Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl ''Hugo'', Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (title in German: ''

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zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen,

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von Ujest''; 27 May 1816 – 23 August 1897) was a German nobleman, politician, mining industrialist and general in the armies of the

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and the

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Early life

A hereditary prince of the House of

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, he was born in

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on 27 May 1816. He was the son of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen. His paternal grandparents were Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym. His uncle was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (who briefly served as

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in 1862 and was succeeded by

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), and his cousin was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.

Career

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo von Ujest 1878 Eigner

His paternal grandfather, Frederick Louis, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz,

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and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles. Prince Hugo inherited these lands, as well as his Franconian properties (

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and Neuenstein), and established

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mines. He also founded one of the largest

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plants in the world. The Prussian king,

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(later German Emperor), granted him the hereditary title of ''

von Ujest'' (Duke of Ujest) upon the king's coronation in 1861.

Personal life

On 15 April 1847, he married Princess ''Pauline'' Wilhelmine Karoline Amalie zu Fürstenberg (

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, 11 June 1829 – Slawentzitz, 3 August 1900). She was the youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg. Together, they were the parents of: * Christian Kraft Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 21 March 1848 – Somogyszob, 14 May 1926), who married Otilie Lubraniec-Dąmbski (1868–1922). * Marie Filicitas Maria zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (

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, 25 July 1849 – Meffersdorf in Wigandsthal, 31 January 1929), who married Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1848–1904). * Luise Luise zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 14 July 1851 – Slawentzitz, 18 February 1920), who married Friedrich Ludwig Count von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorff (1835–1897). * August Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 2 January 1854 – San Remo, 27 January 1884), who died unmarried. * Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 21 September 1855 – Paris, 27 December 1910), who married Countess Marie von Hatzfeldt (1871–1932), a daughter of Count

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. * Hans Heinrich Georg zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 24 April 1858 – Oppurg, 24 April 1945), who married Princess Gertrud Auguste Mathilde Olga von Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1862–1935). * Max Anthon Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 2 March 1860 – Berlin, 14 January 1922), who married Countess Helene "Nelly" von Hatzfeldt (1865–1901), a daughter of Count

. * Hugo Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 26 September 1864 – Berlin, 31 October 1928), who married Helga Hager (1877–1951). * Margaret zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 27 December 1865 –

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, 13 June 1940), who married William of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenau (1854–1930), son of Prince Albert of Prussia. Hugo died at Sławięcice Palace (Schloss Slawentzitz) on 23 August 1897.

Honours

Gallery

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Ancestry

References

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