the "physical or moral well-being of the Miss." To equip his daughter Prince August 1821 bought the estate Prillwitz in Pomerania . There, however, Auguste Arend stayed only in the summer months, the rest of her time spent in Rheinsberg and Berlin . There she was faster attainable for the prince." (Wikipedia)
"In September, 1825, the king ennobled also Prince August's second mistress (a beautiful Jewess from Rheinsberg, named Arens, with magnificent, large, dark eyes and brilliant black hair), under the name of Von Prillwitz. This name they took from the beautiful estate of Prillwitz in the Neumark, which the prince settled upon his beloved. In Berlin Frau von Prillwitz inhabited her own beautiful house at the Potsdam gate, and whenever she appeared at the theatre she was glittering with diamonds." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 138)
First encounter -- 1818.
"Auguste Arend was the daughter of a Jewish money changer and rentier. Around 1818, shortly after her father's death, she met Prince Augustus of Prussia, who had parted company with his first partner, Caroline Friederike Wichmann (1781-1844), and entered into a liaison with him . Already in June 1819 her first daughter Malwine was born. In the same year Auguste Arend moved in with her mother and the child in Rheinsberg Castle , which Prince August inherited from his father in 1813. She was assigned a companion who was responsible for the "physical or moral well-being of the Miss." To equip his daughter Prince August 1821 bought the estate Prillwitz in Pomerania . There, however, Auguste Arend stayed only in the summer months, the rest of her time spent in Rheinsberg and Berlin . There she was faster attainable for the prince." (Wikipedia)
"In September, 1825, the king ennobled also Prince August's second mistress (a beautiful Jewess from Rheinsberg, named Arens, with magnificent, large, dark eyes and brilliant black hair), under the name of Von Prillwitz. This name they took from the beautiful estate of Prillwitz in the Neumark, which the prince settled upon his beloved. In Berlin Frau von Prillwitz inhabited her own beautiful house at the Potsdam gate, and whenever she appeared at the theatre she was glittering with diamonds." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 138)
Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817).
"On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one. By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always longed for liberty; and she had never possessed it. She had been brought up among violent family quarrels, had been early separated from her disreputable and eccentric mother, and handed over to the care of her disreputable and selfish father. When she was seventeen, he decided to marry her off to the Prince of Orange; she, at first, acquiesced; but, suddenly falling in love with Prince Augustus of Prussia, she determined to break off the engagement. This was not her first love affair, for she had previously carried on a clandestine correspondence with a Captain Hess. Prince Augustus was already married, morgnatically, but she did not know it, and he did not tell her. While she was spinning out the negotiations with the Prince of Orange, the allied sovereigns--it was June 1814---arrived in London to celebrate their victory. Among them, in the suite of the Emperor of Russia, was the young and handsome Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. He made several attempts to attract the notice of the Princess, but she, with her heart elsewhere, paid very little attention. Next month the Prince Regent, discovering that his daughter was having secret meetings with Prince Augustus, suddenly appeared upon the scene and, after dismissing her household, sentenced her to a strict seclusion in Windsor Park. 'God Almighty grant me patience!' she exclaimed, falling on her knees in an agony of agitation: then she jumped up, ran down the backstairs, and ran out into the streets, hailed a passing cab, and drove to her mother's house in Bayswater. She was discovered, pursued, and at length, yielding to the persuasions of her uncles, the Dukes of York and Sussex, of Brougham, and of the Bishop of Salisbury, she returned to Carlton House at two o'clock in the morning. She was immured at Windsor, but no more was heard of the Prince of Orange, Prince Augustus, too, disappeared. The way was at last open to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg." (Victoria: Portrait of a Queen: 1)
"On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one. By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always longed for liberty; and she had never possessed it. She had been brought up among violent family quarrels, had been early separated from her disreputable and eccentric mother, and handed over to the care of her disreputable and selfish father. When she was seventeen, he decided to marry her off to the Prince of Orange; she, at first, acquiesced; but, suddenly falling in love with Prince Augustus of Prussia, she determined to break off the engagement. This was not her first love affair, for she had previously carried on a clandestine correspondence with a Captain Hess. Prince Augustus was already married, morgnatically, but she did not know it, and he did not tell her. While she was spinning out the negotiations with the Prince of Orange, the allied sovereigns--it was June 1814---arrived in London to celebrate their victory. Among them, in the suite of the Emperor of Russia, was the young and handsome Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. He made several attempts to attract the notice of the Princess, but she, with her heart elsewhere, paid very little attention. Next month the Prince Regent, discovering that his daughter was having secret meetings with Prince Augustus, suddenly appeared upon the scene and, after dismissing her household, sentenced her to a strict seclusion in Windsor Park. 'God Almighty grant me patience!' she exclaimed, falling on her knees in an agony of agitation: then she jumped up, ran down the backstairs, and ran out into the streets, hailed a passing cab, and drove to her mother's house in Bayswater. She was discovered, pursued, and at length, yielding to the persuasions of her uncles, the Dukes of York and Sussex, of Brougham, and of the Bishop of Salisbury, she returned to Carlton House at two o'clock in the morning. She was immured at Windsor, but no more was heard of the Prince of Orange, Prince Augustus, too, disappeared. The way was at last open to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg." (Victoria: Portrait of a Queen: 1)
Emilie Gottschalk
Lover in 1834.
Polish aristocrat.
Also known as:
". . . Shortly after Baroness Von Prillwitz's death he began a relationship with Emilie von Ostrowska who was a Polish noblewoman. They had a daughter Charlotte who was five when her father died and raised by her father's Jewish tailor." (Wikipedia)
Juliette Bernard, Madame Recamier
"In the autumn of the following year, 1807, Prince August was allowed to leave France, after his captivity. But before doing so, he paid that fateful visit to Coppet which brought him in contact with the beautiful Madame Recamier. . . Prince August, always amorous quickly formed the most tender liaison. Even a betrothal took place, and rings were exchanged, although Madame Recamier's husband was still living in Paris. Madame de Stael, with her loving heart, blessed the union." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 135)
". . . In 1807 he decided to visit the Chateau de Coppet, in Switzerland, where lived the great French writer Madame de Stael. . . Suddenly the door opened and another guest entered. . . It was the thirty-year-old Madame Recamier, Madame de Stael's closest friend. She introduced herself to the prince, then quickly retired to her bedroom. . . . " (The Art of Seduction: 187)
Karoline Friederike Wichmann (1781-1844)
"'There was Friederike Wichmann, his first wife, who was bestowed with the title Von Waldenberg (sic) by the king when she married the prince, and then his second wife, Auguste Arendt, who was titled Vol Prillwitz. They were both morganatic marriages because the women were commoners who were given these titles by the king. The prince's descendants from these two wives are still well respected families living in Berlin and have inherited these titles.'" (The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret)
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia & Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz
2. Rosalie von Rauch (morganatic)
Husband of: Kira of Russia (d.1967)
His lover was:
1. Lilli Damita.
"In his early years he travelled widely, in particular through Latin America and the United States, where for a time he worked as a mechanic in preparation for taking over the Ford Motor Company's representation for Europe which Henry Ford was pressing him to accept. It was his own wish to learn his new trade from scratch rather than stepping in at the top. However, his extended stay in the US was also connected with his romance with the film star Lily Damita (almost leading to marriage) which took him to Hollywood. These journeys are well documented in his informative and entertaining book Als Kaiserenkel durch die Welt ('As the Emperor's Grandson through the World', 1952)." (Independent)
Lover in 1805-1817.
Baroness von Waldenburg 1810Daughter of Johann Friedrich Joost Wichmann & Anna Dorothea Dechwitz
"He was one of the richest landowners in Prussia. Since he never married or left any legitimate children, his estates reverted to the Crown. The mother of his eldest children was his first mistress, Karoline Friederike Wichmann, with whom he cohabited from 1805 until 1817. Their union produced four children. She was ennobled as Baroness von Waldenburg. His second extramarital relationship was with Auguste Arendt, later ennobled as Baroness von Prillwitz. It began in 1818, lasted until his death and produced seven children." (Wikipedia)
"In 1806, when Prussia and France were at war, August, the handsome twenty-four-year-old prince of Prussia and nephew of Frederick the Great, was captured by Napoleon. Instead of locking him up, Napoleon allowed him to wander around French territory, keeping a close watch of him through spies. The prince was devoted to pleasure, and spent his time moving from town to town, seducing young girls. . . . " (The Art of Seduction:187)
"In 1806, when Prussia and France were at war, August, the handsome twenty-four-year-old prince of Prussia and nephew of Frederick the Great, was captured by Napoleon. Instead of locking him up, Napoleon allowed him to wander around French territory, keeping a close watch of him through spies. The prince was devoted to pleasure, and spent his time moving from town to town, seducing young girls. . . . " (The Art of Seduction:187)
"'There was Friederike Wichmann, his first wife, who was bestowed with the title Von Waldenberg (sic) by the king when she married the prince, and then his second wife, Auguste Arendt, who was titled Vol Prillwitz. They were both morganatic marriages because the women were commoners who were given these titles by the king. The prince's descendants from these two wives are still well respected families living in Berlin and have inherited these titles.'" (The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret)
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| Albrecht of Prussia |
Albrecht von Preussen
(1809-1872).
Also known as:
born Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht von Preussen
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| Albrecht of Prussia & Marianne of the Netherlands @Wikipedia |
Husband of:
1. Marianne of the Netherlands (1810-1883), mar 1840, sep 18492. Rosalie von Rauch (morganatic)
His lover was:
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| Rosalie von Rauch @Wikipedia |
Rosalie von Rauch (1820-1879).
Grafin von Hohenau.
Lover in 1845.
"From 14 September 1830 to 1849 Prince Albrecht of Prussia was married to Marianne of Orange-Nassau (1810-1883 at Schloss Reinhartshausen in Erbach in the Rheingau), the youngest daughter of King William I of the Netherlands . The marriage broke up when in 1845 he entered into an extramarital, not befitting love affair with Rosalie von Rauch (1820-1879), the daughter of the Prussian Minister of War General von Rauch , whom he morganatically married in 1853 (the Dutch and the Prussian court had the divorce Albrecht and Marianne first agreed when Marianne of Orange-Nassau by her coach and later Cabinet Secretary Johannes van Rossum, with whom she had entered into a romantic relationship in 1848, expected a child). The non befitting wedding of Albert and Rosalie had to take place outside Prussia. The court was elected by Saxe-Meiningen, because Albrecht's older daughter Charlotte from the marriage with Marianne of Orange-Nassau was married to the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meiningen (from 1866 Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen ). Rosalie von Rauch was raised by him shortly before the marriage ceremony to the Countess of Hohenau." (Wikipedia)
Grafin von Hohenau.
Lover in 1845.
"From 14 September 1830 to 1849 Prince Albrecht of Prussia was married to Marianne of Orange-Nassau (1810-1883 at Schloss Reinhartshausen in Erbach in the Rheingau), the youngest daughter of King William I of the Netherlands . The marriage broke up when in 1845 he entered into an extramarital, not befitting love affair with Rosalie von Rauch (1820-1879), the daughter of the Prussian Minister of War General von Rauch , whom he morganatically married in 1853 (the Dutch and the Prussian court had the divorce Albrecht and Marianne first agreed when Marianne of Orange-Nassau by her coach and later Cabinet Secretary Johannes van Rossum, with whom she had entered into a romantic relationship in 1848, expected a child). The non befitting wedding of Albert and Rosalie had to take place outside Prussia. The court was elected by Saxe-Meiningen, because Albrecht's older daughter Charlotte from the marriage with Marianne of Orange-Nassau was married to the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meiningen (from 1866 Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen ). Rosalie von Rauch was raised by him shortly before the marriage ceremony to the Countess of Hohenau." (Wikipedia)
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| Schloss Albrechtsberg, Dresden @Wikipedia Reference |
(1772-1806) Son of: August Ferdinand von Preussen & Elisabeth Louise von Brandenburg-Schwedt. "Prince Louis Ferdinand was the son of Prince Frederick, Frederick the Great's youngest brother, and born in 1772. He was uncommonly gifted by nature, but lacked a fair field on which to exercise his eminent talents. His warm temperament therefore led him into the gay rollicking life which earned him the name of the Prussian Alcibiades. He was as brave and dauntless as Frederick the Great, and as fond of literary pursuits, for which he had more capacity than his uncle possessed. His character was quite the opposite of that of Frederick William III, his private life and his tastes were different, therefore it is not surprising that he had ho influence over that monarch. He was exceedingly popular with all classes, especially with the army, and, the Queen excepted, he was the brightest ornament of the Prussian Court. . . ." (The Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia: Vol. 2: 41) Unusually handsome, charmingly unconventional, a libertine. "One of the last to arrive that evening was Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772-1806), a nephew of King Frederick II and the highest-born visitor to grace Rahel's society. Unusually handsome and charmingly unconventional, he was a very welcome guest. But life other members of the high nobility, he led an essentially marginal existence, unable to find a meaningful role for himself in this age of democratic revolution. Though a libertine in his personal life, his public actions betrayed political conservatism. He was gifted, sensitive, distraught, and very much in need of Rahel's empathy and her 'straightforward attic truths,' as she called the advice she gave him. She was apt to receive him in the privacy of her room under the roof, reserved for her more intimate friends, where the prince could also be heard improvising on the piano. Other less prominent people, relatives, and close friends of their own Jewish circle completed the social gathering of the night." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 36) A devotee to wine, women & song. "Prince Louis Ferdinand, a cousin of the king, a chameleon-like character, composed of some good and many evil qualities, who is still sung in German folklore, owing to his heroic death on the battlefield against Napoleon, was an exponent of that frivolous life. Like his prototype, the Athenian Alcibiades, he was a devotee now to wine, woman, song, bow to the strenuous life in a brave soldier and heroic patriot. One woman of wonderful beauty and of the temper of a Messalina, to use Scherr's words, Pauline Wiesel, held him under her demoniacal sway of never satisfied passion. But a woman of an entirely different type, the extraordinary Jewish authoress, and ingenious, spirited conversationalist and epistolographer, Rahel Levin, served him as a true Egeria, in pure friendship and intellectual affinity. . . ." (Women of the Teutonic Nations) His lovers were: 1) Eberhardine von Schlieben. Also known as: born Eberhardine Charlotte Justine von Schlieben Natural offspring: a. Caroline Henriette Bentley. 2) Henriette Fromme (1783-1828) Lover in 1802. Also known as: Friederike Susanne Henriette Fromme. 3) Karoline von Braunschweig, Queen of England. 4) Marie-Adelaide de La Grange. Natural offspring: a. Theodor Friedrich Klitsche (1799-1868) b. Wilhelm Klitsche (1799-1820)
5) Pauline Wiesel (1778-1848) German socialite & royal mistress. Lover in 1804-1806. Also known as: born Pauline Cesar Pauline Zesar Pauline Caesar. Daughter of: Carl Philipp Cesar & Sophie-Elisabeth Leveaux. Wife of: 1. Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826), Prussian war councillor mar 1799. 2. Jules-Michel Vincent (1777-1846) mar 1828. "Pauline Wiesel was a woman of extraordinary character, independence, and self-confidence. Born in 1779 as the daughter of a French emigre mother and the privy councillor Cesar, who was in the services of Prince Henry of Prussia, she led her life according to her own wishes and thus achieved considerable freedom and notoriety. Not surprisingly, she was shunned by respectable society for much of her life. Later, literary historians also thought it prudent to pass over the two women's explosive correspondence, although a selection of their letters appeared in print in 1865. Her dubious reputation notwithstanding, Pauline Wiesel became Rahel's most remarkable and important friend. Although married since 1800 to Friedrich Ferdinand Wiesel, councillor of war, she became in 1804 the lover of Prince Louis Ferdinand, with whom she appeared openly at Rahel's salon. After the prince's death in battle in 1806, she left Berlin with her little daughter and roamed around Europe, living alternately with her mother or with a lover or husband or independently in Switzerland, Paris, Vienna, Italy, Southern Germany, and England. . . ." (Rahel Levin Varnhagen: 104) " . . . Pauline was born in Berlin to a Huguenot mother and a Catholic father. Little is known about her youth and upbringing before her marriage to Wilhelm Wiesel (1771-1826) at age twenty-one. A number of subsequent affairs with powerful men compromised her social position to the extent that she left Berlin at the age of thirty, spending the rest of her life primarily in France and Switzerland. Had one of her lovers not been Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806), Pauline most likely would have received little mention in historical works. As it is, she is remembered mainly for this affair in such texts as Fanny Lewald's 1849 novel Prinz Ludwig Ferdinand, Ein Zeitbild, or an 1865 collection of the prince's letters. Pauline, however, had many experiences in addition to those of sexual partner to famous men, not the least of which was the long-lasting friendship she enjoyed with Rahel. . . ." (Challenging Separate Sphere: Female Bildung in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Germany: 95) Her chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior was passion. "Like Josephine von Pachta, Pauline wiesel's rebellion was enacted more in the private world than in the public one. She was born into a noble family which mixed in courtly circles, but she married down on the estate hierarchy, to a French official. While she was still in Berlin, until 1808, Wiesel did not live with her husband, living instead with her mother in a local Gasthaus. Her oldest saloniere friend was Rahel Levin, who ardently admired Wiesel for her thoroughly emancipated sensual style. For passion was, indeed, Wiesel's chosen arena for iconoclastic behavior. Her most famous lover was Prince Louis Ferdinand, whom she met at a ball given by Sara (Meyer) von Grotthuss. But there were many other men in her life, including several prominent salon men. Major Gualtieri was in love with her at one time, as was Gustav von Brinkmann. Wilhelm von Humboldt once expressed his gratitude to Wiesel for giving him 'some of the happiest hours of his life.'" (Jewish High Society in Old Regime Berlin:185)
(1779-1843) Also known as: August von Hohenzollern Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August of Prussia His mother's "gallantries" whose lover was: Count Friedrich Wilhelm Carl von Schmettau (1743-1806) "His father was the youngest and least distinguished brother of Frederick the Great. His mother, Princess Ferdinande Louise, a daughter of Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt, was distinguished in her youth for her beauty and her numerous gallantries, and in her old age for her pride. Her Italian singing-master she had filled with so ardent a passion, that he built himself a hut on Vesuvius, to live entirely on the remembrance of her. A count Schmettau was the declared favorite of her heart. Frederick the Great used to call her children " 'the horrible Schmettau race,' for whom his imbecile brother accumulated treasures. The eldest, Friedrich, had died in the prime of youth. The second was the highly talented but unhappy Prince Louis Ferdinand, who had inherited the hot blood of his mother. His wild youth was a chain of amours and debts. His uncle, Prince Heinrich, who died in Rheinsberg, had made the handsome, amiable Louis Ferdinand the sole heir of his large fortune, but the light-headed, good-natured young prince had renounced his right in favor of his father, having been persuaded by his family to do so, in ordere to be able to divide the fortune with his brother August later on." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 134) "Justifiably anxious, Friedrich II wondered how to solve the problem. He detested his nephew, the Hereditary Prince, whose character was opposed to his in every way, and so he decided that the offspring of his brother Ferdinand must be increased, and undeterred by the fact that Ferdinand could have no more children, he earnestly begged his sister-in-law to provide some. Princess Ferdinand had a fiery temperament, restrained by honest principles. At first these made her reject – with cries of indignation – the King’s suggestion. Friedrich had entrusted this delicate mission to a devoted but middle aged gentleman. He then sent her another emissary, Major von Schmettau, who was young and good looking. The Princess took some persuading but finally gave in. She made only one condition; that Major von Schmettau should take it upon himself to put the King’s advice into practice. Unfortunately the first result of this bedroom diplomacy was a daughter, born in 1770, Princess Luise, who later became Princess Anton Radziwill. In the meantime, just timed to upset the sovereign’s calculations, the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Wilhelm had repudiated his wife in order to marry Princess Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt who, on August 3, 1770, gave birth to a son, the future King Friedrich Wilhelm III. At a period when children died like flies the King regarded this solitary male offspring as inadequate. He encouraged Major von Schmettau to persevere. The brave young man obeyed conscientiously and in 1771 Princess Ferdinand gave birth to Prince Friedrich Christian Heinrich Ludwig. In 1772, Prince Friedrich Ludwig Christian “Ludwig Ferdinand” was born, the idol of his generation, he was to be killed in the Battle of Saalfeld, leaving two illegitimate children.In 1773, it was the turn of the Hereditary Princess. She gave birth to a son, Prince Ludwig, but in 1779, Princess Ferdinand retaliated with the birth of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August who was to become famous through his unhappy passion for Madame Récamier. Friedrich the Great now felt that his sister-in-law was being too zealous, and when Major von Schmettau came to receive the congratulations he thought he deserved, the King told him dryly; “That’s enough children now, sir. I already told you when Prince Ludwig Ferdinand was born. If my sister-in-law becomes pregnant, a fifth time I shall have her locked up in one fortress and you in another.' Major von Schmettau took this as read and Princess Ferdinand had no more children. All Berlin knew the story and one evening, at a masked ball during which Prince Ludwig Ferdinand intrigued a pretty woman, he heard her suddenly say: “Of course I know who you are! Don’t you realize that everyone knows you’re the son of Major von Schmettau?'" (Esoteric Curiosa)
"Prince Augustus of Prussia, the younger brother of Prince Louis Ferdinand, who was killed in 1806 at Saalfeld, and the son of Prince Ferdinand, the last brother of Frederick the Great, was never married. He possessed a considerable fortune which he had increased by unscrupulous methods at the expense of his relations, and made a will by which the property of which he could not dispose reverted to the crown of Prussia, while the rest was bequeathed to his numerous natural children; so that he thus deprived his sister, Princess Radziwill, of the inheritance which should have gone to her. This scandal led to a famous lawsuit, which was lost by the Radziwills and attracted much public attention in Berlin." (Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino) Physical appearance & personal qualities. "Formerly, when on the stage of the Konigstadt theatre, my attention had often been attracted by an aristocratic gentleman in the uniform of a general, seated in the royal box: a fine-looking, imposing figure, with sharply-cut, interesting features, dark, curling hair, and black sparkling eyes, which he seldom diverted from me, from the moment I appeared on the stage, looking all the while at me with a burning lustre, as if they would consume me." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 133) A rich, unmarried prince. "Prince Augustus of Prussia, the younger brother of Prince Louis Ferdinand, who was killed in 1806 at Saalfeld, and the son of Prince Ferdinand, the last brother of Frederick the Great, was never married. He possessed a considerable fortune which he had increased by unscrupulous methods at the expense of his relations, and made a will by which the property of which he could not dispose reverted to the crown of Prussia, while the rest was bequeathed to his numerous natural children; so that he thus deprived his sister, Princess Radziwill, of the inheritance which should have gone to her. This scandal led to a famous law suit, which was lost by the Radziwills and attracted much public attention in Berlin." (Memoirs of the Duchess de Dino, 1841-1850)
His lovers were: Lover in 1818-1843. Also known as: Auguste von Prillwitz Auguste, Frau von Prillwitz. Daughter of a Jewish money changer. Natural offspring: a. August Ludwig Ferdinand von Prillwitz (1779-?) b. Ferdinand Ludwig August von Prillwitz (1825-?) c. Friedrich Wilhelm August Ludwig von Prillwitz (1829-?) d. Luise Auguste Malwine von Prillwitz e. Luise Auguste Elisabeth von Prillwitz (1827-?) f. Marie Auguste Luise von Prillwitz (1830-?) g. Klara August Luise von Prillwitz (1831-?) First encounter -- 1818. "Auguste Arend was the daughter of a Jewish money changer and rentier. Around 1818, shortly after her father's death, she met Prince Augustus of Prussia, who had parted company with his first partner, Caroline Friederike Wichmann (1781-1844), and entered into a liaison with him . Already in June 1819 her first daughter Malwine was born. In the same year Auguste Arend moved in with her mother and the child in Rheinsberg Castle , which Prince August inherited from his father in 1813. She was assigned a companion who was responsible for the "physical or moral well-being of the Miss." To equip his daughter Prince August 1821 bought the estate Prillwitz in Pomerania . There, however, Auguste Arend stayed only in the summer months, the rest of her time spent in Rheinsberg and Berlin . There she was faster attainable for the prince." (Wikipedia) "In September, 1825, the king ennobled also Prince August's second mistress (a beautiful Jewess from Rheinsberg, named Arens, with magnificent, large, dark eyes and brilliant black hair), under the name of Von Prillwitz. This name they took from the beautiful estate of Prillwitz in the Neumark, which the prince settled upon his beloved. In Berlin Frau von Prillwitz inhabited her own beautiful house at the Potsdam gate, and whenever she appeared at the theatre she was glittering with diamonds." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 138) Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817). "On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one. By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always longed for liberty; and she had never possessed it. She had been brought up among violent family quarrels, had been early separated from her disreputable and eccentric mother, and handed over to the care of her disreputable and selfish father. When she was seventeen, he decided to marry her off to the Prince of Orange; she, at first, acquiesced; but, suddenly falling in love with Prince Augustus of Prussia, she determined to break off the engagement. This was not her first love affair, for she had previously carried on a clandestine correspondence with a Captain Hess. Prince Augustus was already married, morgnatically, but she did not know it, and he did not tell her. While she was spinning out the negotiations with the Prince of Orange, the allied sovereigns--it was June 1814---arrived in London to celebrate their victory. Among them, in the suite of the Emperor of Russia, was the young and handsome Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. He made several attempts to attract the notice of the Princess, but she, with her heart elsewhere, paid very little attention. Next month the Prince Regent, discovering that his daughter was having secret meetings with Prince Augustus, suddenly appeared upon the scene and, after dismissing her household, sentenced her to a strict seclusion in Windsor Park. 'God Almighty grant me patience!' she exclaimed, falling on her knees in an agony of agitation: then she jumped up, ran down the backstairs, and ran out into the streets, hailed a passing cab, and drove to her mother's house in Bayswater. She was discovered, pursued, and at length, yielding to the persuasions of her uncles, the Dukes of York and Sussex, of Brougham, and of the Bishop of Salisbury, she returned to Carlton House at two o'clock in the morning. She was immured at Windsor, but no more was heard of the Prince of Orange, Prince Augustus, too, disappeared. The way was at last open to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg." (Victoria: Portrait of a Queen: 1) Emilie Gottschalk Lover in 1834. Polish aristocrat. Also known as: ". . . Shortly after Baroness Von Prillwitz's death he began a relationship with Emilie von Ostrowska who was a Polish noblewoman. They had a daughter Charlotte who was five when her father died and raised by her father's Jewish tailor." (Wikipedia) Juliette Bernard, Madame Recamier "In the autumn of the following year, 1807, Prince August was allowed to leave France, after his captivity. But before doing so, he paid that fateful visit to Coppet which brought him in contact with the beautiful Madame Recamier. . . Prince August, always amorous quickly formed the most tender liaison. Even a betrothal took place, and rings were exchanged, although Madame Recamier's husband was still living in Paris. Madame de Stael, with her loving heart, blessed the union." (Memoirs of Karoline Bauer, Vol 3: 135) ". . . In 1807 he decided to visit the Chateau de Coppet, in Switzerland, where lived the great French writer Madame de Stael. . . Suddenly the door opened and another guest entered. . . It was the thirty-year-old Madame Recamier, Madame de Stael's closest friend. She introduced herself to the prince, then quickly retired to her bedroom. . . . " (The Art of Seduction: 187)  Karoline Friederike Wichmann (1781-1844) Lover in 1805-1817. Baroness von Waldenburg 1810Daughter of Johann Friedrich Joost Wichmann & Anna Dorothea Dechwitz "He was one of the richest landowners in Prussia. Since he never married or left any legitimate children, his estates reverted to the Crown. The mother of his eldest children was his first mistress, Karoline Friederike Wichmann, with whom he cohabited from 1805 until 1817. Their union produced four children. She was ennobled as Baroness von Waldenburg. His second extramarital relationship was with Auguste Arendt, later ennobled as Baroness von Prillwitz. It began in 1818, lasted until his death and produced seven children." (Wikipedia) "In 1806, when Prussia and France were at war, August, the handsome twenty-four-year-old prince of Prussia and nephew of Frederick the Great, was captured by Napoleon. Instead of locking him up, Napoleon allowed him to wander around French territory, keeping a close watch of him through spies. The prince was devoted to pleasure, and spent his time moving from town to town, seducing young girls. . . . " (The Art of Seduction:187) "'There was Friederike Wichmann, his first wife, who was bestowed with the title Von Waldenberg (sic) by the king when she married the prince, and then his second wife, Auguste Arendt, who was titled Vol Prillwitz. They were both morganatic marriages because the women were commoners who were given these titles by the king. The prince's descendants from these two wives are still well respected families living in Berlin and have inherited these titles.'" (The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret)
Albrecht von Preussen (1809-1872). Also known as: born Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht von Preussen
2. Rosalie von Rauch (morganatic) His lover was:
Grafin von Hohenau. Lover in 1845. "From 14 September 1830 to 1849 Prince Albrecht of Prussia was married to Marianne of Orange-Nassau (1810-1883 at Schloss Reinhartshausen in Erbach in the Rheingau), the youngest daughter of King William I of the Netherlands . The marriage broke up when in 1845 he entered into an extramarital, not befitting love affair with Rosalie von Rauch (1820-1879), the daughter of the Prussian Minister of War General von Rauch , whom he morganatically married in 1853 (the Dutch and the Prussian court had the divorce Albrecht and Marianne first agreed when Marianne of Orange-Nassau by her coach and later Cabinet Secretary Johannes van Rossum, with whom she had entered into a romantic relationship in 1848, expected a child). The non befitting wedding of Albert and Rosalie had to take place outside Prussia. The court was elected by Saxe-Meiningen, because Albrecht's older daughter Charlotte from the marriage with Marianne of Orange-Nassau was married to the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meiningen (from 1866 Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen ). Rosalie von Rauch was raised by him shortly before the marriage ceremony to the Countess of Hohenau." (Wikipedia)
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(1997-1994)
German prince, composer, writer & economist.
Pretender to Germany & Prussia.
Son of: Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany & Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Husband of: Kira of Russia (d.1967)
His lover was:
1. Lilli Damita.
Film star.
Also known as:
Lily Damita.
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Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany @Wikipedia |
1882-1951)
Crown Prince of Germany.
1) Geraldine Farrar.
American soprano singer & film actress
Lover in 1903.
Lover in 1903.
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