Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 September 1762 in

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-like ...

– 4 April 1825 in Langenburg) was the third

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Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hous ...

. He was the first child of Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern. He was an avid musician. From 1815 to 1825, he held a seat in the Estates Assembly and since 1820 the First Chamber of the reorganized Estates, but after 1819, he let himself be represented by his son

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Marriage and issue

On 30 January 1789 at Kliczków Castle, he married

Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth ( Kliczków, 30 January 1768 – Karlsruhe, 31 October 1847) was an Imperial countess of Solms by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. Early life She was the only child of ...

(1768–1847), daughter of Count John Christian II of

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. The marriage produced the following thirteen children: * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1789) * Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790-1830); married

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, Duke of Ratibór * Princess Constance of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1792-1847); married Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst * Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1793-1859); married Count Friedrich Ludwig of Castell-Castell; their daughter married

Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld , house = Lippe-Biesterfeld , father = Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld , mother =Modeste von Unruh , birth_date = , birth_place = Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia , death_date = , death_place =Baden-Baden, Gran ...

and had issue * Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860); married in 1828

Princess Feodora of Leiningen Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861) ...

(1807-1872) * Prince Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1797) * Princess Marie Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1798) * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1799-1881); married

Prince Adolf of 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 The office of Minister-President (german: M ...

* Princess Johanna of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1800-1877); married Count Emil Christian of Erbach-Schönberg * Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804-1835); married Konstantin, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg * Prince Henry Gustav of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1806-1861) * Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1880); married Duke Eugen of Württemberg * Prince Henry of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

* Franz Josef Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst: ''Monarchen – Edelleute – Bürger. Die Nachkommen des Fürsten Carl Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1762–1825'', 2nd edition, Degener & Co., Neustadt a. d. Aisch, 1963 (''Bibliothek familiengeschichtlicher Arbeiten'', vol. 13)

External links

Genealogy of the Hohenlohe family
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