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, Austria Carl Ludwig II, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (german: Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 25 October 182916 May 1907), was the eldest son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the fifth Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Early life

Carl Ludwig II was born at

, then in the

, as the first child of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860; son of

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 September 1762 in Langenburg – 4 April 1825 in Langenburg) was the third Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the first child of Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, ...

and

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) and his wife,

(1807–1872), daughter of

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and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. His mother was the half-sister of

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Education and military career

After living in

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and Gotha for educational purposes, he studied three semesters of law at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in

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(1850–51). He then spent several years in Langenburg to prepare for his upcoming role as a nobleman. It was not until the mid-1850s that he struck a military career in the

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, later the

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, 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 inherited the title, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (german:

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zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg).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. He renounced the title on 21 April 1860 in favour of his younger brother Hermann, after he intended to marry unequally. However, he retained the title of Prince (german: Prinz).

Marriage and issue

Carl Ludwig was married

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on 22 February 1861 in

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to Maria Grathwohl (1837–1901), eldest daughter of Georg Andreas Grathwohl and his wife, Friederike Meyer. His wife, unable to share his title, was created ''Baroness von Bronn'' in the nobility of Württemberg, the title being made heritable for all their children and legitimate male-line descendants. They had three children: * Baron Carl von Bronn (25 January 1862 – 28 September 1925); in 1911, he was elevated to the title of '' Prince von Weikersheim'' by

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, for civil services rendered to the Austrian empire. His descendants were made ''Counts'' and ''Countesses von Weikersheim''. He married Countess Marie

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in 1899, and they had issue. * Baroness Viktoria von Bronn (8 January 1863 – 10 October 1946), married in 1879 Ernst '' Ritter'' von Manner und Mätzelsdorf, no issue. * Baroness Beatrix von Bronn (14 October 1868 – 17 April 1932)

Ancestry

Notes and sources

*Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956 {{DEFAULTSORT:Carl Ludwig 02, Prince Of Hohenlohe-Langenburgii 1829 births 1907 deaths People from Langenburg House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg