Prince Albrecht of Prussia
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Prince (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus) Albrecht of Prussia (8 May 1837-13 September 1906) was a Prussian general field marshal and, from 1885, regent of the Duchy of Brunswick.
He was born in Berlin, the son of Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809-1872) and his wife Marianne of the Netherlands (1810-1883), daughter of King William I of the Netherlands. He was brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and of Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany.
He entered the Prussian army in 1847, serving in Schleswig and participating in the battles of Skalitz, Schweinschädel and Königgrätz in 1866 and in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
On 9 April 1873 in Berlin he married Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854-1898), daughter of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826-1908) and his wife Friederike Amalie Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824-1897).
Their children were:
- Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht (1874-1940)
- Joachim Albrecht (1876-1939)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1880-1925)
In 1885 he was chosen as regent for the Duchy of Brunswick, as Bismarck had prevented Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland, from taking office.
Prince Albrecht died at Schloss Kamenz.