Wilhelm Malte I Fürst und Herr zu Putbus was a German prince (Fürst) from the old Slavic-Rügen noble family of the lords of Putbus. He acted as a Swedish governor in Swedish Pomerania and later, under Prussian rule, as the chairman of the regional council (Kommunallandtag) of Pomerania and Rügen.
Wilhelm Malte in a Prussian generaladjutants uniform.
Portrait of Wilhelm Malte I, Granitz Hunting Lodge
A young Wilhelm Malte in the uniform of a cornet in the Swedish Light Life Dragoon Regiment, oil painting in Granitz Hunting Lodge on Rügen.
Monument to Wilhelm Malte I, erected in 1859 by Friedrich Drake
The House of Putbus, Pedebuz or Podebusk was a German noble family of high nobility, ultimately princely house in Pomerania, mainly on the island of Rügen, territories in northern Europe on the south Baltic Sea coast.
Arms of Princes of Putbus
The former Putbus Palace around 1900, demolished in 1962
Granitz Hunting Lodge in 2022
Count Malte Friedrich of Putbus (1725–1787), Government and High Court President in Swedish Pomerania, in the uniform of the Swedish Life Regiment Hussars