Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Friedrich Eugen Johann, Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen^[1]) (25 June 1843, in Schloss Inzigkofen, Inzigkofen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen^{[citation needed]} – 2 December 1904, in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria^{[citation needed]}) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and a Prussian General of the Cavalry. He fought with distinction in the Franco-Prussian War. Frederick was the fifth child and youngest son^{[citation needed]} of Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Josephine of Baden.^{[citation needed]}

Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prince Frederick, c.1860s
Born	(1843-06-25)25 June 1843 Schloss Inzigkofen, Inzigkofen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died	2 December 1904(1904-12-02) (aged 61) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial	Kloster Hedingen, Sigmaringen
Spouse	Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis ​ ​ (m. 1879)​
Names German: Friedrich Eugen Johann
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother	Princess Josephine of Baden

Marriage

Frederick married Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis, eldest child of Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Helene in Bavaria, on 21 June 1879 in Regensburg.^{[citation needed]} Frederick and Louise did not have children.^{[citation needed]}

Frederick was buried on 6 December 1904 at the Erlöserkirche in Kloster Hedingen, Sigmaringen.

Honours and awards

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

• Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
• Kingdom of Prussia:
  • Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 3 October 1867^[2]
  • Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 14 June 1879^[2]
  • Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
  • Iron Cross, 2nd Class
  • Service Award Cross
• Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear
• Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1897^[3]
• Baden:^[4]
  • Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1879
  • Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1879
• Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
• Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1889^[5]
• Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
• Kingdom of Italy: Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy
• Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
• Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class
• Kingdom of Romania:
  • Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
  • Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania
• Russian Empire: Knight of St. George, 4th Class
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1891^[6]
• Waldeck and Pyrmont: Order of Merit, 1st Class

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

8. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 4. Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 9. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg 2. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern 10. Pierre Murat 5. Marie Antoinette Murat 11. Louise d'Astorg 1. Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern 12. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden 6. Charles, Grand Duke of Baden 13. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 3. Princess Josephine of Baden 14. Claude de Beauharnais, comte des Roches-Baritaud 7. Stéphanie de Beauharnais 15. Adrienne de Lézay-Marnézia