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August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen

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Frederick August Charles
Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Born(1784-11-24)24 November 1784
Breslau, Silesia
Died15 February 1853(1853-02-15) (aged 68)
Slawentzitz, Upper Silesia
Noble familyHouse of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Spouse(s)Louise of Württemberg
IssueFriedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Mathilde zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Felix zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
FatherFrederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
MotherCountess Amalie von Hoym

Frederick August Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (27 November 1784 – 15 February 1853) was a German general of the Napoleonic Wars and nobleman of the house of Hohenlohe.

Early life

August was born on 27 November 1784 in Breslau. His parents were Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1748–1818) and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym and his younger brother was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen who briefly served as Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 and was succeeded by Otto von Bismarck.[1]

His father was the eldest son of Heinrich August, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Wilhelmine Eleonora von Hohenlohe-Öhringen.[2] His nephew was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen. His maternal grandparents were Count Julius Gebhard von Hoym and Christiane Charlotte Sophie von Dieskau.[3][4]

Career

He was a German general during the Napoleonic Wars.[5]

Upon his parents' marriage in 1782, his father acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia, an area of 108 square miles.[5] In August 1806 his family's lands were assigned by the German Mediatisation process to the new Kingdom of Württemberg.[a] In 1820–35 he was elected chairman of the "Kammer der Standesherren" (Upper House) of the Estates of Württemberg.[5]

Personal life

His wife, Louise of Württemberg

On 28 September 1811, he married Louise of Württemberg (4 June 1789 – 16 June 1851), a member of the Württemberg royal family. Luise was a daughter of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (the brother of Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of Paul I of Russia) and a sister of Duke Eugen of Württemberg.[7] They were the parents of:[8]

Prince August died on 15 February 1853 at Slawentzitz Castle.[17]

Descendants

Through his son Hugo, he was the grandfather of Princess Margarethe of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1865–1940), who was the second wife of Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenau (himself a morganatic son of Prince Albert of Prussia).[7]

Gallery

Ancestry

References

Notes

  1. ^ Prince August's son, Prince Hugo inherited these lands, besides his Franconian properties Öhringen and Neuenstein, and established calamine mines. He also founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in the world. The Prussian King, William I, later German Emperor, created him Duke of Ujest upon his coronation in 1861.[6]

Sources

  1. ^ von), Otto Bismarck (Fürst (1899). Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto, Prince Von Bismarck. Harper & brothers. pp. 275, 230. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ Wilson, Peter (1 November 2002). German Armies: War and German Society, 1648-1806. Routledge. pp. 309, 310, 322. ISBN 978-1-135-37053-4. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ Gellert, Christian F. (10 March 2015). 1756–1759 (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 374. ISBN 978-3-11-086417-5. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ Kraus, Gerlinde (2001). Christiane Fürstin von der Osten-Sacken: eine frühkapitalistische Unternehmerin und ihre Erben während der Frühindustrialisierung im 18./19. Jahrhundert (in German). Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-07721-7. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Wendebourg, Dorothea (1 November 2016). Jahrbuch für Schlesische Kirchengeschichte: 93/94 (2014/2015) (in German). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-374-04451-1. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. ^ Annual Register. J. Dodsley. 1898. p. 175. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Almanach de Gotha: Annual Genealogical Reference. Almanach de Gotha. 2004. pp. 528–530. ISBN 978-0-9532142-5-9. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ Wer ist's? (in German). Verlag Herrmann Degener. 1914. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ von Alberti, Otto (1898). Württembergisches adels- und wappenbuch: Im auftrag des Württembergischen altertumsvereins verfasst (in German). W. Kohlhammer. p. 83. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. ^ von Hefner, Otto Titan (1860). Stammbuch des blühenden und abgestorbenen Adels in Deutschland (in German). Manz. p. 170. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. ^ Friedrichs, Elisabeth (12 December 2016). Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts: Repertorien zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte, Band 9 (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 284. ISBN 978-3-476-03141-9. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. ^ Conversations-Lexikon der Gegenwart: in vier Bänden. F bis J. 2 (in German). Brockhaus. 1839. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ^ Schriften der Gesellschaft für Theatergeschichte (in German). 1965. p. 101. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  14. ^ Feurstein, Heinrich (19 September 2015). Die Beziehungen des Hauses Fürstenberg zur Residenz- und Patronatspfarrei Donaueschingen von 1488 bis heute (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7340-0771-2. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ^ McNaughton, Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: The royal houses. Garnstone Press. pp. 119, 482–484. ISBN 978-0-900391-19-4. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  16. ^ Engelmann, Bernt (1984). Germany Without Jews. Bantam Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-553-24445-8. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  17. ^ The New York Evening Express Almanac: Hand-book of Politics, Statesman's Manual, and Statistical Register, for Bankers, Merchants and Agriculturists. New York Evening Express. 1879. p. 184. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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