Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern was the head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern for over 45 years.Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm was born in Schloss Umkirch. He was the eldest son of Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife, Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, the daughter of the last King of Saxony Frederick Augustus III. He became the head of the House of Hohenzollern on 6 February 1965 following the death of his father Prince Friedrich, and remained so until his death on 16 September 2010.
According to the Romanian succession laws of the kingdom's last democratic Constitution of 1923, Friedrich Wilhelm's descendants would have a claim to the Romanian throne upon the demise of former King Michael. In 2006, the prince publicly stated that the Hohenzollerns had 'no interest in the Romanian throne', and King Michael proclaimed an updated line of succession, with equal primogeniture, designating his eldest daughter 'Crown Princess'.Marriage and issue
Friedrich Wilhelm married Princess Margarita of Leiningen on 3 February 1951. She was a child of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen, and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.
They had three children:
