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
Bronze medal – third place1912 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]

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 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
  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.
  4. Munzinger.de-profile
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