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Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

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Charles Albert III
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Period14 June 1796 - 15 June 1843
Born(1776-02-28)28 February 1776
Vienna
Died15 June 1843(1843-06-15) (aged 67)
Bad Mergentheim
SpousePrincess Auguste of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein
Princess Leopodine of Fürstenberg
IssueKatharina, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Names
German: Karl Albrecht Philipp Joseph
HouseHohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
FatherCharles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
MotherBaroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye

Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (28 February 1776 – 15 June 1843) was the 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst from 1796 to 1843.

Life

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Charles Albert III was the second child and first son of Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742-1796), by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751-1836). His brother Franz Joseph (1787-1841) was the founder of the branch of the Dukes of Ratibor and Princes of Corvey.

On 11 July 1797 in Munich, he married his first wife Princess Auguste of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein a granddaughter of Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Birstein from his third marriage, they had three children prior Augusta's death in 1803, only one of which became adult.

  • Prince(ss) born and died on 2 December 1798
  • Princess Karoline of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1800-1857)
  • Prince(ss) born and died on 26 February 1802

Once widower, he married again on 30 May 1813 in Heiligenberg with Princess Leopodine of Fürstenberg (1791-1844), daughter of Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (1760-1799) and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1767-1822) daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis. They had four children:

Prince Charles Albert and Princess Leopoldine separated few years later, with the Prince withdrawing to live in his Hohenlohe estates.

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