Corps Borussia Bonn
The Corps Borussia Bonn is a German Student Corps at the University of Bonn.
History
Borussia was established on 22 December 1821 and joined the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (KSCV) in 1856. It is the corps of the House of Hohenzollern and – along with others – Prussian nobility. Its motto is Virtus fidesque bonorum corona (Latin for "bravery and loyalty are the crown of the good").
Karl Marx fought a duel with a Borrussia Corps member in August 1836.
In 1864 and 1883, Borussia headed the KSCV. Notwithstanding some members of the Nazi Party, it refused to expel Jews and dissolved in 1935. It restituted itself in 1949.
Notable members
Princes
- Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
- Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
- Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg
- Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor
- Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
- Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
- Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
- Prince Oskar of Prussia
- Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
- Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
- Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Ministers
- Herbert von Bismarck
- Karl Hermann Bitter
- Petre P. Carp
- Johann von Dallwitz
- Botho zu Eulenburg
- Wilhelm von Gayl
- Hans von Rosenberg
Others
- Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe
- Friedrich von Berg
- Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein
- Julius von Mirbach
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron
- Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
- Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Jr.
- Kurt Baron von Schröder
- Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
- Peter Carp