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'''Oskar, Prince Oskar of Prussia''', was (born on6 May 6, 1959,) in [[Bonn]], [[Germany]], the son of [[Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia|Wilhelm Karl, Prince of Prussia]] (1922–2007), a member of the [[Hohenzollern]] family, and Armgard von Veltheim (born in 1926).  He earned a doctorate in history, and iss a member of the [[House of Hohenzollern]] and the thirty-seventh ''Herrenmeister'' ("Master of the Knights") of the [[Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)|''Johanniterorden'']], having succeeded his father in the position in 1999.  ⏎
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Dr. Oskar HohenzollernPrince Oskar earned a doctorate in history.
 
Prince Oskar was born in [[Bonn]], [[Germany]] the son of [[Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia]] and his wife Armgard von Veltheim (b. 1926). He is the great-grandson of the last German Emperor [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Kaiser Wilhelm II]].  He descends through the last German emperor’s fifth son, [[Prince Oskar of Prussia]] (who served as the thirty-fifth Herrenmeister of the Johanniterorden).  Despite his grandfather’s morganatic marriage to [[Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz|Ina-Marie von Bassewitz, Countess of Ruppin]], Dr. HohenzollernPrince Oskar’s dynastic claim is still believed legitimate by some who subscribe to Hohenzollern House Law  - alleged invoked by Wilhelm II to formally recognize Oskar's and Ina-Maria's family as dynastic.  If this ruling carries legal weight, his namesake should rankPrince Oskar is fourth in the current [[Line of succession to the German throne|line of succession to the Prussian throne]].    ⏎
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Oskar was married to Auguste Zimmermann von Siefart (born in [[Amsterdam]], the [[Netherlands]], on May 16, 1962) on October 3, 1992.  The couple have three children:  an older son, Oskar Julius Alvo Carlos, Prince of Prussia (born in 1993); a daughter, Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia (1995); and a younger son, Albert Burchard Carl Marcus Nikolaus, Prince of Prussia (1998).  Oskar and Albert rank fith and sixth in the [[Line of succession to the German throne|Prussian line of succession]].

==References==
This article was condensed from the parallel entry in the German Wikipedia, where a list of sources may be found.

A list of the Herrenmeisters of the Johanniterordens can be found on the German language Wikipedia page: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanniterorden#Kapitel_und_Ordensregierung


[[Category:House of Hohenzollern]]
[[Category:Prussian princes]]

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