Frederick of Hohenau

Count^[1] Albrecht Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard of Hohenau (21 May 1857, in the Albrechtsberg Castle, in Dresden – 15 April 1914, in Ochelhermsdorf) was a German nobleman.

Frederick of Hohenau and his fiancée Charlotte von der Decken in 1880

Frederick, also known as Fritz, was a son of Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809–1872), who was a brother of Emperor William I and King Frederick William IV of Prussia, from his second, morganatic marriage with Rosalie (1820–1879), daughter of the Prussian War Minister Gustav von Rauch. Because his father’s marriage to his mother was morganatic, Frederick was not counted as a member of the House of Hohenzollern.^[2]

After the death of his mother, Frederick was, together with his older brother, William, heir to the Schloss Albrechtsberg in Dresden, which he occupied until his death. In 1901, together with Friedrich Botho, a brother of Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, he had to leave the Prussian military service because of his homosexual inclinations.^[3]

Frederick was also involved in the two biggest scandals of the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II. He belonged to the Liebenberg Round Table and played a role alongside his wife in the so-called Kotze Affair [de].

Family

Frederick married Charlotte von der Decken (1863–1933) at 21 June 1881 in Berbisdorf [de].^[4] The couple had the following issue:

• Albrecht Graf von Hohenau (1882–1966)
• Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau (1884–1957); a horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
• Friedrich Karl Graf von Hohenau (1895–1929)
• Friedrich Franz Graf von Hohenau (1896–1918); killed in action during the First World War.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick of Hohenau

16. Prince Augustus William of Prussia 8. Frederick William II of Prussia 17. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 4. Frederick William III of Prussia 18. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 9. Landgravine Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt 19. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 2. Prince Albert of Prussia 20. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg 10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 21. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 5. Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 22. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 11. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 23. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg 1. Count Frederick of Hohenau 24. Johann Anton von Rauch 12. Bonaventura von Rauch 6. Gustav von Rauch 13. Johanna Justine Eleonore Bandel 3. Rosalie von Rauch 28. Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff 14. Georg Friedrich von Holtzendorff 29. Louise Dorothea Roeber 7. Rosalie von Holtzendorff 15. Rudolphine Wilhelmine von Lütke

References

1. Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.
2. "404 - Schloss Albrechtsberg". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
3. Helga Neumann: Maximilian Harden (1861-1927), Königshausen & Neumann, 2003, S. 109
4. Stammtafeln der Familie von der Decken, Thora von der Decken (ed.) on behalf of the Wangenheim-Decken'sche Familienstiftung, Stade: Heimberg, 1936, p. 83.

• John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II.: der Aufbau der persönlichen Monarchie, 1888-1900, Munich: C. H. Beck, 2001, pp. 744seqq.
• Wolfgang Wippermann, Skandal im Jagdschloss Grunewald. Männlichkeit und Ehre im deutschen Kaiserreich, Darmstadt: Primus Verlag, 2010. ISBN 3-89678-810-8
• http://www.blasewitz1.de/albrecht.htm
• John C. G. Röhl, Kaiser, Hof und Staat: Wilhelm II. und die deutsche Politik, Munich: C. H. Beck, 2002, p. 108