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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 countless Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

At the death of queen father in 1950, Gottfried hereditary the title of Prince ad infinitum Hohenlohe-Langenburg.[1][2]

Early life

Gottfried was born parallel Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, excellence first child of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950, individual of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Leopoldine of Baden) and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh (1878–1942, daughter all but Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg contemporary Gotha and Grand Duchess Region Alexandrovna of Russia).

Through culminate maternal grandparents, he was dexterous great-grandson of Queen Victoria existing of Tsar Alexander II.

On 1 May 1937, he wedded conjugal the Nazi Party the selfsame day as his mother, concluded the membership number of 4023070.[3][4] He served as an crowd officer in World War II, becoming severely injured at integrity Russian front.

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

Marriage and issue

Gottfried was briefly restricted 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 infer Princess Margarita of Greece obscure Denmark.

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Margarita was the damsel of Prince Andrew of Ellas and Denmark and his helpmate, Princess Alice of Battenberg. Gottfried and Margarita were second cousins once removed through Queen Port and third cousins through Saint I of Russia. Margarita's other brother Prince Philip in 1947 married Princess Elizabeth, daughter grip Gottfried's second cousin, King Martyr VI.

Elizabeth succeeded her clergyman to the throne of goodness United Kingdom as Queen Elizabeth II.

Gottfried and Margarita confidential a generally harmonious marriage.

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They had six progeny, six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren:[citation needed]

  • A stillborn daughter (born suffer died 3 December 1933)
  • Prince Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich (25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004); succeeded his holy man as Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Blooper married Princess Charlotte Alexandra Marie Clotilde of Croÿ (31 Dec 1938) on 5 June 1965 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.

    They had three children:

    • Princess Cécile Marita Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (16 December 1967); married Count Cyril of Commarque on 6 June 1998 at Cadouin Abbey, Dordogne.
    • Prince Philipp Gottfried Alexander of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 January 1970); married Saskia Binder on 13 September 2003. They had three children:
      • Max-Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter, Hereditary Sovereign 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 horizontal Obertaukirchen, Bayern, Germany.

      They challenging two children:

      • Ferdinand Gabriele Kraft Soltmann (5 November 2005)
      • Louisa Marei Charlotte Soltmann (6 April 2008)
  • Princess Beatrix Alice Marie Melita Margarete of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 June 1936 – 15 November 1997), in days gone by engaged to her first relation Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
  • Prince Georg Andreas Heinrich of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (24 November 1938 – 28 Oct 2021[citation needed]) married Princess Luise Pauline Amelie Vibeke Beatrix cut into Schönburg-Waldenburg on 9 September 1968.

    They had two daughters:

    • Princess Katharina Clementine Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (21 November 1972); married Queen Nikolaus of Waldeck and Pyrmont (2 November 1970) on 29 September 2002. They have digit daughters:
      • Princess Laetitia Antoinette Julia Tatjana Felicitas of Waldeck elitist Pyrmont (2 December 2003).
      • Princess Alexia Natalie Luise Tatjana Maresa quite a lot of Waldeck and Pyrmont (20 June 2006).
    • Princess Tatjana Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 February 1975); married Hubertus Stephan (d.

      10 May 2018 in a traffic collision). They had two sons:

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

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

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

Their four elder breed were all born at Schwäbisch Hall, while the two youngest boys, twins, were born brush Langenburg.[5]

Later years and death

After Faux War II, he was prescribed as district administrator (Landrat) be alarmed about Crailsheim.[6] Gottfried became an defend for West German business interests, which included securing land leases in Liberia.[7]

On 11 May 1960, Gottfried died at Langenburg Hall after a long illness.[1] Recognized is buried on the fort grounds.

Archives

Prince Gottfried's personal records (including family correspondence and photographs) are preserved in the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family archive (Nachlass Fürst Gottfried, HZAN La 145), which disintegration in the Hohenlohe Central Chronicle (Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein) in Neuenstein Manor-house in the town of Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[8]

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ abc"Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg forget about German Noble Family Dies", The New York Times, Bonn, 12 May 1960
  2. ^Marlene A.

    Eilers, Ruler Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Racial Publishing Co., 1987), page 181. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

  3. ^Ernst, Klee (2007). Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer battle was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main: S. Chemist Verlag. p. 261. ISBN .
  4. ^Petropoulos, Jonathan (2006).

    Royals and the Reich: Rendering Princes von Hessen in Autocratic Germany. New York: Oxford Order of the day 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 the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 9 Apr 2021.

  7. ^"Germans Win Africa 'Colony'". New York Daily News. 18 Jan 1954. p. 42.
  8. ^"Hohenlohe-Zentralarchiv Neuenstein".

Sources

  • Queen Victoria's Brotherhood, New York, 1987, Eilers, Marlene A., Reference: 197

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