Friedrich III, German Emperor

Friedrich III
Crown Prince Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Wilhelm von Preußen
German Emperor King of Prussia
Reign	9 March – 15 June 1888
Predecessor	Wilhelm I
Successor	Wilhelm II
Chancellor	Otto von Bismarck
Spouse	∞ 25 January 1858 Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1840–1901)
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Wilhelm I, German Emperor
Mother	Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Religion	Lutheranism (Prussian United)

Friedrich "Fritz" Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl (Nicolaus Carl) Prinz von Preußen (English: Frederick William Nicholas Charles of Prussia; b. 18 October 1831 at New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation; d. 15 June 1888 at New Palace, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire) was a German royal, Crown Prince, officer of the Prussian Army and from 9 March to 15 June 1888 (99 days) German Emperor and King of Prussia. Friedrich Wilhelm was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died, aged fifty-six, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition. The emperor and king was ceremoniously buried on 18 June 1888 at the Kaiser Friedrich Mausoleum of the Friedenskirche in Potsdam.

Life

Despite the value placed by the Hohenzollern family on a traditional military education, Augusta insisted that her son also receive a classical education. Accordingly, Frederick was thoroughly tutored in both military traditions and the liberal arts. His private tutor was Ernst Curtius, a famous archaeologist. Frederick was a talented student, particularly good at foreign languages, becoming fluent in English and French, and studying Latin. He also studied history, geography, physics, music and religion, and excelled at gymnastics; as required of a Prussian prince, he became a very good rider.

In 1853, Frederick was initiated into Freemasonry by his father, then Prince William of Prussia, and would later become Master of the Order of the Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany. During his brief reign, he would serve as the patron of the German Freemasons. Of course, the Crown Prince of 1858 was not a party man, but his party-political connections are obvious, first with the Old Liberals, later with the left wing of the National Liberals and with the German Liberal Party.

His father's authoritarian inheritance was too alive in him – despite all his admiration for English institutions – to approve of a parliamentary army and the parliamentary method of government. His mediator nature believed in the possibility of a “dualism” between crown and popular representation. He hardly became aware of the harsh reality of the domestic political power struggle. Enthusiastic and inspiring for high goals, one observed a rapid decline in his blazing power early on.

After an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm I, the Crown Prince temporarily took over the reins of government in 1878. In 1883, Friedrich Wilhelm was a guest of the Spanish royal family in Madrid and then traveled via Granada and Malaga to Barcelona, ​​where he traveled on a German Navy ship across the Mediterranean to Italy, where he was a guest of the Italian royal family and visited Pope Leo XIII.

During his long time as crown prince, Friedrich Wilhelm – together with his wife Victoria – dedicated himself to promoting science, art and culture in Prussia. Among other things, he contributed to the expansion of Berlin's Museum Island. The Kaiser Friedrich Museum, which opened in 1904, was named in his honor.

Military and university

Hohenzollern princes were made familiar with the military traditions of their dynasty at an early age; Frederick was ten when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the First Guard Infantry Regiment of Foot (1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß). As he grew older, he was expected to maintain an active involvement in military affairs. On 3 May 1849, now 17, he began his official military service with the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß.

However, at the age of 18, he broke with family tradition, interrupted his military career and entered the University of Bonn where he studied history, law and governance, as wella s public policy. During his time at Bonn (1850–1852), his teachers included Ernst Moritz Arndt and Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann. He also listened to history, politics and lectures on the political system in Great Britain. His parents lived nearby at this time. The father, the Prince of Prussia, was appointed Governor General of the Rhine Province in 1849 and resided in Koblenz Castle.

Friedrich Wilhelm was not the only aristocratic student at the University of Bonn. The 1818 by Friedrich Wilhelm III endowed university was an attraction for many young princes' sons; Friedrich Wilhelm surrounded himself predominantly with members of the high nobility. However, his military educator Friedrich Leopold Fischer, who had been in office since 1849, ensured that Friedrich Wilhelm got to know numerous people of liberal and national views.

On January 1851, Friedrich Wilhelm was on his way back from Berlin to his place of study. The 150th anniversary of Prussia becoming a kingdom took place in Berlin on 18 January 1851. The prince was traveling from Minden on a train operated by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in a reserved first class compartment when the train's locomotive derailed and took several carriages with it. Three people died. The prince was among the injured. It was one of the most serious railway accidents in Germany to date.

Friedrich Wilhelm completed his studies at Easter 1852. This was followed by a longer trip to the Russian imperial court. This was followed by a period in which Friedrich Wilhelm became increasingly familiar with individual aspects of the administration of the Prussian state. This included internships in the Ministry of Finance and Trade as well as in the Ministry of War and in the district administration of Potsdam and Breslau. However, the focus remained on military training. During the autumn maneuvers of 1853, he was assigned as a captain (Hauptmann) and adjutant to the King's Adjutant General, the Commanding General of the Guard Corps Karl von der Groeben, and was appointed Major on the parade field on 16 September 1853 because of his efficiency. On 31 August 1855, he was promoted to colonel (Oberst).

At the request of the Prussian king, Colonel Helmuth Freiherr von Moltke became the prince's personal adjutant on 1 September 1855 (already his escort since 28 May 1855 while traveling through East and West Prussia) and thus his most important military teacher. Von Moltke held this office until his appointment as head of the General Staff in October 1857. His successor as personal adjutant was Hans Lothar von Schweinitz.

On 3 October 1857, as successor to Adolf von Bonin, the prince was appointed commander of the 1. Garde–Infanterie–Brigade in Potsdam. On 25 January 1858, as a wedding present, he was promoted to Major General. From 14 June 1859 to 18 December 1863, he was commander of the 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division in Potsdam, once again as successor to Adolf von Bonin. On 1 July 1860, he was promoted to Lieutenant General. From 18 May 1864 to 17 May 1866, as successor to Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, he was Commanding General of the II. Armeekorps in Stettin and took part in the Second Schleswig War.

On 8 June 1866, he was promoted to General of the Infantry. During the German War of Brothers, the Crown Prince was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Second Prussian Army, with Generalmajor Leonhard von Blumenthal as Chief of Staff and Colonel Albrecht von Stosch as Oberquartiermeister. His older cousin General of the Cavalry Friedrich Karl Nikolaus Prince of Prussia commanded the First Prussian Army. Friedrich Wilhelm returned as Commanding General to the II. Armeekorps from 17 September 1866 to 18 July 1870.

During the Franco-German War, he was Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd German Army, Leonhard von Blumenthal was once again his Chief of Staff. The 3rd Army was formed to complement the Prussian 1st and 2nd Armies. After unification with the VI. Corps, the 3rd Army counted 153 battalions (155,000 men), 134 cavalry squadrons (19,800 riders) and 96 batteries (576 guns), the headquarters were in Mannheim. On 28 October 1870, he was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall.

Health

Since January 1887, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, a heavy smoker, increasingly suffered from hoarseness, but initially attributed it to strenuous maneuvers. The Berlin larynx specialist Carl Gerhardt, who was called in by personal physician Wegner in March 1887, finally discovered nodules on the left vocal cord, which they initially tried to remove in a painful procedure. However, a new tumor soon appeared on the vocal cord. Like Gerhardt on 15 May, the surgeon Ernst von Bergmann, who was also called in at Gerhardt's request, suspected carcinoma on 16 May 1887 and recommended removing the affected tissue by splitting the larynx. According to Sinclair, Otto von Bismarck intervened at this point and ensured that the English laryngologist Morell Mackenzie, suggested by Wegner, was invited.

The Berlin laryngologist Adelbert von Tobold, who was also consulted, diagnosed cancer of the left vocal cord on 18 May. However, the tissue sample that the English doctor Mackenzie took from the Crown Prince on 21 May and which was examined by Rudolf Virchow did not clearly indicate cancer. Virchow's second report on the microscopic larynx findings from 1 July 1887 formulated "not the remotest evidence for the assumption of a new growth penetrating the tissue" and in his third report from 29 January 1888, Virchow also wrote that he had found no clear evidence of cancer.

The crown prince couple traveled to England, where, with the consent of the German medical board, Morell Mackenzie was to continue his treatment. At the end of May, Gerhardt concluded that Mackenzie may have taken a tissue sample from the right, and therefore wrong, vocal cord. After Crown Prince Friedrich – mistakenly trusting in Mackenzie and against the advice of Ernst von Bergmann and Carl Gerhardt – had refused further histological diagnostics, he traveled via Toblach, Venice and Baveno to Sanremo, from their milder climate, Mackenzie and he hoped to receive relief from his symptoms.

He found quarters in the Villa Zirio and was visited by his son Wilhelm. After Ernst von Bergmann and Carl Gerhardt were publicly defamed by Mackenzie, who, like Wegner, concealed the continued growth of the larynx tumor, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm asked all the doctors to come to his hotel room on 10 November. Apart from minor differences, they came to the same diagnosis. One of their number, the Viennese professor Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli, informed the patient about his condition, avoiding the word cancer, and gave him the choice of extirpation or tracheostomy. Friedrich Wilhelm chose the latter if necessary.

His condition temporarily improved until he struggled with attacks of suffocation on the night of February 8th to 9th, 1888. He now requested a tracheostomy, which was carried out on 9 February under the most difficult conditions over the course of twenty minutes by von Bergmann's senior physician Friedrich Gustav von Bramann. Friedrich Wilhelm could now breathe again, but was completely silent. After the death of his father, Kaiser Wilhelm I, he was recalled and arrived in Berlin two days later.

Emperor and King

When Friedrich Wilhelm became King of Prussia and thus German Emperor upon the death of his father on 9 March 1888, he, as already announced, adopted his original lone name Friedrich. The numbering as Friedrich III followed that of the Prussian kings. He himself originally wanted to follow the tradition of the emperors in the Holy Roman Empire, following on from Emperor Friedrich III (1452–93) Friedrich IV, but had to forego it after von Bismarck instructed him on state and constitutional law. Friedrich was already so seriously ill with throat cancer that he could no longer speak.

He opened his rule by awarding the Order of the Black Eagle to his wife Empress Victoria and the two Jewish statesmen Heinrich Friedberg and Eduard Simson, who were thus raised to hereditary nobility. In order to prevent a ministerial crisis due to the favoritism given to Friedberg and Simson, Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck ensured that the Catholic Trade Minister Albert Maybach was also awarded the Order of the Black Eagle. Frederick's most important decision as Prussian king was the dismissal of the Prussian Interior Minister Robert von Puttkamer as a result of the affair surrounding his insubordinate interference in the Prussian state elections in 1885. After his accession to the throne, he issued an amnesty, among other things. for publishing crimes, after which numerous poets and writers such as Eduard Loewenthal returned to Germany from exile.

Titles and style

• 18 October 1831 – 2 January 1861: His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia
• 2 January 1861 – 18 January 1871: His Royal Highness The Crown Prince of Prussia
• 18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888: His Imperial and Royal Highness The German Crown Prince, Crown Prince of Prussia
• 9 March 1888 – 15 June 1888: His Majesty The German Emperor, King of Prussia

Family

Descent

Friedrich Wilhelm von Preußen was born in the New Palace at Potsdam in Prussia on 18 October 1831. He was a scion of the House of Hohenzollern, rulers of Prussia, then the most powerful of the German states. Frederick's father, Prince Wilhelm, was the second son of King Frederick Wilhelm III.

Children

• Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert (1859–1941)
  • ⚭ 1881 Prinzessin Auguste Viktoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858–1921)
  • ⚭ 1921 verwitwete Prinzessin Hermine von Schönaich-Carolath, geborene Prinzessin Reuß ä. L.
• Viktoria Elisabeth Augusta Charlotte (1860–1919); ⚭ 1878 Bernhard, Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen
• Albert Wilhelm Heinrich (1862–1929); ⚭ 1888 Prinzessin Irene von Hessen und bei Rhein
• Franz Friedrich Sigismund(1864–1866)
• Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria (1866–1929)
  • ⚭ 1890 Prinz Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe
  • ⚭ 1927 Alexander Zoubkoff
• Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar (1868–1879)
• Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice (1870–1932); ⚭ 1889 König Konstantin I. von Griechenland
• Margarethe Beatrice Feodora (1872–1954); ⚭ 1893 Landgraf Friedrich Karl von Hessen

Awards, decorations and honours (excerpt)

German

• Black Eagle Order with Star, Ribbon and Collar
  • Order with Star and Ribbon (or Sash) on 18 October 1841
  • Collar (or Chain) on 18 October 1849 (Investiture)
• Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class (HEK1)
• Grand Ducal Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach White Falcon House Order (Hausorden vom Weißen Falken), Grand Cross (GSF1/SF1) on 15 December 1848
• Baden House Order of Fidelity (BdT/BT) in 1850
• Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross (BZL1/BZ1) in 1850
• Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Grand Commander's Cross with Star and Swords
  • Grand Commander's Cross (Großkomturkreuz) in 1851
  • Star (Stern der Großkomture) on 11 September 1869
  • Swords in 1873
• Order of Albert the Bear, Grand Cross (AAB1/AB1) on 14 February 1853
• Knight of the Bavarian (Wittelsbach) Order of Saint Hubert (BH) in 1853
• Hesse-Kassel Knight of the Golden Lion (CHL/GHgL/HgL) on 16 April 1853
• Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Grand Cross (SEH1/HSEH1/HSH1) in November 1854
• Grand Ducal Hessian Ludwig (Ludewig) Order, Grand Cross (GHL1/HL1) on 11 October 1855
• Saxon Order of the Rue Crown (SR/SRK) in 1857
• Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Grand Cross (HG1) in 1858
• Royal Hanoverian Knight of St. George (HStG) in 1858
• Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verdienstorden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig), Grand Cross of Honour (Ehren-Großkreuz) on 17 April 1859 (OV1)
  • Swords, Crown and Collar on 31 December 1870 (OV1⚔mKruK)
  • later classified as Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis with Swords and Golden Crown (OV1⚔mgKr)
• Nassau House Order of the Golden Lion (NgL) in March 1861
  • Awarded by King of the Netherlands, who was also Grand Duke of Luxembourg, as well as the Duke of Nassau in one class (until 1873), this order is also considered German, because Luxembourg was a part of the German Confederation until 1866.
• Red Eagle Order, Grand Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Grand Cross with Oak Leaves on 18 October 1861
  • Swords in 1864 for participation in the Second Schleswig War
• Prussian Crown Order, 1st Class on 18 October 1861
• Swords to his Order of Albert the Bear Grand Cross (AAB1⚔/AB1⚔) on 12 September 1864
• War Commemorative Medal of 1864 (Kriegs-Denkmünze für 1864; KD64)
• Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 years (Königlich Preußisches Dienstauszeichnungskreuz; DA)
• Brunswick Order of Henry the Lion, Grand Cross (BrHL1)
• House Order of the Wendish Crown, Grand Cross with the Crown in Ore and with the Order Chain
  • Grand Cross (MWK1)
  • Crown in Ore and with the Order Chain (MWK1mKruK/MWK1a.mOk)
• Swords to his Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern 1st Class (HEK1mSchw/HEK1⚔)
• Pour le Mérite with Oak leaves and Grand Cross (Star)
  • Pour le Mérite on 29 June 1866
  • Oak leaves on 3 August 1866
  • Grand Cross on 20 September 1866
  • Grand Cross Oak Leaves on 2 September 1873
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz) in 1866 (MMV)
  • reclassified as 1st Class (MMV1/MK1) in 1870
• Commemorative Cross for the Campaign of 1866 (Erinnerungs-Kreuz für den Feldzug von 1866)
• Baden Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, Grand Cross (BV1) in 1867
• Württemberg Order of the Crown, Grand Cross (WK1) in 1867
• Griffin Order, Grand Cross (MGrO1/MG1)
• Order of the Württemberg Crown, Grand Cross (WK1)
• Iron Cross (1870), 2nd and 1st class
• Military Max Joseph Order, Grand Cross (BMJ1) on 28 August 1870
• Saxon Military Order of St. Henry, Grand Cross (SH1) in 1870
• Swords to the Grand Ducal Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach White Falcon House Order, Grand Cross (GSF1⚔/SF1⚔) in 1870
• Württemberg Military Merit Order, Grand Cross (WMV1) on 23 October 1870
• Princely Lippe Military Merit Medal (SLVM/SLMV)
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz Cross of Merit for Distinction in the War (Mecklenburg-Strelitzisches Verdienstkreuz für Auszeichnung im Kriege; MStMV)
• Grand Ducal Hessian Military Merit Cross for 1870/71 (GHMV) on 15 March 1871
• Grand Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 March 1871
• War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871 (Kaiserliche Kriegsdenkmünze 1870/71; KD70/71)
• Military Merit Order (Württemberg), Grand Cross (WMV1)

Austrian

• Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Grand Cross (ÖSt1) in 1852
• Military Order of Maria Theresa, Knight's Cross (ÖMT3) in 1864
• Austrian Long Service Cross for 25 years (ÖDK1)

Foreign

• Russian Order of St. Andrew (RAd) in September 1843; this highest order was awarded with the highest class of all subordinated orders.
  • Russian Order of Saint Anna (St.-Annen-Orden), 1st Class (RA1) in September 1843
  • Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class (RSt1) in September 1843
  • Russian Order of the White Eagle (RWA) in September 1843
  • Knight of the Russian Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (RAN) in September 1843
• Sardinian, later Italian Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (SAn/JAn) on 11 June 1850
• Belgian Order of Leopold, Grand Cordon (BL1/BelgL1) on 6 May 1853
• Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit (Two Sicilies), Grand Cross (SicF1/Sic.F1) before 1855
• Order of the Lion of the Netherlands, Grand Cross (NL1) before 1855
• Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Grand Cross (PT1) before 1855
  • Swords to his Grand Cross (PT1⚔) for the Franco-German War
• French Legion of Honor, Grand Cross (FEL1) in December 1856
• The Most Noble Order of the Garter (GH) on 28 January 1858
• Hawaiian Order of Kamehameha I, Grand Cross (HK1)
• Brazilian Imperial Southern Cross, Grand Cross (BrsC1)
• Military Order of William (Netherlands), Grand Cross (NMW1)
• Nassau House Order of the Golden Lion (NgL)
• Swedish Order of Charles XIII (SCXIII) on 3 May 1858
• Swedish Knight of the Seraphim (SSer/SchwSer) on 8 January 1861
• Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (SGV) on 29 January 1862
• Spanish Military Order of St. Ferdinand, Grand Cross (SF5)
• Military Order of Savoy, Grand Cross (JMOS1) on 3 July 1866
• Royal Italian Golden Medal for Bravery (JgTM)
• Tunisian Husainid Family Order (TH)
• Ottoman Osmanie-Orden (Osmanije), 1st Class (TO1)
• Mexican Imperial Order of Guadalupe, Grand Cross (MG1)
• Greek Order of the Redeemer, Grand Cross (GE1)
• Russian Order of Saint George, 4th Class (RG4) in 1869
• Russian Order of Saint George, 2nd Class (RG2) in 1870
• Order of San Marino, Knight's Cross (SM3)
• Ottoman Silver Medal Affiliated to the Order of Imtiaz (TNJmsM/TsM)
• Ottoman Golden Medal Affiliated to the Order of Imtiaz (TNJmgM/TgM)
• Ottoman Nishan-Istechar or Nishan-i-Istichar or Order of Glory with Diamonds (TNJmBr)
• Siam Moha-Wara-Bohru-Order, Grand Cross (SMWB1)
  • later renamed Order of the White Elephant, Grand Cross (SEO1/SE1)
• Romanian Star of Romania, Grand Cross with Swords (StvRum1⚔)
• Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, Grand Cross (NO1) on 5 August 1873
• Danish Elephant Order (DE) on 19 August 1873
• Portrait of the Persian Shah with Diamonds (PAPmBr)
• Sash of the Two Orders (Vereinigtes militärische große Ehrenzeichen des Christus- und des San Bento d’Aviz-Ordens), Grand Cross (PvCuBd'A)
• Military Order of William (Netherlands), Grand Cross (NMW1) on 23 August 1878
• Japanese Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (JpCh/JKd) on 20 May 1880
• Chinese Order of the Double Dragon, 1st Class, 1st Grade (ChDDI.1)
• Order of the Cross of Takovo (Serbia), Grand Cross (ST1)
• Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), Grand Cross (SWA1)
• The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Siam (Orden der Siamesischen Krone), Grand Officer's Cross (SK1)
• Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military Division), Honorary Knight Grand Cross (GB1.m) on 25 January 1883
• Venezuelan Order of the Bust of Bolivar, 1st Class (VBB1)

Honours

• Aachen: Kaiser Friedrich Park
• Bergisch Gladbach: Friedrichstrasse in the Stadtmitte district
• Berlin: The Kaiser Friedrich Memorial Church was built in memory of Emperor Friedrich III. Built as a votive church and consecrated on 21 October 1895. Furthermore, the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, now known as the Bode Museum, was named after Friedrich III in 1904. named. Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz and the U9 subway station of the same name were named after him.
• Bad Homburg: street name Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade
• Brandenburg an der Havel: Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße, today: Franz-Ziegler-Straße
• Bremen: Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse, today: Hermann-Böse-Strasse
• Düsseldorf-Oberkassel: street name Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring
• Einbeck: Kaiser Friedrich Tower, stone observation tower built in 1900 on Altendorfer Berg
• (Hagen-)Haspe: Kaiser Friedrich Tower, observation tower built in 1910
• Cologne: street name Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer (1897), today: Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer
• Königsberg (Prussia): Kaiser Friedrich Memorial Church, Protestant church inaugurated in 1907
• Liegnitz (Lower Silesia): Kaiser Friedrich Memorial Church, Protestant church inaugurated in 1908
• Magdeburg: Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, opened in 1906, today: Magdeburg Cultural History Museum, and Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße in the Wilhelmstadt district, today: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße
• Mönchengladbach: Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle, theater and concert hall built between 1901 and 1903
• Oderberg: Kaiser Friedrich Tower, observation tower inaugurated in 1896
• Posen: Kaiser Friedrich Museum, opened in 1904, today: National Museum
• Saarbrücken-St. Johann: Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad, bathing establishment opened in 1906 and converted from 2013 to 2017
• Wanne-Eickel: Unser Fritz colliery, a hard coal mine that went into operation in 1874
• Wiesbaden: Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad and street name Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring, today: part of the Ringstrasse
• Wilhelmshaven: Kaiser-Friedrich-Kunsthalle, exhibition building opened in 1913
• Woltersdorf: Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Tower, observation tower inaugurated in 1886
• Würzburg: Friedrichstrasse in the Zellerau district
• Kaiser Friedrich III., ship of the line of the Imperial German Navy

Regimentschef

• 5. Westfälisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 53
• Grenadier-Regiment Kronprinz (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 1
• Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich III. (2. Schlesisches) Nr. 11
• 6. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Kaiser Friedrich III. Nr. 114
• Dragoner-Regiment König Friedrich III. (2. Schlesisches) Nr. 8
• 1. Garde Landwehr-Regiment
• Austrian k. k. Linien-Infanterie-Regiment No. 20

Monuments

Equestrian statue (Reiterstandbild) of Emperor Friedrich III at the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne

In 1889, the Imperial Chancellor and Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck only recommended such an honor for Friedrich III, who had only reigned 99 days, if it had been preceded by one of Kaiser Wilhelm I at the location or had a clear connection to his role as a general in the Wars of Unification.

• Aachen: Equestrian statue on Kaiserplatz, 1911 by Hugo Lederer; The re-installation took place in 1960. The stone base is new, the side base walls were relocated to Aachen's Kennedy Park. Two sleeping stone lions belonged to the base. In the immediate vicinity there is a depiction of a sleeping lion, probably a symbolization of the national strength that, according to the view at the time, had not awakened. The second decorates the entrance to Burtscheider Ferberpark. The monument has been a listed building since 1977.
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe: Busts of Frederick III. and Empress Victoria on the Kaiser Friedrich Promenade in the spa gardens
• Berlin-Mitte: Equestrian statue on the Monbijou Bridge in front of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, 1904 by Rudolf Maison, removed in 1951 by the GDR communists
• Berlin-Charlottenburg: Equestrian statue on Luisenplatz, 1905 by Joseph Uphues, removed after 1945
• Berlin-Tiergarten: Statue on Siegesallee, 1903 by Adolf Brütt, destroyed in the war in 1945
• Braunfels: bust in the castle park; the first monument to the emperor unveiled in the German Empire
• Bremen: Kaiser Friedrich Monument
• Bremerhaven: approximately one meter tall statue at Rickmersstrasse 30
• Breslau: Equestrian statue in front of the Silesian Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, 1901 by Adolf Brütt, destroyed by the Red Army 1945
• Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth: Monument on the grounds of the Kaiserswerther Diakonie, which shows him as a general
• Edewecht: Monument on the corner of Oldenburger Straße and Holljestraße
• Essen-Werden: Statue on Rondel Square, surrounded by a quarter of historic residential buildings (Forstmannstrasse / Rondell area)
• Fulda: Statue on Kaiserplatz, 1905, melted down as a result of metal donations from the German people before 1945
• Hachenburg: Portrait bust at the confluence of Borngasse and Friedrichstrasse, 1888
• Hagen, Eilpe district: bronze statue on a granite base
• Herne, Wanne district: bronze statue on a granite base
• Cologne: Equestrian statue on the north side of the bridgehead on the left bank of the Rhine of the Hohenzollern Bridge; The part of Rheinuferstraße that begins below the monument was called Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer at the time and was renamed Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer in 1967.
• Kronberg im Taunus: Monument in Victoria Park
• Nordhausen: Equestrian statue, erected in 1901, removed and melted down in 1941 for war reasons
• Posen: Equestrian statue, 1902 by Johannes Boese, destroyed in April 1919 by Poles
• Bad Pyrmont: Statue in front of the Hotel Sennhütte near the Spelunkenturm
• Schwelm: Statue on the Neumarkt (formerly Kaiser Friedrich-Platz), unveiled on 18 October 1900
• Waldenburg: Statue, 1903 by Oskar Bodin (1868–1939), removed after 1945
• Wiesbaden: Monument on Wilhelmstrasse opposite the Kurhaus; Friedrich, like the other emperors and crown princes, valued his stay in Wiesbaden.
• Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Statue on the Neumarkt, 1893 by Gustav Eberlein, dismantled in 1936, lost due to WWII