Editing Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right"
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! colspan="2" |HIM The Emperor of Germany
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Hohenzollern_Georg_Friedrich.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Emperor of [[Germany]]
King of [[Prussia]]
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|'''Reign'''
|26 September 1994 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|27 May 1995
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Emperor Ludwig Ferdinand of Germany|Ludwig Ferdinand]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Madeleine, Crown Princess of Prussia]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|10 June 1976 (aged 48)

Berlin, Prussia, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Katherine of York]]
(m. 2011)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Madeleine, Crown Princess of Prussia]]
[[Princess Philomena of Prussia|Princess Philomena]]

[[Princess Felicitas of Prussia|Princess Felicitas]]

[[Princess Adelheid of Prussia|Princess Adelheid]]

[[Princess Johanna of Prussia|Princess Johanna]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Georg Friedrich Ferdinand
|-
|'''House'''
|Hohenzollern
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|'''Father'''
|[[Crown Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Prussia]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Countess Donata of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Evangelical Church of Germany
|}
'''Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany''' (born ''Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia'' on 10 June 1976) is the current reigning Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. He is also a member of the British Royal Family as the nephew-in-law of '''[[James IV, King of the United Kingdom]]'''. 

==Life==
Georg Friedrich was born the eldest child and only son of '''Crown Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Prussia''' and '''Countess Donata of Castell-Rudenhausen'''. His father died when Georg Friedrich was thirteen months old without ascending the throne.

Georg Friedrich succeeded his grandfather as emperor and king in 1994, shortly after turning eighteen. 

In 2019, Georg Friedrich amended house law to allow for female succession, naming his daughter Madeleine as the first Crown Princess of Prussia in her own right. 

==Marriage and Issue==
In 2007, George Friedrich met '''Princess Katherine of York''' at the wedding of Katherine's sister, '''[[Queen Genevieve of Belgium|Genevieve]]''', to '''[[Leopold IV, King of the Belgians]]'''. On 27 August 2011, Georg Friedrich and Katherine married in Berlin. The couple have five daughters, '''Madeleine, Philomena, Felicitas, Adelheid,''' and '''Johanna'''. 

{| class="wikitable"
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!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
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|[[File:Hohenzollern Madeleine.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Madeleine, Crown Princess of Prussia]]
|16 July 2012
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|[[File:Hohenzollern Philomena.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Philomena of Prussia|Princess Philomena]]
|9 October 2015
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|
|-
|[[File:Hohenzollern Felicitas.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Felicitas of Prussia|Princess Felicitas]]
|22 May 2018
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|-
|[[File:Hohenzollern Adelheid.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Adelheid of Prussia|Princess Adelheid]]
|24 July 2023
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|
|-
|[[File:Hohenzollern Johanna.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Johanna of Prussia|Princess Johanna]]
|9 January 2025
|
|
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Prussia Berlin Palace.jpg|Berlin Palace; Official Residence
File:Residences Prussia Charlottenburg Palace.jpg|Charlottenburg Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Prussia Hohenzollern Castle.jpg|Hohenzollern Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Prussia City Palace.jpg|City Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1976-1994'''   Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia
* '''1994-present'''   Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Prussian_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Crown (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Hohenzollern.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Hohenzollern (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Merit.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Merit (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_St._John.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. John (1994)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_Wilhelm.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Wilhelm (1994)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_United_Kingdom_Order_of_the_Garter.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Garter (2013) (United Kingdom)

[[File:Honours_United_Kingdom_Order_of_the_Bath.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Bath (2011) (United Kingdom

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Crown Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Prussia]]
|[[Emperor Ludwig Ferdinand of Germany]]
[[Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia]]
|[[Emperor Wilhelm III of Germany]]<br />
[[Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Emperor Kirill of Russia]]

[[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|[[Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany]]
[[Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]

[[Grand Duke Frederick Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia]]

[[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia]]

[[Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]

[[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia]]
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|[[Countess Donata of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
|[[Siegfried, Count of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
[[Countess Irene of Solms-Laubach]]
|[[Casimir, Count of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
[[Countess Mechtild of Bentinck]]

[[Georg Friedrich, Count of Solms-Laubach]]

[[Princess Johanna of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]
|[[Wolfgang, Count of Castell-Rudenhausen]]
[[Princess Emma of Ysenburg-Budingen]]

[[Wilhelm, Count of Bentinck]]

[[Maria Cornelia van Heeckeren-Wassenaer]]

[[Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach]]

[[Princess Emma of Ysenburg-Budingen]]

[[Carl, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]]

[[Princess Emma of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany
House of Hohenzollern 

Born: 10 June 1976 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Germany|German]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center>Incumbent
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
<small>[[Emperor Ludwig Ferdinand of Germany|Ludwig Ferdinand]]</small></center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Madeleine, Crown Princess of Prussia]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Benedict Cumberbatch
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