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| Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
| Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
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| Born | 31 August 1832 Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg |
| Died | 3 September 1913 (aged 81) Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Leopoldine of Baden |
Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half-sister of Queen Victoria).
He succeeded to the title of 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).
Career[]
He was a General in the Prussian Cavalry.
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 stationery train in which they were standing.
Marriage and children[]
On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, Kingdom of Württemberg, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.
They had 3 children (1 son and 2 daughters):
- Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950); married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
- Elise, Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929); married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line.
- Feodore Viktoria Alberta, Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932); married Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
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