He married Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Because his older brother had no children, his oldest son inherited the throne as King Frederick William II of Prussia. During the First World War, August Wilhelm was made district administrator (Landrat) of the district of Ruppin; his office and residence was now Schloss Rheinsberg. Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751–1820) married William V, Prince of Orangeand had issue. Prince Augustus William of Prussia : biography 9 August 1722 – 12 June 1758 |- | |} Augustus William of Prussia (German: August Wilhelm; 9 August 1722 – 12 June 1758) was Prince of Prussia and a brother of Frederick the Great. One high-profile visit took August Wilhelm to the Passau Hall of the Nibelungs (Nibelungenhalle).[3]. After his divorce and the marriage of his friend Hans Georg von Mackensen to Winifred von Neurath, the daughter of Konstantin von Neurath, August Wilhelm lived a reclusive life in his villa in Potsdam. He took drawing lessons with Arthur Kampf, and the sale of his pictures secured him an additional source of income. Because his older brother had no children, his oldest son inherited the throne as King Frederick William II of Prussia. These "pronounced homophilic tendencies" contributed to the failure of his marriage to Princess Alexandra Victoria. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg =10, 25. [1] Winston Churchill, who at the time served as Secretary of State for War in the Lloyd George War Cabinet, blamed the failure to retain the monarchy for the political instability that would plague the Weimar Republic.[2]. Born at Friedrichsfelde, he was the youngest son of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, the brother of King Frederick the Great, and Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt. The prince was the owner of the future Crown Prince's Palace in Berlin. Thus in spring 1934 he was denied direct access to Hitler and by the summer after the Night of the Long Knives, he found himself in the wilderness politically. [citation needed], Prince August Wilhelm married his cousin Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (21 April 1887 Germany – 15 April 1957 France) on 22 October 1908 at the Berliner Stadtschloss. He was thus categorized as "incriminated" by the denazification process and sentenced to two and a half years' hard labour. Father of King Frederick William II of Prussia; Friedrich Heinrich Karl von Preußen, Prinz; Friederike Sophia Wilhelmina von Brandenburg, Prinzessin von Orange; George Carl Emil von Preußen, Prinz and Wilhelmina van Pruisen In November 1931, he was accepted into the paramilitary Sturmabteilung (SA) with the rank of Standartenführer. Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia (29 January 1887 – 25 March 1949), called "Auwi", was the fourth son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. On 30 June 1939 he was made an SA-Obergruppenführer, the second highest rank in the SA, but after making derogatory remarks about Joseph Goebbels in private, he was denounced in 1942. The couple had planned to take up residence in Schönhausen Palace in Berlin, but changed their mind when August Wilhelm's father decided to leave his son the Villa Liegnitz in the Sanssouci Park. describes it. Posts about Augustus William of Prussia written by liamfoley63. ... Sophie Wilhelmine Von Preußen, Markgräfin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (født Preußen, Hohenzollern), Friedrich William Von Brandenburg Und P... ...h Heinrich Karl Von Preußen, Friedrich Heinrich Karl Von Preußen, Frederika Wilhelmina Sophia Wilhelmina Van Oranje-nassau (født Prinzess... 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Augustus was a general in the Silesian Wars. His personal adjutant Hans Georg von Mackensen, with whom he had been close friends since his youth, played an important role in his life. He was a vocal supporter of Nazism and of Adolf Hitler. Prince August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor of Prussia (29 January 1887 – 25 March 1949), called "Auwi", was the fourth son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. At the beginning of February 1945, in the company of the former Crown Princess Cecilie, August Wilhelm fled the approaching Red Army, going from Potsdam to Kronberg to take refuge with his aunt Princess Margaret of Prussia, a sister of his father. Knight, First Class (Star with diamonds), This page was last edited on 24 June 2020, at 01:36. He was a vocal supporter of Nazism and of Adolf Hitler. [citation needed]. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Potsdam: Leutnant. Augustus William; 9 August 1722, Berlin – 12 June 1758, Oranienburg), Prince of Prussia, was the second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. Landgravine Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt =21, 25, Frederick William II of Prussia (1744–1797). Augustus was a general in the Silesian Wars. He was a younger brother of Friederike Sophie, Frederick II and Louisa Ulrika. Augustus William; 9 August 1722, Berlin – 12 June 1758, Oranienburg), Prince of Prussia, was the second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. However, after the abolition of the Weimar Republic with the passing of the Enabling Act of 1933, and the establishment of the dictatorship of the Third Reich, the Nazis no longer needed the former prince, who himself had secretly hoped "that Hitler would one day hoist him or his son Alexander up to the vacant throne of the Kaiser". Through his appearances at mass rallies of the NSDAP, he addressed himself to sections of the population that were lukewarm towards National Socialism and convinced them "that Hitler was not a threat, but a benefactor of the German people and the German Empire". Born on Friedrichsfelde Palace, he was the youngest son of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, the brother of King Frederick the Great, and Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt. In the following years he had increasing contact with the Nazi Party (NSDAP). [1], This article does not contain any citations or references. Please improve this article by adding a reference. 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He was buried in Langenburg in the cemetery of the princes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. This article does not contain any citations or references. On 26 December 1912 their only child, Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia (died 12 June 1985), was born. His involvement with the NSDAP and his adoration of Adolf Hitler made August Wilhelm often the subject of mockery by the left-wing press (who gave him the nickname Braunhemdchen Auwi, or "Auwi the Little Brown Shirt"), politicians (the French Ambassador André François-Poncet called him Hanswurst, i.e.