Ernst I, 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]

Ernst I
Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Tenure	4 April 1825 – 12 April 1860
Predecessor	Carl Ludwig I
Successor	Carl Ludwig II
Born	(1794-05-07)7 May 1794 Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Died	12 April 1860(1860-04-12) (aged 65) Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden
Spouse	Princess Feodora of Leiningen ​ ​ (m. 1828)​
Issue	Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein Feodora, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Names German: Ernst Christian Karl
House	Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father	Carl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother	Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth

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

Name[1]	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	25 October 1829	16 May 1907	77 years	Succeeded to the title on 12 April 1860, but abdicated his rights in favor of his younger brother on 21 April of the same year. He married morganatically on 22 February 1861 in Paris to Maria Grathwohl (1837–1901) and his issue were created Baron/Baroness von Bronn.
Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	8 November 1830	27 February 1851	20 years
Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	31 August 1832	8 March 1913	80 years	Married Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	11 December 1833	31 December 1891	58 years	Settled in Great Britain and married morganatically British noblewoman Laura Williamina Seymour. His issue were created Count/Countess von Gleichen.
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	20 July 1835	25 January 1900	64 years	Married Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
Princess Feodora Victoria Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langeburg	7 July 1839	10 February 1872	32 years	Married George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

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

Ancestors of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

8. Ludwig, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 4. Christian Albert, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 9. Princess Eleanore of Nassau-Saarbrücken 2. Carl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 10. Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern 5. Princess Carolina of Stolberg-Gedern 11. Princess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken 1. Ernst I, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 12. Johann Carl, Count of Solms-Baruth 6. Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth 13. Countess Henriette Louise Wilhelmine of Lippe-Biesterfeld 3. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth 14. Heinrich VI, Count Reuss of Köstritz 7. Countess Friederike Reuss of Köstritz 15. Enriqueta Juana Francisca Susana Casado y Huguetan, Marchioness of Monteleone