Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was a

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, and later

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in northeastern

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, Germany. The name

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 ...

derives from the castle of Hohenloch near

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in Mittelfranken, which came into the possession of the descendants of Conrad of Weikersheim by 1178.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Hohenlohe". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 227-229, 252-255, 265. .

History

Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was partitioned from the lands held by the descendants of Kraft von Hohenlohe, who was made an

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in 1450. The Hohenlohe territories were divided between the brothers Count Ludwig Kasimir (1517-1568) (of the senior Neuenstein line, progenitors of the

Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located around Langenburg in what is now northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Starting in medieval times and continuing until 1806, this smal ...

and Hohenlohe-Oehringen branches) and Count Eberhard (1535-1570), founder of the various

-Waldenburg branches. The Schillingsfürst line descends from Count Ludwig Gustav (1634-1697), whose descendant Philip Ernest obtained the erection of his

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s into a

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within the

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, enjoying

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, in 1744. The county of Waldenburg was added to the principality in 1757. It was mediatised to the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806. Geogr ...

in 1806. Three branches are extant – those of Waldenburg, Ratibor und Corvey, and Schillingsfürst. The members of the house bear the style of "Prince/Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst" or "Prince/Princess von Ratibor und Corvey, Prince/Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst" or "Prince/Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, von Ratibor und Corvey" or "Prince/Princess von Ratibor und Corvey" or "Prince/Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, von Ratibor und Corvey", depending upon which of the four sub-lines of the Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst branch they belong to.

Counts (1688–1744)

*Ludwig Gustav 1688-1697 *Philip Ernest 1697-1744 (became 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst)

Princes (1744–present)

The following are the princes from 1744 until the present: * Philip Ernest, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1744-1750 (1663-1759) ** Charles Albert I, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1750-1793 (1719-1793) *** Charles Albert II, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1793–1796 (1742-1796) **** Charles Albert III, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1796–1843 (1776-1843) ***** Friedrich Karl I, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1843-1884 (1814-1884) ****** Nikolaus, 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1884–1886 (1841-1886) ****** Friedrich Karl II, 7th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1886–1924 (1846-1924) ******* Friedrich Karl III, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1924-1982 (1908-1982) ******** Friedrich Karl IV, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 1982–2017 (1933-2017) ******** Hubertus zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1935-2021) ********* Felix zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, 10th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst 2017–present (b. 1963) ********** Prince Konrad zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 1995)

heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir app ...

********** Prince Albrecht zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 2002) ********* Prince Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 1965) ********* Prince Maximilian zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 1967) ****

Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst Prince Alexander Leopold Franz Emmerich of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (17 August 1794 – 17 November 1849) was a German priest and reputed miracle-worker. Early life and education Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst wa ...

(1794-1849) **** '' Franz Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1787-1841), founder of the Ratibor and Corvey lines''

References

External links

European Heraldry page
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History

Counts (1688–1744)

Princes (1744–present)

See also

References

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