Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Carl Ludwig II
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Born (1829-10-25)25 October 1829
Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died 16 May 1907(1907-05-16) (aged 77)
Salzburg, Austria-Hungary
Spouse Marie Dorothea Grathwohl
Issue Carl, Prince of Weikersheim
Baroness Victoria of Bronn
Baroness Beatrix of Bronn
Full name
German: Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold
House House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 25 October 1829  16 May 1907) was the eldest son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Early life

Carl Ludwig II was born at Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, the first child of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860), (son of Carl Ludwig I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth) and his wife, Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807–1862), (daughter of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld). His mother was half-sister of Queen Victoria.

Education and Military career

After living in Dresden and Gotha for educational purposes, he studied three semesters of law at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin (1850–51). He then spent several years in the Langenburg to prepare for his upcoming role as a nobleman. It was not until the mid-1850s he struck a military career in the Austrian army, later the Württemberg Army, although he was appointed in 1848 to Württemberg Officer.

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

At the death of his father on 12 April 1860, Carl Ludwig inherit the title of Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg).[1] He renounced to the title on 21 April 1860 in favour of his younger brother Hermann, after he intended to marry unequally.[1] However, he retained the title of Prince (German: Prinz).

Marriage

Carl Ludwig married morganatically on 22 February 1861 in Paris to Maria Grathwohl (1837–1901), eldest daughter of Georg Andreas Grathwohl and his wife, Friederike Meyer.[1] Following the rules of morganatic marriages, his wife was created Baroness von Bronn in the nobility of Württemberg, their children followed their mother's title as Baron (Baroness) von Bronn from birth, and had no rights to any Royal status or inheritance.

They had three children:

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Notes and sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 Detlev Schwennicke, editor, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschicht der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge: Band XVII (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998), tafel 9. Hereinafter cited as Europäische Stammtafeln: Band XVII.
Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 25 October 1829 Died: 16 May 1907
German nobility
Preceded by
Ernst I
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
12 April 1860 – 21 April 1860
Succeeded by
Hermann
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