title: Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau
text: # Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau
  
  Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau (27 November 1884, Berlin – 11 April 1957, Hamburg) was a German Graf and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Equestrian
  
  He won the bronze medal in the equestrian team jumping event. Furthermore, between 1920 and 1933, he won 227 tournaments throughout Europe.
  
  ## 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
  
  Ancestors of Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau :
  
  