in
Hohenzollern Castle, Bisingen 2018 Georg Friedrich succeeded his grandfather,
Louis Ferdinand, as Head of the Royal House of Prussia, a branch of the
House of Hohenzollern, on 26 September 1994. He stated that he learned to appreciate the history and responsibility of his heritage during time spent with his paternal grandfather, who often recounted to him anecdotes from the life in exile of his own grandfather, the last
German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. His position as sole heir to the estate of his grandfather was challenged by his uncles, Friedrich Wilhelm and Michael, who filed a lawsuit claiming that, despite their renunciations as
dynasts at the time of their marriages, His uncles were initially successful, the Regional Court of
Hechingen and the higher Regional Court of
Stuttgart ruling in their favour in 1997 on the grounds that the requirement to
marry equally was "immoral". However, the
Federal Court of Justice of Germany overturned the original rulings in favour of Georg Friedrich's uncles, the case being
remanded to the courts at
Hechingen and
Stuttgart. This time both courts ruled in favour of Georg Friedrich. His uncles then took their case to the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany which overruled the previous court rulings in Georg Friedrich's favour, on 22 March 2004. On 19 October 2005, a German regional court ruled that Georg Friedrich was indeed the principal heir of his grandfather, Louis Ferdinand (who was the primary beneficiary of the
trust set up for the estate of Wilhelm II), but also concluded that each of the children of Louis Ferdinand was entitled to a portion of the Prussian inheritance. ==Family==