Hugo Vinzenz Alexander Maria, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz (30 July 1887 – 26 May 1959) was an Austrian prince.

Early life

Hugo Vinzenz was born at Haasberg Castle in Planina in the

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(today part of

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) on 30 July 1887. He was the son of Hugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz (1854–1920) and Christiane von Auersperg (1866–1962). His paternal grandparents were

Hugo, 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz 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 Vienna on 26 May 1823. He was the second son of Weriand, 1st Prince of Windisch-G ...

and Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (a daughter of

Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Paul Friedrich (15 September 1800 – 7 March 1842) ruled as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1837 to 1842. Early life Paul Friedrich was born in Ludwigslust on 15 September 1800. He was the son of Friedrich Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke ...

and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia). His maternal aunt, Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, married her first cousin,

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (; 19 September 1852 – 17 May 1923) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and general of the Mecklenburg cavalry. Life Duke Paul Frederick was born in Ludwigslust Castle as the second eldes ...

(second son of

Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Francis II (German: ''Friedrich Franz II;'' 28 February 1823 – 15 April 1883) was a Prussian officer and Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 7 March 1842 until 15 April 1883. Biography He was born in Schloss Ludwigslust, the ...

, and

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). His maternal grandparents were Vincenz von Auersperg (a grandson of Prince Wilhelm I of Auersperg) and Wilhelmine von Colloredo-Mannsfeld.

Career

When his father died in 1920, Windisch-Graetz succeeded as head of a

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of the House of Windisch-Graetz,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.

Personal life

On 26 November 1912 at

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, he married Princess Leontina "Lotti" of Fürstenberg (1892–1979), a daughter of

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and Countess Irma von Schönborn-Buchheim (a daughter of

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, and Countess Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg). Together, they were the parents of: * Princess Irma Christiane Maximiliana Egona Huberta Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz (1913–1984), who married Franz, 2nd Prince of

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, son of Carl, 1st Prince of Weikersheim, and Countess Marie Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, in 1936. * Prince Hugo Maximilian Weriand Friedrich Hubertus Aegidius Maria of Windisch-Graetz (1914–1942), a twin; he was killed in action over Italy during

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. * Prince Maximilian Antonius Aegidius Hubertus Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz (1914–1976), a twin; he married ''

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'' Maria Luisa Serra di Gerace, the legitimatised daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Prince of

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and ''Donna'' Maria Grazia Carafa d'Andria, in 1946. * Prince Friedrich Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrillus Felix Hubertus of Windisch-Graetz (1917–2002), who married Princess Dorothea of

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, a daughter of

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and

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(a sister of

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) in 1959. The Prince died at

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on 26 May 1959.John Kennedy, John E. James, eds., ''Almanach de Gotha 2004'', Vol. 1, p. 508 As he was predeceased by his eldest son, he was succeeded by his second son, Prince Maximilian Antonius.

Descendants

Through his second son, Maximilian, he was a grandfather of Mariano Hugo, 6th Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1955), who married

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(a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria); Princess Christiana "Irma", who married Don Augusto

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); Princess Maximiliane, who married Prince Heinrich zu

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; and Prince Manfred, who married Maria Vittoria Lepri di Rota.

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References

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