Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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| name = Hermann

| succession = Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

| reign = 21 April 1860 – 9 March 1913

| reign-type = Tenure

| coronation =

| predecessor = Carl Ludwig II

| successor = Ernst II

| image = Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1913).jpg

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| spouse = {{marriage|Princess Leopoldine of Baden|24 September 1862|23 December 1903|end=d}}

| issue = {{Plainlist|

Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Elise
Feodora, Princess of Leiningen

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| full name = {{langx|de|Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard}}

| house = Hohenlohe-Langenburg

| father = Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

| mother = Princess Feodora of Leiningen

| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|8|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg

| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|3|9|1832|8|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg

}}

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 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 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 on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

Life and career

From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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 stationary train in which they were standing.

Marriage and children

On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.

They had three children (one son and two daughters):

Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950) — He married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 20 April 1896. They had five children.
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) — She married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line on 11 November 1884. They had five children.
Princess Feodora Viktoria Alberta of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932) — She married her second cousin (both being great-grandchildren of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and her first husband Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen, on 12 July 1894. They had five children.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908, [https://archive.org/details/handbuchberdenk01staagoog/page/n79/mode/2up p. 45]

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{{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1858Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1865), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00244505/Sachsen_Coburg_Gotha_170545237_1865_0033.tif?logicalDiv=jportal_jparticle_00483246 20]
{{flag|Baden}}:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1910), "Großherzogliche Orden", pp. [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1881290 42], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1881296 48], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1881393 145]
Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1862
Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1862
Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1871
{{flag|Württemberg}}:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" pp. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Pc5CAAAAYAAJ/page/n63/mode/2up 29], [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Pc5CAAAAYAAJ/page/n173/mode/2up 138]
Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1867
Knight of the Order of Olga, 1889
{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}:
Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 8 May 1867Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924092537418/page/n301/mode/2up p. 210]
Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 14 August 1907[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28058/page/6149 The London Gazette], issue 28058, p. 6149
{{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: Knight of St. Hubert, 1868Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nTedipoxoGcC/page/n39/mode/2up 8]
{{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Lippe.svg}} {{flagicon|Schaumburg-Lippe}} Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
{{Flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg}} Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
{{flag|Kingdom of Saxony}}: Knight of the Rue Crown
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} Kingdom of Prussia:
Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 19 February 1876{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|chapter=Rother Adler-orden|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=32&skin=2021 24]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1886|via=hathitrust.org}}
Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class and 2nd Class on White Band with Black Edge
Red Cross Medal, 1st Class
Commander of the Johanniter Order
{{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 17 February 1897{{cite book|year=1990|last1=Schoos|first1=Jean|title=Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen des Großherzogtums Luxemburg und des ehemaligen Herzogtums Nassau in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart|location=Luxembourg|publisher=Sankt-Paulus Druckerei|isbn=2-87963-048-7|page=342}}

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Ancestry

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|1= 1. Hermann, 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

|2= 2. Ernst I, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

|3= 3. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

|4= 4. Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

|5= 5. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth

|6= 6. Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen

|7= 7. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

|8= 8. Christian Albert, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

|9= 9. Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern

|10= 10. Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth

|11= 11. Countess Friederike Reuss-Köstritz

|12= 12. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm, 1st Prince of Leiningen

|13= 13. Countess Christiane of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

|14= 14. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

|15= 15. Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf

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Literature

Kurt Eißele: Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907. O.O., 1950
Günter Richter: Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.