Hugo Alfred Adolf Philipp, 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz (26 May 1823 – 26 November 1904) was an Austrian prince and landowner.

Early life

Hugo Alfred was born in

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on 26 May 1823. He was the second son of

Weriand, 1st Prince of Windisch-Graetz Weriand Alois Leopold Ulrich Johann Paul, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (31 May 1790 – 27 October 1867), was a Slovenian-Austrian prince and landowner. Early life He was the third, but second surviving, son of Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of H ...

, and Princess Maria Eleonore Karolina von

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(1795–1876). His elder brother, Prince Karl, married their cousin, Princess Mathilde of Windisch-Graetz (a daughter of

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). His younger siblings included Princess Gabriele (who married Count Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund von Schönburg-Glauchau); Prince Ernst (who married Princess Camilla of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg); and Prince Robert (who died unmarried). His paternal grandparents were Count

Joseph Nicholas of Windisch-Graetz Joseph Louis Nicholas, Count of Windisch-Graetz, Baron of Waldstein and Thal (6 December 1744 – 24 January 1802) was a nobleman, a member of the House of Windisch-Graetz, and was chamberlain (office), chamberlain to Archduchess Marie Antoinette ...

and Duchess Maria Leopoldine Franziska of

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(a daughter of Charles Marie Raymond, 5th Duke of Arenberg). His paternal uncle,

, had been elevated to the rank of

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in 1804. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Franz Maximilian, 7th Prince of Lobkowicz and Princess Maria Karolina von Schwarzenberg (a daughter of ).

Career

Like his uncle in 1804, his father was elevated to the rank of hereditary

in 1822. Upon the death of his elder brother Prince Karl at the

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in 1859 during the

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, he became the heir of his father. Upon his father's death at Haasberg Castle on 27 October 1867, he succeeded as the 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz, in the

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.Willis, Daniel. ''The Descendants of Louis XIII'', Chapter 6: The Imperial Family of Austria (Clearfield Co., 1999), 508–509. a mediatised house whose members historically bore the style of "

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".''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 431, 434–436. From his father, he inherited a number of palatial residences, including his main residence, Haasberg Castle in

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(now Planina, Slovenia); Gonobitz Castle (now

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, Slovenia), which his father acquired in 1826 and which also included the Seiz Carthusian monastery; Podsreda Castle in

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;

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, which his father acquired in 1846; and Wagensberg Castle (now Bogenšperk in

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, Slovenia), which his father acquired in 1853.

Personal life

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on 20 October 1849, he married Duchess ''Luise'' Marie Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1824–1859), a daughter of

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and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (a younger daughter of

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and Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Among her siblings were

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and

Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duke Frederick William Nicholas of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (; 5 March 1827 – 28 July 1879) was the second son of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Alexandrine, daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia. Lif ...

(who married their cousin, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia). Before her death on 9 March 1859 in

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after a short illness, they were the parents of: * Princess ''Alexandra'' Maria of Windisch-Graetz (1850–1933), who married Count Rudolf Ladislaus von Khevenhüller-Metsch, the youngest son of

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and Countess Antonia Maria

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(a daughter of Prince Eduárd Lichnowsky). * Princess ''Olga'' Marie Friederike Franziska of Windisch-Graetz (1853–1934), who married Andreas Mocenigo * Prince ''Hugo'' Weriand Alexander Wilhelm Alfred of Windisch-Graetz (1854–1920), who married Princess Christiane von Auersperg, a daughter of Prince Vincenz von Auersperg (a grandson of Prince Wilhelm I of Auersperg) and Wilhelmine von Colloredo-Mannsfeld, in 1885. * Princess ''Marie'' Gabrielle Ernestine Alexandra of Windisch-Graetz (1856–1929), who married her first cousin,

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, the second son of

, and

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. After his wife died in 1859 and was buried at Wagensberg Castle (now Bogenšperk in

, Slovenia), he married Princess Matylda Christina Radziwill (1836–1918), the daughter of Prince

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, 14th Duke of

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(eldest son of Prince

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), and Countess Mathilde Christina von

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(a daughter of

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), at

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on 9 October 1867. Together, they had three more children: * Prince ''Ernst'' Wilhelm of Windisch-Graetz (1872–1897), who died unmarried. * Princess Aloisia ''"Luise"'' Maria Mathilde of Windisch-Graetz (1874–1888), who died young. * Princess ''Elisabeth'' Maria Mathilde of Windisch-Graetz (1876–1884), who died young. The Prince died at Haasberg Castle in Planina (today part of

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) on 15 May 1920.John Kennedy, John E. James, eds., ''Almanach de Gotha 2004'', Vol. 1, p. 508 He was succeeded by his eldest son, Prince Hugo Weriand.

Descendants

Through his son Hugo Weriand, he was a grandfather of Princess Marie Luise Christiane Alexandrine (who married Count Giovanni Ceschi a Santa Croce); Prince Hugo Vinzenz Alexander Maria (who married Princess Leontina of Fürstenberg, a daughter of

Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg (13 October 1863 – 11 August 1941) was a German landowner, investor and nobleman who was the head of the House of Fürstenberg from 1896 to 1941. Early life Born as Prince Maximilian Egon Christian Ka ...

); Princess Elisabeth Mathilde (who married Leone Rosa); Prince Alfred Veriand (who married Princess Marie of

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); Prince Eduard Vincenz Heinrich (who married Alix of

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); Princess Olga Maria Paula Josefa (who married Baron Andreas von Morsey genannt Picard and, after their divorce, Count Hubertus Maria von Ledebur-Wicheln); Princess Maria Wilhelmine Albertina Josepha (who married Baron Leonidas Andreas Economo di San Serff); Prince Franz Josef Niklas (who married Desiree von Wagner-Latour Edle von Thurmburg); Princess Marie Gabriele Valentine (who married Prince Hans of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, a son of Prince Viktor II of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, 2nd Duke von Ratibor and Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt); Prince Gottlieb Engelbert Maria Anton (who died unmarried); and Princess Marie Antoinette (who married Count Girolamo di Bosdari).

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