Description
This postcard depicts Prinz Wilhelm (1906-1940), and his sister, Prinzessin Alexandrine (1915-1980). As his father and mother’s (Kronprinz Wilhelm [1882-1951] and Kronprinzessin Cecilie [1886-1954]) eldest son, young Wilhelm was the presumptive heir to Germany’s throne, after his father and grandfather. He renounced his right to the German throne in 1933 to marry a lesser member of the German nobility. He served in the German Army in WW II and died in France in 1940.
