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Ernst Christian Carl, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 May 1794 – 12 April 1860) was the son of Prince Carl Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth.
Name[1]BirthDeathAge25 October 182916 May 190777 yearsPrincess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg8 November 183027 February 185120 years31 August 18328 March 191380 years11 December 183331 December 189158 yearsErnst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the husband of Feodora, Princess of Leiningen, half-sister to Queen Victoria by their mother's first marriage. The pair married at Kensington Palace in 1828 before returning to Germany, though Prince Ernst had no actual domain, the principality having been mediatised into Württemberg in 1806.
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom was a Hohenlohe-Langenburg on her mother's side and her cousin, Prince Ernst, was married in 1828 to Feodora of Leiningen, the half-sister of the future Queen Victoria.
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Born in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg on 13 September 1863, Ernst was the oldest of three children, and the only son, of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden. He was the grand-nephew of Queen Victoria; his paternal grandmother was Feodora of Leiningen, Victoria’s elder half-sister. His paternal great-grandmother was Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, the mother of Princess Fe...
Education
After finishing high school in Karlsruhe, the young prince studied law in Paris, Bonn, Tübingen and Leipzig, where he graduated in 1885 with the first legal exam in Naumburg. He also gained membership in the Corps Suevia Tübingen (1st Class) in 1884, when he was at the University of Tübingen and Borussia Bonn in 1886, because he had gone to the University of Bonn. After his officer training in Berlin-Lichterfelde (1886-1891), he passed the diplomatic examination (1890-1891) with the appointme...
Career
Because his wife was the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernst became the Regent of the Duchy after the death of the Duke. From 30 July 1900 to 18 July 1905, he governed Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on the behalf of the still immature successor, Charles Edward. In 1901, Ernst was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Württemberg. Afterwards, he made several unsuccessful attempts to gain a foothold in the politics of the German Empire. He served as the Head of t...
The children of Prince Ernst and Princess Alexandra of Hohelohe-Langenburg were descended from both Queen Victoria and Victoria's half-sister Feodora of Leiningen. They were: 1. Gottfried Hermann Alfred Paul Maximilian Viktor Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg + b. 24 March 1897, d. 11 May 1960, married 20 April 1931 Princess Margarita of Greece and Den...
Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class, 12 May 1896United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (civil division), 22 October 1897Kingdom of Saxony: Grand Cross of the Albert Order, with Golden Star, 1900(in German) Frank Raberg, Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Landtag of Württemberg, 1815–1833], in the Kommis...
Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, son of Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Countess Amelie of Solms-Baruth, married, in 1828, Feodora, Princess of Leiningen, half-sister of Queen Victoria, and they had six children.
Ernst Christian Carl, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was the son of Prince Carl Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth.
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Ernst Christian Carl zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg studied law at the universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg and joined the Württemberg military service. He represented his father in the Württemberg Assembly of Estates from 1819 until his death in 1825, after which he succeeded him.
