Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen explained

Prince Hugo
4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
1st Duke of Ujest
Birth Place:Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Death Place:Slawentzitz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
House:Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Father:August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Mother:Louise of Württemberg
Spouse:Pauline zu Fürstenberg
Issue:Hans zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (title in German: Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Herzog von Ujest; 27 May 1816 – 23 August 1897) was a German nobleman, politician, mining industrialist and general in the armies of the kingdom of Württemberg and the kingdom of Prussia.

Early life

A hereditary prince of the House of Hohenlohe, he was born in Stuttgart on 27 May 1816. He was the son of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym. His uncle was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (who briefly served as Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 and was succeeded by Otto von Bismarck),[2] and his cousin was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.[3]

Career

His paternal grandfather, Frederick Louis, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles. Prince Hugo inherited these lands, as well as his Franconian properties (Öhringen and Neuenstein), and established calamine mines. He also founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in the world. The Prussian king, William I (later German Emperor), granted him the hereditary title of Herzog von Ujest (Duke of Ujest) upon the king's coronation in 1861.[4]

Personal life

In 1847, he married Princess Pauline Wilhelmine Karoline Amalie zu Fürstenberg (11 June 1829, Donaueschingen – 3 August 1900, Slawentzitz). She was the youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg.[3] [5]

Together, they were the parents of:

Hugo died at Sławięcice Palace (Schloss Slawentzitz) on 23 August 1897.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kraus . Gerlinde . Christiane Fürstin von der Osten-Sacken: eine frühkapitalistische Unternehmerin und ihre Erben während der Frühindustrialisierung im 18./19. Jahrhundert . 2001 . Franz Steiner Verlag . 978-3-515-07721-7 . 26 January 2022 . de.
  2. Book: von) . Otto Bismarck (Fürst . Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences of Otto, Prince Von Bismarck . 1899 . Harper & brothers . 275, 230 . 26 January 2022 . en.
  3. Book: Almanach de Gotha: Annual Genealogical Reference . 2004 . . 978-0-9532142-5-9 . 528–530 . 26 January 2022 . en.
  4. Book: Annual Register . 1898 . J. Dodsley. . 175 . 26 January 2022 . en.
  5. Book: Feurstein . Heinrich . Die Beziehungen des Hauses Fürstenberg zur Residenz- und Patronatspfarrei Donaueschingen von 1488 bis heute . 19 September 2015 . BoD – Books on Demand . 978-3-7340-0771-2 . 26 January 2022 . de.