Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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.^[1]

Biography

Marriage

He married Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the only daughter of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 18 February 1828 at Kensington Palace in London. She was the elder half-sister of the future British queen.^[1]

He succeeded to the title of 4th Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg on 4 April 1825, and attained the rank of Major-General.^[2]

Issue

Orders and decorations

•  Württemberg:^[3]
  • Knight of the Military Merit Order, 3 July 1815
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, 1830
  • Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1839
•  United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (civil division), 22 January 1848^[4]

Ancestry

References

1. Eilers, Marlene (1987). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 148.
2. McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973). The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy in 3 volumes (Volume 1). Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 261.
3. "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1858, pp. 32, 59, 61
4. Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sharrett & Hughes. p. 208.