Prince Sigismund of Prussia

Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia (; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Puntarenas, Costa Rica), was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine. He was the nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. As the great-grandson of Queen Victoria through both his parents,

Life

Marriage and issue On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, he married Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989), the eldest daughter of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. They had two children: (6 August 1929, Gombaszog, Košice Region, Czechoslovakia – 1 November 1996), without issue.

Costa Rica Prior to emigrating from Europe to Central America, he served as a marine officer. three years after his son Alfred (1924–2013) had been born in Guatemala. He planned to engage in banana and coffee planting on land he owned there.

Ancestry