Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia

Franz Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia ( full name: Franz Wilhelm Victor Christoph Stephan, born September 3, 1943 Castle Saabor in Grünberg in Silesia) was briefly enterprise - Chief of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin ( KPM ), he is a great grandson of the last German Kaiser Wilhelm II

Life

Franz Wilhelm was twin son of the former Prussian Prince Karl Franz Joseph (1916-1975) and his first wife Princess Henriette of Schoenaich - Carolath (1918-1972), youngest daughter of the first marriage of Princess Hermine of Schoenaich - Carolath (1887-1947). His twin brother Friedrich Christian died three weeks after giving birth to Castle Saabor. His second brother, Franz Friedrich, came on October 17, 1944 in Grünberg in Silesia on the world. His parents' marriage was divorced in 1946 and his father remarried two more times.

Franz Wilhelm studied law and economics at the Universities of Mainz and Frankfurt am Main. He then worked abroad. On September 22, 1976 married Franz Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia Maria Vladimirovna Romanova in Madrid. Her son, Georgi Mikhailovich ( born 1981 ), is later seen in some Russian political circles as heir to the throne of the czars. In 1982 separated Franz Wilhelm of Maria Vladimirovna, the official divorce followed until the year 1986. Since 1984 Franz Wilhelm lived in Madrid where he worked as an investment banker and real estate developer.

In 1990, Franz -Friedrich together with the winery Jacob Gerhardt "Franz - Friedrich, Prince of Prussia wine and sparkling wine GmbH" and 2002 with business partners, " Prince of Prussia real estate AG ". In 2004, Franz Wilhelm at the head of a group of investors, the "Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin" ( KPM ). After internal disputes and the threat of insolvency, the KPM was taken over by the banker Jörg Woltmann of Berlin in February 2006. The meantime to " Franz Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia KPM Holding AG " renamed " Franz Wilhelm of Prussia AG " is now extinct.