Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau (27 November 1884, Berlin – 11 April 1957, Hamburg) was a German Graf[1] and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was the second son of Count Frederick of Hohenau and his wife, Charlotte von der Decken (1863-1933). Paternally, he was a grandson of Prince Albrecht of Prussia and his morganatic second wife Rosalie von Rauch. This relation made him second cousin of Emperor Wilhelm II.[3][bettersourceneeded]
Equestrian
He won the bronze medal in the equestrian team jumping event. Furthermore, between 1920 and 1933, he won 227 tournaments throughout Europe.[4]
Personal life
On 20 May 1916 he married firstly Countess Anna Wanda Sara Ellinor Henckel von Donnersmarck (1894-1946), daughter of Count Hugo III Henckel von Donnersmarck (1857-1923) and Anna von von Fabrice (1854-1905). They had on daughter and one son:
Countess Charlotte Elisabeth Hedwig Wilhelmine Rosalie Sara Anna Lori von Hohenau (b.1917)
Count Albrecht Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Hugo Eberhard Max von Hohenau (b.1919)
After divorcing his first wife, he married secondly Ellen Retemeyer-Ketschendorf (b. 1898) on 24 Mar 1932. She was also previously married to sculptor Kurt Conrad Karl Edzard (1890-1972).
Ancestry
Ancestors of Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau
16. Frederick William II of Prussia
8. Frederick William III of Prussia
17. Landgravine Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
4. Prince Albert of Prussia
18. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
9. Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
19. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
2. Count Frederick of Hohenau
20. Bonaventura von Rauch
10. Gustav von Rauch
21. Johanna Justine Eleonore Bandel
5. Rosalie von Rauch
22. Georg Friedrich von Holtzendorff
11. Rosalie von Holtzendorff
23. Rudolphine Wilhelmine von Lütke
1. Count Wilhelm of Hohenau
24. Klaus von der Decken
12. Ernst Carl von der Decken
25. Wilhelmine Charlotte Juliane Sophie von Hanstein
6. Julius von der Decken
26. Friedrich Ludwig von Stechow
13. Adelheid von Stechow
27. Karoline von der Recke
3. Charlotte von der Decken
28. Leopold von Kleist
14. Count Eduard von Kleist-Zützen
29. Friederike Auguste von Klitzing
7. Anna Hedwig von Kleist
30. Hans Heinrich VI, Count of Hochberg, Baron of Fürstenstein
15. Countess Luise of Hochberg
31. Princess Anna Emilie of Anhalt-Köthen-Pless
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Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.
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