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''Hans'' Heinrich Georg Herzog, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Duke of Ujest (24 April 1858 – 24 April 1945) was a German nobleman and diplomat.


Early life

A hereditary prince of the House of
Hohenlohe The House of Hohenlohe () is a German princely dynasty. It formerly ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire, which was divided between several branches. In 1806, the area of Hohenlohe was 1,760 km² and its estimated pop ...
, he was born at
Sławięcice Palace Sławięcice Palace (, ) is fragmentarily preserved palace in Sławięcice (part of Kędzierzyn-Koźle), in the historic Upper Silesia region in Poland. It served as the main residence of the princes of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, a branche of the Hous ...
in Slawentzitz in the
Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...
on 24 April 1858. He was a younger son of Prince
Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl ''Hugo'', Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (title in German: ''Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Herzog von Ujest''; 27 May 1816 – 23 August 1897) was a German nobleman, politician, mining industrialist an ...
and Princess Pauline zu Fürstenberg. His maternal grandparents were
Amalie of Baden Amalie, Princess of Fürstenberg (Amalie Christina Caroline; née Baroness Amalie of Hochberg, formerly Countess Amalie of Hochberg and Princess Amalie of Baden; 26 January 1795 – 14 September 1869) was the consort of Charles Egon II, Prince of ...
(daughter of Charles Frederick, the
Margrave Margrave was originally the Middle Ages, medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a monarchy, kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain Feudal ...
,
Elector Elector may refer to: * Prince-elector or elector, a member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Holy Roman Emperors * Elector, a member of an electoral college ** Confederate elector, a member of t ...
and
Grand Duke of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a margravi ...
) and
Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg (German: ''Karl Egon II. Fürst zu Fürstenberg''; 28 October 179622 October 1854) was a German politician and nobleman. From 1804 to 1806 he was the last reigning prince of Furstenburg before its mediatis ...
(the last sovereign prince of Furstenburg). His paternal grandparents were
August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen Frederick ''August'' Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (27 November 1784 – 15 February 1853) was a German general of the Napoleonic Wars and nobleman of the house of Hohenlohe. Early life August was born on 27 November 1784 in Breslau. ...
and Louise of Württemberg (a daughter of
Princess Louise Princess Louise may refer to: People * Louise of Denmark (disambiguation), various princesses * Louise of Prussia (disambiguation), various princesses * Louise of Saxe-Meiningen (disambiguation), various princesses * Princess Louise of Schleswig-H ...
of
Stolberg-Gedern The Lordship of Gedern (German: ''Herrschaft Gedern'') was a lordship or herrschaft centred on Gedern near Büdingen in Hesse, Germany. It is first recorded in a document from Lorsch Abbey dating to 780. History The lords of Ortenburg (descended fr ...
and Duke Eugen of Württemberg).


Career

From 1906 to 1911, he served as the Prussian Envoy to the Kingdom of Saxony in
Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
. Upon their father's death in 1897, his elder brother, Prince Christian, became the 5th
Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen The House of Hohenlohe () is a Germans, German princely dynasty. It formerly ruled an Imperial immediacy, immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire, which was divided between several branches. In 1806, the area of Hohenlohe was 1,760  ...
and 2nd
Duke of Ujest Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ...
, and inheriting the family estates. After his brother's death in
Somogyszob Somogyszob is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It is situated on the southwest side of Somogy county, approximately 8 km north from Nagyatád. Geography The village located at near to Kaszó, and it is surrounded by forests with a re ...
in 1926 without issue, Prince Hans became the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen and 3rd Duke of Ujust and inherited the family estates including Sławięcice Palace (in
Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav ...
), Oppurg Castle (in
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),
Neuenstein Castle Neuenstein Castle () is a schloss, castle in the middle of the town of Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Neuenstein. Built as the seat of the Hohenlohe-Neuenstein noble family, it now houses a castle museum and, with the Neuenstein Hohenlohe Central ...
(in Neuenstein),
Öhringen Castle Öhringen (East Franconian: ''Ähringe'') is the largest town in Hohenlohe (district) in the state of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germa ...
(in
Öhringen Öhringen (East Franconian: ''Ähringe'') is the largest town in Hohenlohe (district) in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany, near Heilbronn. Öhringen is on the railline to Schwäbisch Hall and Crailsheim. With a population o ...
), and the Hohenlohe Hunting Lodge (in
Javorina Javorina was a military district in the Kežmarok District in northern Slovakia, in the Levoča Hills. Its area is 316.24 km2 and has no permanent population. History The military district was created in 1952. It was created from the whole ...
,
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which was sold to the
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in 1935). He was the last Hohenlohe to own Sławięcice Palace before they had to abandon it during
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
for their summer palace in Oppurg and later to Neuenstein in Hohenlohe. The palace were severely damaged by the
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...
in January 1945 and the remaining structure burned down in 1948.


Personal life

On 29 April 1889, Prince Hans was married in
Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...
to his first cousin, Princess Gertrude Auguste Mathilde ''Olga'' zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (
Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...
, 3 April 1862 – Breslau, 21 April 1935), a daughter of his father's younger brother Prince Felix Eugen Wilhelm zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen and Princess Alexandrine von Hanau-Hořowitz, Countess of Schaumburg (a daughter of
Gertrude von Hanau Princess Gertrude of Hanau and Hořowitz (''née'' Falkenstein; 18 May 1803 – 9 July 1882), was a German aristocrat. She was the Morganatic marriage, morganatic spouse of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse. Biography Gertrude Falkenstein was ...
and
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse Frederick William I (20 August 1802 – 6 January 1875) was, between 1847 and 1866, the last Prince-elector of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). Early life He was born at Hanau on 20 August 1802. He was the son of Prince William, later William ...
). They were the parents of: * Hugo Felix ''August'' zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1890–1962), who married Ursula von Zedlitz, a daughter of Konstantin von Zedlitz, in 1928. They divorced in 1930 and he married Valerie von Carstanjen, a daughter of Wilhelm Adolf Robert von Carstanjen, in 1930. They divorced in 1946 and he married Erika Himmelein, daughter of Friedrich Konrad Himmelein, in 1948. * ''Alexandrine'' Marie Margarethe zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1891–1959), who died unmarried. * Friedrich Karl ''Kraft'' zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1892–1965), a twin who married Nina Chischina, daughter of Ilja Chischine, the former wife of his cousin, Prince Waldemar Hugo Hermann Maximilian zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, in 1948. * Dorothea zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1892–1931) a twin who died unmarried. Prince Hans died on 24 April 1945 in Oppurg,
Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...
.


Ancestry


References

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