Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern

Charles Anthony
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Reign 27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849
Predecessor Charles
Successor none
Prince of Hohenzollern
Reign 3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
Predecessor none
Successor Leopold
Spouse Princess Josephine of Baden
Issue
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Stephanie, Queen of Portugal
Carol I of Romania
Prince Anthony
Prince Frederick
Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders
Full name
German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad
House House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother Marie Antoinette Murat
Born 7 September 1811(1811-09-07)
Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died 2 June 1885(1885-06-02) (aged 73)
Berlin, German Empire

Prince Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1][2] (German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1][2]) (7 September 1811[1][2] – 2 June 1885[1][2]) was head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern from 1869 and Prime Minister of Prussia. He was the son[1][2] of Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who abdicated in favor of his son on 27 August 1848, and his first wife Marie Antoinette Murat, niece of Joachim Murat.[1][2]

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Marriage and issue

Prince Charles Anthony was married[1][2] to Josephine Friederike Luise, Princess of Baden (1813–1900), daughter of Grand Duke Charles of Baden.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Darryl Lundy (7 January 2008). "Karl Anton Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10175.htm#i101748. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Paul Theroff. "HOHENZOLLERN". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/hohenzollern.html. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 7 September 1811 Died: 2 June 1885
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Charles
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Himself
— TITULAR —
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
7 December 1849 – 2 June 1885
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850
Succeeded by
Leopold
Preceded by
Constantine
— TITULAR —
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850
German nobility
Preceded by
None
Prince of Hohenzollern
3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
Succeeded by
Leopold
Political offices
Preceded by
Baron Otto Theodor von Manteuffel
Prime Minister of Prussia
6 November 1858 – 12 March 1862
Succeeded by
Prince Adolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen