Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, (legal name: Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen) (born 10 June 1976) is the current head of the Imperial House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling house of the German Empire or II Reich and the Kingdom of Prussia.
Georg Friedrich is the only son of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944–1977) and Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen (born a member of a mediatized princely family, she is now Duchess Donata of Oldenburg by her second marriage to her former sister-in-law's ex husband, Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg). He is also the great-great-grandson of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. Georg Friedrich attended grammar schools in Bremen and Oldenburg and completed his education at Glenalmond College near Perth, Scotland, where he passed his A-levels. Following a two-year stint in the German Army, Georg Friedrich studied business economics at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.
On 21 January 2011, Georg Friedrich announced his engagement to HSH Princess Sophie of Isenburg. The wedding is scheduled to take place at the Church of Peace (Sanssouci) in Potsdam on August 27, 2011, in celebration of 950 years of the House of Hohenzollern.
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