Wilhelm Malte II Fürst und Herr zu Putbus, born Wilhelm Carl Gustav Malte, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum was a Prussian general and statesman. After the death of his maternal grandfather Malte the house of Putbus went extinct in the male line. In 1861 by decision of King Wilhelm I of Prussia the succession to the house of Putbus was passed down to Wilhelm C.G. Malte and he was given the title of Prince (Fürst) of Putbus.
Wilhelm C.G. Malte in his younger years from cirka 1861.
Wilhelm at Putbus Palace.
Wilhelm and his family with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck at the Putbus Palace in cirka 1877,
Bust of Wilhelm, Granitz Hunting Lodge
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
