Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 September 1762 in
Langenburg – 4 April 1825 in Langenburg) was the third
Prince
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of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg. 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
Ernst.
Marriage and issue
On 30 January 1789 at
Kliczków Castle, he married Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth (
Kliczków, 30 January 1768 –
Karlsruhe
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, 31 October 1847), the only child of Count Johann Christian II, Count of
Solms-Baruth and Countess Friederike Louise of
Reuss-Köstritz. The marriage produced thirteen children:
* Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1789)
* Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790-1830); married
Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, 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
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; their daughter married
Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (; 2 April 1812 – 17 May 1884) was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1840 to 1884 and father of Ernest II, regent of the Principality of Lippe.
Early life
Julius was born at Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia (no ...
and had issue
*
Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794–1860); married in 1828
Princess Feodora of Leiningen (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
* Princess Johanna "Jenny" 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 (1810-1830)
Ancestry
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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House of Hohenlohe
Princes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
People from Langenburg
1762 births
1825 deaths
18th-century German musicians