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

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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 (1748–1818) and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym and his younger brother was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen who briefly served as

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in 1862 and was succeeded by

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

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and Wilhelmine Eleonora von Hohenlohe-Öhringen. His nephew was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen. 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,

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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

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

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

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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: * 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. * Princess Friederike ''Mathilde'' of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 3 July 1814 – Schloss Mirabell in

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, 3 June 1888), who married

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in 1835. * Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl ''Hugo'', Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (

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, 27 May 1816 – Slawentzitz, 23 August 1897), who married Princess Pauline von Fürstenberg (1829–1900), youngest child of

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and

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, in 1847. * 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), a daughter of Gertrude von Hanau and

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, in 1851.They had six children. 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 1841 painting of Mathilde, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.jpg, Portrait of his daughter, Mathilde, Princess of

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with its capital at Sondershausen. History Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county (earldom) until 1697. In that year, it became a principal ...

, 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

Ancestry

References

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