Dorothea von Salviati

Dorothea von Salviati was the wife of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the eldest son of Crown Prince Wilhelm, the heir of the last German Emperor, Wilhelm II.

Born Dorothea von Salviati in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen on 10 September 1907. Her father was Alexander Hermann Heinrich August von Salviati and mother Helene (Ella) Crasemann from the well established Hamburg family Crasemann.^[1] Her maternal grandfather was the famous Hamburg parliamentarian Gustav August Rudolph Crasemann.

Marriage and children

While students at Bonn, Dorothea and Prince Wilhelm fell in love with each other. However, the prince’s grandfather did not approve of the marriage of a member of the minor nobility with the Heir-Presumptive to the German Throne. At the time, the former Kaiser still believed in the possibility of a Hohenzollern restoration,^[2] and he would not permit his grandson to make an unequal marriage. William told his grandson: "Remember, there is every possible form of horse. We are thoroughbreds, however, and when we conclude a marriage such as with Fräulein von Salviati, it produces mongrels, and that cannot be allowed to happen."^[3]

However, Wilhelm was determined to marry Dorothea. He renounced any rights to the succession for himself and his future children in 1933.^[4][5] Wilhelm and Dorothea married on 3 June 1933 in Bonn. They had two daughters. In 1940, the marriage was recognised as dynastic and the girls were given the title and style of Princesses of Prussia.^[6]

• HRH Princess Felicitas Cecilie Alexandrine Helene Dorothea of Prussia, (7 June 1934–1 August 2009),^[7] was fifth in the line of first-born children that started with Queen Victoria's eldest child, Victoria, Princess Royal. This line has continued with Felicitas' own eldest daughter, Friederike von der Osten, and her daughter, Felicitas von Reiche.
• HRH Princess Christa Friederike Alexandrine Viktoria of Prussia, born 31 October 1936 at Schloß Klein-Obisch, near Głogów, who married Peter Paul Eduard Maria Clemens Maximilian Franz von Assis Liebes (born 18 January 1926 in Munich and died 5 May 1967 in Bonn).

After her husband’s death on 26 May 1940 during the invasion of France, she led a quiet life and died in Bad Godesberg, Bonn on 7 May 1972.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=18934
2. ^ RADOWITZ-NEI.Copyright, BARON CLEMENS VON (3 July 1922). "MONARCHY WILL RETURN, BUT NOT I, SAYS EX-KAISER; Ebert Capable, but Republic Is Only a Temporary Affair, Former Ruler Holds. SEES NATION AGAIN A POWER Hopes for an Economic Union in Central Europe, but Disapproves Austrian Alliance.ASSAILS THE SOVIET TREATYTslka on Many Current Issues With Baron Clemens von Radowitz-Nel, One of a Group Of Callers at Doorn.". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05EEDB1039E133A25750C0A9619C946395D6CF. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
3. ^ MacDonogh, Giles (2003). The Last Kaiser: The Life of Wilhelm II. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9780312305574. 
4. ^ Eilers, Marlene A. (1987). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.. ISBN 9780806312026. OCLC 17370791. 
5. ^ boys clothing: German royalty -- Wilhelm Hohenzollern
6. ^ Genealogy of the Royal Family of Prussia: HRH Prince Wilhelm and his descendants
7. ^ Trauer um IKH Prinzessin Felicitas von Preussen (1934 - 2009)

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Name	Salviati, Dorothea Von
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Date of birth	1907
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Date of death	1972
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