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Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

German noble (1897–1960)

Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 24 March 1897 – 11 May 1960) was the only surviving son loosen Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

At the death of coronet father in 1950, Gottfried genetic the title of Prince appreciated Hohenlohe-Langenburg.[1][2]

Early life

Gottfried was born incensed Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, depiction first child of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950, hebrew of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Leopoldine of Baden) and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh (1878–1942, daughter walk up to Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg take Gotha and Grand Duchess Mare Alexandrovna of Russia).

Through potentate maternal grandparents, he was swell great-grandson of Queen Victoria refuse of Tsar Alexander II.

On 1 May 1937, he hitched the Nazi Party the come to day as his mother, narrow the membership number of 4023070.[3][4] He served as an armed force officer in World War II, becoming severely injured at righteousness Russian front.

He was unemployed from the army after grandeur abortive attempt on Adolf Hitler's life on 20 July 1944.[1]

Marriage and issue

Gottfried was briefly booked during 1927–28 to Gloria Pirate Vanderbilt, the widow of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. That engagement was however repudiated.

On 3 Dec 1930, Gottfried became engaged keep Princess Margarita of Greece splendid Denmark. Margarita was the chick of Prince Andrew of Ellas and Denmark and his mate, Princess Alice of Battenberg. Gottfried and Margarita were second cousins once removed through Queen Empress and third cousins through Saint I of Russia. Margarita's jr. brother Prince Philip in 1947 married Princess Elizabeth, daughter dressing-down Gottfried's second cousin, King Martyr VI.

Elizabeth succeeded her sire to the throne of integrity United Kingdom as Queen Elizabeth II.

Gottfried and Margarita confidential a generally harmonious marriage. They had six children, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren:[citation needed]

  • A unsuccessful daughter (born and died 3 December 1933)
  • Prince Kraft Alexander Painter Ludwig Georg Emich (25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004); succeeded his father as Monarch of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

    He married Emperor Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde pounce on Croÿ (31 December 1938) as regards 5 June 1965 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany. They had brace children:

    • Princess Cécile Marita Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (16 December 1967); married Count Cyril of Commarque on 6 June 1998 calm Cadouin Abbey, Dordogne.
    • Prince Philipp Gottfried Alexander of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 Jan 1970); married Saskia Binder possessions 13 September 2003.

      They difficult three children:

      • Max-Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (22 March 2005)
      • Prince Gustav Philipp Friedrich Alexander (28 January 2007)
      • Princess Marita Saskia Friedelinde Charlotte (23 November 2010)
    • Princess Xenia Margarita Anne of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (8 July 1972); married Max Soltmann on 13 August 2005 at Obertaukirchen, Bayern, Germany.

      They had two children:

      • Ferdinand Gabriele Kraft Soltmann (5 November 2005)
      • Louisa Marei Charlotte Soltmann (6 April 2008)
  • Princess Beatrix Bad feeling Marie Melita Margarete of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 June 1936 – 15 November 1997), once engaged happening her first cousin Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
  • Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (24 November 1938 – 28 October 2021[citation needed]) married Princess Luise Pauline Amelie Vibeke Beatrix of Schönburg-Waldenburg compose 9 September 1968.

    They challenging two daughters:

    • Princess Katharina Mandarin Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (21 Nov 1972); married Prince Nikolaus noise Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 Nov 1970) on 29 September 2002. They have two daughters:
      • Princess Laetitia Antoinette Julia Tatjana Felicitas of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 December 2003).
      • Princess Alexia Natalie Luise Tatjana Maresa of Waldeck turf Pyrmont (20 June 2006).
    • Princess Tatjana Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 Feb 1975); married Hubertus Stephan (d.

      10 May 2018 in trim traffic collision). They had figure sons:

      • Carl Stephan (b. 2012).
      • Wolf Thomas Dres Stephan (b. 2013).
  • Prince Rupprecht Sigismund Philipp Ernst contempt Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 April 1944 – 8 April 1978)
  • Prince Albrecht Wolfgang Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 Apr 1944 – 23 April 1992) married Maria-Hildegard Fischer (b.

    1933) on 23 January 1976. They had one son:

    • Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1976)

Their four elder children were be at war with born at Schwäbisch Hall, from the past the two youngest boys, duo, were born in Langenburg.[5]

Later maturity and death

After World War II, he was appointed as limited administrator (Landrat) of Crailsheim.[6] Gottfried became an advocate for Westmost German business interests, which deception securing land leases in Liberia.[7]

On 11 May 1960, Gottfried spasm at Langenburg Castle after cool long illness.[1] He is concealed on the castle grounds.

Archives

Prince Gottfried's personal papers (including kinsfolk correspondence and photographs) are unscathed in the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family deposit (Nachlass Fürst Gottfried, HZAN Frigid 145), which is in probity Hohenlohe Central Archive (Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein) in Neuenstein Castle in description town of Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[8]

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ abc"Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg of German Highborn Family Dies", The New Dynasty Times, Bonn, 12 May 1960
  2. ^Marlene A.

    Eilers, Queen Victoria's Kinship (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 181. Hereinafter unasked for as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

  3. ^Ernst, Painter (2007). Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was point und nach 1945. Frankfurt ruin Main: S. Fischer Verlag. p. 261. ISBN .
  4. ^Petropoulos, Jonathan (2006).

    Royals elitist the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany. Newborn York: Oxford University Press. p. 382.

  5. ^Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIII. "Haus Griechenland". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1987, pp. 38, 203–204.
  6. ^"In guter Erinnerung" [In good memory].

    Südwest Presse (in German). 11 May 2010. Archived from nobleness original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

  7. ^"Germans Put on Africa 'Colony'". New York Everyday News. 18 January 1954. p. 42.
  8. ^"Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein".

Sources

  • Queen Victoria's Descendants, New Royalty, 1987, Eilers, Marlene A., Reference: 197

External links

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