Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)


Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia, was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine. He was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. A great-grandson of Queen Victoria through both his parents, he was the only one of three brothers who did not have the hemophilia common among her descendants.

Life

Marriage and issue

On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, he married Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, eldest daughter of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. They had two children:
Prior to emigrating from Europe to Central America, he served as a marine officer.
In 1927, Prince Sigismund and his family resettled in Costa Rica. He planned to engage in banana and coffee planting on land he owned there. They were accompanied by only a governess, as the children were still young.
Sigismund died in Puntarenas on 14 November 1978.

Honours and awards

Prince Sigismund received the following awards: