# Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half-sister of Queen Victoria).
He succeeded to the title of Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

## Life and career

From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
On 19 September 1899, he and his wife were in a saloon railway carriage at Perth Station. Lieutenant Colonel H A Yorke (RE retired), the Inspecting Officer of Railways who reported on the accident, said that they had had a miraculous escape from injury when another train collided with the stationary train in which they were standing.

## Marriage and children

On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.
They had three children (one son and two daughters):
* Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950) — He married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 20 April 1896. They had five children.
* Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) — She married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line on 11 November 1884. They had five children.
* Princess Feodora Viktoria Alberta of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932) — She married her second cousin (both being great-grandchildren of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and her first husband Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen, on 12 July 1894. They had five children.

## Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:
* Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1858
* Baden:
** Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1862
** Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1862
** Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1871
* Württemberg:
** Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1867
** Knight of the Order of Olga, 1889
* United Kingdom:
** Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 8 May 1867
** Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 14 August 1907
* Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1868
* Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
* Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
* Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown
* Kingdom of Prussia:
** Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 19 February 1876
** Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
** Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class and 2nd Class on White Band with Black Edge
** Red Cross Medal, 1st Class
** Commander of the Johanniter Order
* Luxembourg: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 17 February 1897

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg :

## Literature

* Kurt Eißele: Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907. O.O., 1950
* Günter Richter: Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.