August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
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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.
Slawentzitz, Upper Silesia
Mathilde, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Prince Felix
| August | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen | |
August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | |
| Born | 24 November 1784 Breslau, Silesia |
| Died | 15 February 1853 (aged 68) Slawentzitz, Upper Silesia |
| Spouse |
Duchess Louise of Württemberg
(m. 1811; died 1851) |
| Issue | Prince Friedrich Mathilde, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen Prince Felix |
| House | House of Hohenlohe-Öhringen |
| Father | Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen |
| Mother | Countess Amalie von Hoym |
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 Hoy. 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

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 Friedrich Ludwig Eugen Carl Adalbert Emil August of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 12 August 1812 – Slawentzitz, 10 December 1892), who renounced his rights as firstborn son in 1842; he married Mathilde, Baroness von Brauneck (1821–1896) in 1844.[9][10]
- Princess Friederike Mathilde of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 3 July 1814 – Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg, 3 June 1888), who married Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1835.[11][12][13]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (Stuttgart, 27 May 1816 – Slawentzitz, 23 August 1897), who married Princess Pauline von Fürstenberg (1829–1900), youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg, in 1847.[7][14]
- Prince Felix Eugen Wilhelm Ludwig Albrecht Karl of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 1 March 1818 – Asnières, 8 September 1900), who married Princess Alexandrine von Hanau, Countess of Schaumburg (1830–1871),[15] a daughter of Gertrude von Hanau and Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, in 1851.They had six children. [16]
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
- His second son, and heir, Hugo
- Portrait of his daughter, Mathilde, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, 1841
- His youngest son, Felix
Ancestry
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