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Chivalry. Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of Wilhelm II, resigned last week as Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Malta. Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Master ad interim, accepted the Prince's resignation with the following eulogy: "Your Royal Highness' resignation is accepted because our Grand Master must be 'as white as the lilies of the field [and Prince Eitel has just divorced sensationally his wife (TIME, Nov. 1)]. .-. . Your honor is unstained; your chivalry alone . . . prompted your decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Notes, Nov. 29, 1926 | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

Amid a frenzy of monarchial loyalty the German knights elected Prince Eitel to honorary membership in their order, and prepared to elect as Grand Master Prince Adalbert, third son of Wilhelm of Doom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Notes, Nov. 29, 1926 | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

Divorced. Prince Eitel Friederich, 51, second son of onetime Kaiser Wilhelm II, by the Princess, Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg, 47, at Berlin (TIME, Oct. 4). Both intend to remarry shortly, the Princess's choice, among conflicting reports, favoring a police lieutenant, one Von Hedemann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 1, 1926 | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

Sued for Divorce. By Prince Eitel Friederich, 51, second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II; Princess Sophie Charlotte, 47, daughter of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. He alleged that "her continual efforts to secure employment in the motion picture industry have become a source of humiliation to the House of Hohenzollern." She promptly filed a counter suit accusing him of degeneracy. It was recalled that she married him in 1906, virtually at the command of the Kaiser, who wished to bring the vast wealth of the Oldenburgs within the Hohenzollern family. Should the divorce be granted she is expected to marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 4, 1926 | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

Prince Protests. To the rabble that thus voted, former Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, second son of Wilhelm der Zweite, issued a manifesto expressing his "surprise" and stigmatizing their "ingratitude": "Though the Princely Houses are willing to compromise with the State, they must be accorded the rights of first-class citizens. . . . Let it be remembered that of the 42 princes who?saw front line service during the War, 14 were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: 10,000,000 Ballots | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

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