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(''Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg'') on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg,

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Life and career

From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. On 19 September 1899, he and his wife were in a saloon railway carriage at Perth Station. Lieutenant Colonel H A Yorke (RE retired), the Inspecting Officer of Railways who reported on the accident, said that they had had a miraculous escape from injury when another train collided with the stationary train in which they were standing.

Marriage and children

On 24 September 1862 at

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, daughter of Prince William of Baden. They had three children (one son and two daughters): *

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(13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950) — He married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 20 April 1896. They had five children. * Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) — She married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line on 11 November 1884. They had five children. *Princess ''Feodora'' Viktoria Alberta of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932) — She married her second cousin (both being great-grandchildren of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and her first husband Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen, on 12 July 1894. They had five children.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:''Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908''
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Ancestry

Literature

* Kurt Eißele: ''Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907''. O.O., 1950 * Günter Richter: ''Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg''. In: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB)''. Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.

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