Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (born 1868) explained

Full Name:German: Karl Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig
Birth Date:1 September 1868
Birth Place:Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, Prussia
Death Place:Namedy, Weimar Republic
House:Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father:Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother:Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Spouse:Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium
Issue:Princess Stephanie
Princess Marie Antoinette
Prince Albrecht
Princess Henriette

Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 1 September 1868 – 21 February 1919) was a member of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Karl Anton was the third and youngest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Infanta Antónia of Portugal. Karl Anton's elder brothers were William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Ferdinand I of Romania.

Marriage and issue

On 28 May 1894 in Brussels, Karl Anton married his cousin Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (Brussels 18 October 1872 - Namur 6 January 1958), daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and his wife Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.[1] In 1909 the couple purchased Namedy castle near Andernach. Karl Anton served as a Prussian Lieutenant general during World War I and died after his return to Namedy in 1919, at age 51.

Karl Anton and Joséphine Caroline had four children:

Honours and awards

German orders and decorations[3]
Foreign orders and decorations[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karl Anton, Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen : Genealogics .
  2. Web site: Hohenzollern 12 .
  3. http://dlibra.bibliotekaelblaska.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=53802 Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat
  4. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__34OAAAAYAAJ/page/n39 Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen