Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau

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]

Count Wilhelm of Hohenau; Sigismund Freyer; Ernst Deloch; Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (from right to left): Germany´s bronze equestrian team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm

Olympic medal record
Men's Equestrian
	1912 Stockholm	Team jumping

Early life

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][better source needed]}

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 Countess Anna Wanda Sara Ellinor Henckel von Donnersmarck (1894-1946), daughter of Count Hugo III Henckel von Donnersmarck (1857-1923) and Anna von Fabrice (1854-1905). They had one 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

References

1. 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.
2. "Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
3. Marek, Miroslav. "hohz/hohenz6.html". Genealogy.EU.^{[self-published source]}
4. Munzinger.de-profile

External links

• profile
• Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau at Olympedia