Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884-1948)
Born 14 July 1884 Marmor Palais, Potsdam
Died 22 September 1948 La Tour de Peilz
Married 3 August 1914 Wilhelmshaven
Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Saxony,
daughter of Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of
Saxony and Princess Adelheid zur Lippe
Born 16 August 1891 Kassel
Died 25 March 1971 La Tour de Peilz
Born in 1884, he was Emperor Wilhelm II's third son and once regarded
as a possible husband for the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia. However, in
Wilhelmshaven on 3 August 1914, he married Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen.
He served in the German Imperial Navy and managed to
make a reasonable adjustment to life after the revolution. With his
wife and children, they lived many years in Switzerland where they used
the titles of Count and Countess von Lingen.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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