RARE! Prince Frederick of Prussia Hand Signed TLS JG Autographs COA

  

"Prince" Frederick of Prussia Hand Signed TLS Dated 1955. This item is certified authentic by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. Prinz Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph von Preußen. 19 December 1911 - 20 April 1966, also known as Mr. Friedrich von Preussen in the.

Was the fourth son of. Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany.

On 30 July 1945, he married. Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh. And they had five children.

Living incognito as the Count von Lingen, when war broke out in September 1939. He was arrested and interned in May 1940.

He was held in Britain for several months, then sent to. In both camps, he was elected camp leader by fellow inmates. He renounced his German citizenship in 1947. And having rights under the. He was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1947 under the name Friedrich von Preussen (having also been known during residence in the UK as "George Mansfield"). This naturalization was controversial to some, and his status and a subsequent claim for compensation was debated in Parliament and the law courts until 1961. He was the owner of Reinhartshausen Castle at. While staying there in 1966, he went missing and was found two weeks later, having drowned in the. Whether suicidally or accidentally could not be determined.