Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half-sister of Queen Victoria).

Hermann
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Tenure21 April 1860 – 9 March 1913
PredecessorCarl Ludwig II
SuccessorErnst II
Born(1832-08-31)31 August 1832
Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died9 March 1913(1913-03-09) (aged 80)
Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg
Spouse
(m. 1862; died 1903)
Issue
Names
German: Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard
HouseHohenlohe-Langenburg
FatherErnst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
MotherPrincess Feodora of Leiningen

He succeeded to the title of Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

Life and career

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From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

On 19 September 1899, he and his wife were in a saloon railway carriage at Perth Station. Lieutenant Colonel H A Yorke (RE retired), the Inspecting Officer of Railways who reported on the accident, said that they had had a miraculous escape from injury when another train collided with the stationary train in which they were standing.

Marriage and children

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On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.

They had three children (one son and two daughters):

Honours

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He received the following orders and decorations:[1]

Ancestry

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Literature

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  • Kurt Eißele: Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907. O.O., 1950
  • Günter Richter: Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.

References

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  1. ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908, p. 45
  2. ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1865), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 20
  3. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden", pp. 42, 48, 145
  4. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" pp. 29, 138
  5. ^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 210
  6. ^ The London Gazette, issue 28058, p. 6149
  7. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. 8
  8. ^ "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 24 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Schoos, Jean (1990). Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen des Großherzogtums Luxemburg und des ehemaligen Herzogtums Nassau in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Luxembourg: Sankt-Paulus Druckerei. p. 342. ISBN 2-87963-048-7.
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Hermann, 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 31 August 1832 Died: 9 March 1913
German nobility
Preceded by Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
21 April 1860 – 9 March 1913
Succeeded by