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Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (german: Karl Heinrich Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) (21 May 1834 – 8 November 1921) was a German nobleman, the Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1849–1908), Catholic politician and later a Dominican friar. He was the first President of the Catholic Society of Germany (1868), and a member of the Reichstag from 1871 for the

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Early life

He was born in

, the second child of

(1802–1838), and

(1804–1835). He was a male-line descendant of

Frederick I, Elector Palatine Frederick I, the Victorious (''der Siegreiche'') (1 August 1425, Heidelberg – 12 December 1476, Heidelberg) was a Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector Palatine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1451–1476. Biography He was a son of Louis II ...

. He studied law, and succeeded to the headship of the

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and the title of Prince (''Fürst'') in 1849.

Marriage and children

He married Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1841–1861) in 1859. After her death, he married

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in Vienna in 1863. Sophie and Charles had eight children: * Princess Franziska of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

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30 March 1864 –

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12 April 1930) * Princess Adelheid of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

17 July 1865 –

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6 September 1941), married Count Adalbert Joseph of Schönborn * Princess Agnes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

22 December 1866 –

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23 January 1954) * Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

11 April 1868 –

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15 February 1870) *

Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: ''Maria Theresa, Prinzessin von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg'') (4 January 1870, Rome, Papal States – 17 January 1935, Vienna, Federal State of Austria) was a Princess of L� ...

(

4 January 1870 –

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17 January 1935), married

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* Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

15 September 1871 – Schloss Bronnbach 25 January 1952), married Countess Josephine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau * Princess Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

28 September 1873 –

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27 June 1936), married Prince Felix of

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* Prince Johannes Baptista of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (

29 August 1880 – Newport 18 May 1956), married Countess Alexandra of

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Later life

After the death of his wife, he became a member of the

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as Fr. Raymundus Maria in 1907, and lived in the monastery of Venlo in the Netherlands. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1908. The same year, he gave up his title of Prince and was succeeded by his son. He died in

Honours

He was a Knight of the

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Ancestry

References

External links

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Abtei St. Hildegardis: "Fürst Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg sorgte für einen Neubeginn"
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