Prince Joachim of Prussia

Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890-18 July 1920) was the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, by his first wife, Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg.

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17 December - 1890 - 18 July - 1920 - Kaiser - Wilhelm II of Germany - Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg

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During the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 some republican leaders contemplated given the throne of an independent Ireland to Prince Joachim.

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Easter Rising - Dublin - 1916 - Ireland

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He died in Potsdam, Germany of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, unable to accept his lot after his father's abdication and the failure of his marriage to Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, whom he married on March 11, 1916. Their son, Karl Franz Josef Wilhelm Friedrich Eduard, born that December 15, married Henriette von Schönaich-Carolath, the daughter of Wilhelm's second wife, on October 5, 1940. They divorced in 1946.

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Potsdam - Germany - Anhalt - March 11 - 1916 - December 15 - October 5 - 1940

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