Evgeny Messner [SEP] occupation
Evgeny Messner
Evgeny Messner (, ; 1891–1974) was a Russian professional soldier and military theorist. A Russian German, he became an officer of the Imperial Russian Army. During the Russian Civil War he sided with the White movement and fought against the Bolsheviks, notably as the last chief of staff of Kornilov Division of the Army of General Wrangel.
After the war he fled to Yugoslavia as one of notable White émigrées. He settled in Belgrade where he remained an active member of the Russian All-Military Union and
father he is second cousin of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands.
Marriage.
Friedrich Wilhelm married on 18 Sep 1991 in Munich to Andrea Messner (b. 1966), daughter of Günther Messner, and his wife, Lieselotte Trzoska. 
They had three daughters:
- Catharina (b. 20 September 1991)
- Marie Christine (b. 25 August 1996)
- Sophie (b. 5 February 2002)
House of Lippe.
On 30 December 1949 his father's first cousin Prince Armin succeeded his father Leopold