Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern

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Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern (7 March 1864, Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf - 22 October 1927, Sigmaringen) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. His maternal grandparents were Maria II of Portugal and her King consort Ferdinand II of Portugal.

Wilhelm was an older brother of Ferdinand I of Romania. His maternal first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal, Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.

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[edit] Family

On 27 June 1889, Wilhelm married Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Her parents were Lodovico, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria. Lodovico was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. They had three children:

He succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June 1905. His wife died on 1 May 1909. On 20 January 1915, Wilhelm married secondly Adelgunde Marie Auguste Therese, Princess of Bavaria. She was a daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. There were no children from this marriage.

His title was effectively abolished with the collapse of the German Empire in 1918. He continued to use the title however.

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Josephine of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 4th Prince of Kohary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdinand II of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Infanta Antónia of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pedro I of Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria II of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Sources

  • "The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

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Preceded by
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Head of the House of Hohenzollern
1905–1927
Succeeded by
Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern