Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hermann
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Spouse Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Issue Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Elise
Princess Feodore
Full name
German: Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard
House House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother Princess Feodora of Leiningen
Born 31 August 1832
Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died 9 March 1913 (aged 80)
Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg

Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (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).

He succeeded to the title of 6th 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 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

Career

He was a General in the Prussian Cavalry.

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 stationery train in which they were standing.

Marriage and children

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

They had 3 children (1 son and 2 daughters):

Ancestry

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 31 August 1832 Died: 9 March 1913
German nobility
Preceded by
Carl Ludwig II
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1860–1913
Succeeded by
Ernst II