''Friedrich'' Hermann Otto of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born 22 July 1776 in

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; died 13 September 1838 at Schloss Lindich in

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) was the penultimate Prince of

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. Friedrich was the only child of

Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Hermann Friedrich Otto (born 30 July 1751 in Lockenhaus, Lockenhaus (Léka), Vas County (former), Vas County, Kingdom of Hungary; died 2 November 1810 in Hechingen) was the ruling Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen from 1798 until 1810. Early life ...

(1751–1810) and his wife Princess Maximiliane of Gavre (1753 or 1755 – 1778). From 1806 to 1812, he fought on the French side in the

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and was severely wounded in the 1812

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. He ordered the demolishment of the Friedrichsburg castle in 1812 in order to replace it with the Neues Schloss in Hechingen.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich married Princess Pauline Biron von Kurland, Princess of Sagan (1782–1845) in

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on 26 April 1800. Friedrich and Luise had one child: * Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (16 February 1801 – 3 September 1869) : ∞ Eugénie de Beauharnais, no issue. : ∞ Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern, issue. {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedrich Hermann Otto of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Prince 1776 births 1838 deaths House of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen People from Namur (city) German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars People educated at the Karlsschule Stuttgart