Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe -Langenburg ( born May 7, 1794 in Langenburg, † April 12, 1860 in Baden -Baden ) was the fourth ruler of the house of Hohenlohe- Langenburg.
Biography
Ernst was the eldest son of Prince Carl Ludwig zu Hohenlohe -Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette his wife of Solms- Baruth ( 1768-1847 ).
After three years of study at the Universities of Tübingen and Heidelberg, he joined the Württemberg military service. In 1819 he became a member of the Württemberg Diet Assembly, and in 1833 President of the Ständische Committee, 1835 President of the Chamber of lords (First Chamber ) of Württemberg Landtag. This honorable office made him one of the most influential men of Wuerttemberg.
1830 Ernst was awarded zu Hohenlohe -Langenburg, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown.
Common diseases Ernst forced successively to retire from the active civil fantastic shops. In 1858, he asked for his release from the president. Prince Ernst died in 1860 during a stay in Baden -Baden and was buried in Langenburg.
Marriage and issue
On February 18, 1828, he married at Kensington Palace Princess Feodora of Leiningen, only daughter of Prince Emich Carl of Leiningen and his second wife Princess Marie Louise Victoire of Saxe- Coburg- Saalfeld, thus the older half sister of British Queen Victoria.
The marriage produced the following six children:
- Karl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold (1829-1907) ∞ 1861 ( left-handed marriage ) Marie Grathwohl ( 1837-1901 ), Baroness von Bronn (1890)
- Elise Adelheid Victorie (1830-1850), unmarried
- Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard (1832-1913) ∞ 1862 Princess Leopoldine of Baden ( 1837-1903 )
- Viktor Franz Ferdinand (1833-1891) ∞ 1861 ( left-handed marriage ) Lady Laura Wilhelmina Seymour, Countess von Gleichen (1861 )
- Adelheid Amalie Louise Victoria Mary Constance (1835-1900) ∞ 1856 Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig -Holstein
- Victoria Feodora Adelheid (1839-1872) ∞ 1858 Duke Georg II of Saxe -Meiningen ( 1826-1914 )