Frederick ''August'' Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (27 November 1784 – 15 February 1853) was a German general of the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

and nobleman of the house of

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Early life

August was born on 27 November 1784 in Breslau. His parents were

Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (german: Friedrich Ludwig Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen) (31 January 1746 – 15 February 1818) was a Prussian general. Early life Frederick Louis was the eldest son of Henry August, Princ ...

(1748–1818) and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym and his younger brother was

Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Adolf Karl Friedrich Ludwig Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (29 January 1797 – 24 April 1873) was a Prussian nobleman, soldier, and politician. He briefly served as Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 and was succeeded by Otto von Bismarck ...

who briefly served as

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in 1862 and was succeeded by

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

. His father was the eldest son of Heinrich August, 1st Prince of

Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a German County of the House of Hohenlohe, located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Ingelfingen. Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a scion of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. It was raised from a County to a Principality i ...

and Wilhelmine Eleonora von

Hohenlohe-Öhringen The House of Hohenlohe () is a German princely dynasty. It ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire which was divided between several branches. The Hohenlohes became imperial counts in 1450. The county was divided numerous time ...

. His nephew was

Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Kraft Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (2 January 1827 – 16 January 1892) was a Prussian general and military writer during the time of the German Empire. Early life Kraft Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was born at Koschentin in U ...

. His maternal grandparents were Count Julius Gebhard von Hoym and Christiane Charlotte Sophie von Dieskau.

Career

He was a German general during the

. Upon his parents' marriage in 1782, his father acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia, an area of 108 square miles. In August 1806 his family's lands were assigned by the

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process to the new

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...

. In 1820–35 he was elected chairman of the "Kammer der Standesherren" (Upper House) of the

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Personal life

In 1811, he married Louise of Württemberg, a member of the Württemberg royal family. Luise was a daughter of Princess Louise of

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and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (the brother of Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of

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) and a sister of Duke Eugen of Württemberg. They were the parents of: * ''Friedrich'' Ludwig Eugen Carl Adalbert Emil August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1812–1892), who renounced his rights as firstborn son in 1842; he married Mathilde, Baroness von Brauneck (1821–1896) in 1844. * Friederike ''Mathilde'' zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1814–1888), who married

Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Günther Friedrich Karl II of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (24 September 1801 – 15 September 1889) was the ruling Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen following his father's abdication in 1835 until his own death in 1880. After Schwarzburg-Sonder ...

in 1835. * Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl ''Hugo'', Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (1816–1897), who married Princess Pauline von Fürstenberg (1829–1900), youngest child of

Amalie of Baden Amalie, Princess of Fürstenberg (Amalie Christina Caroline; née Baroness Amalie of Hochberg, formerly Countess Amalie of Hochberg and Princess Amalie of Baden; 26 January 1795 – 14 September 1869) was the consort of Charles Egon II, Prince o ...

and

Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg (German: ''Karl Egon II. Fürst zu Fürstenberg''; 28 October 179622 October 1854) was a German politician and nobleman. From 1804 to 1806 he was the last sovereign prince of Furstenburg before its mediat ...

, in 1847. * ''Felix'' Eugen Wilhelm Ludwig Albrecht Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1818–1900), who married Princess Alexandrine von Hanau, Countess of Schaumburg (1830–1871), a daughter of

Gertrude von Hanau Princess Gertrude of Hanau and Hořowitz (''née'' Falkenstein; 18 May 1803 – 9 July 1882), was a German aristocrat. She was the morganatic spouse of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse. Biography Gertrude Falkenstein was the daughter of an ap ...

and

Frederick William, Elector of Hesse Frederick William I (20 August 1802 – 6 January 1875) was, between 1847 and 1866, the last Prince-elector of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). Early life He was born at Hanau on 20 August 1802. He was the son of Prince William, later William ...

, in 1851. Prince August died on 15 February 1853 at Slawentzitz Castle.

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).

Gallery

Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1870er).jpg, His second son, and heir,

Hugo Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on ...

1841 painting of Mathilde, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.jpg, Portrait of his daughter, Mathilde, Princess of

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, 1841 Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Felix, Prinz zu (1818-1900), gemalt von Stirnbrand, lithographiert von W. Santer, Druck des lithographischen Instituts von W. Santer in Breslau.jpg, His youngest son, Felix

References

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