# Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (title in German: Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Herzog von Ujest; 27 May 1816 – 23 August 1897) was a German nobleman, politician, mining industrialist and general in the armies of the kingdom of Württemberg and the kingdom of Prussia.

## Early life

A hereditary prince of the House of Hohenlohe, he was born in Stuttgart on 27 May 1816. He was the son of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen.
His paternal grandparents were Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym. His uncle was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (who briefly served as Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 and was succeeded by Otto von Bismarck), and his cousin was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.

## Career

His paternal grandfather, Frederick Louis, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles. Prince Hugo inherited these lands, as well as his Franconian properties (Öhringen and Neuenstein), and established calamine mines. He also founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in the world. The Prussian king, William I (later German Emperor), granted him the hereditary title of Herzog von Ujest (Duke of Ujest) upon the king's coronation in 1861.

## Personal life

On 15 April 1847, he married Princess Pauline Wilhelmine Karoline Amalie zu Fürstenberg (Donaueschingen, 11 June 1829 – Slawentzitz, 3 August 1900). She was the youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg.
Together, they were the parents of:
* Christian Kraft Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Öhringen, 21 March 1848 – Somogyszob, 14 May 1926), who married Otilie Lubraniec-Dąmbski (1868–1922).
* Marie Filicitas Maria zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Schaffhausen, 25 July 1849 – Meffersdorf in Wigandsthal, 31 January 1929), who married Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1848–1904).
* Luise Luise zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 14 July 1851 – Slawentzitz, 18 February 1920), who married Friedrich Ludwig Count von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorff (1835–1897).
* August Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 2 January 1854 – San Remo, 27 January 1884), who died unmarried.
* Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 21 September 1855 – Paris, 27 December 1910), who married Countess Marie von Hatzfeldt (1871–1932), a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
* Hans Heinrich Georg zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 24 April 1858 – Oppurg, 24 April 1945), who married Princess Gertrud Auguste Mathilde Olga von Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1862–1935).
* Max Anthon Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 2 March 1860 – Berlin, 14 January 1922), who married Countess Helene "Nelly" von Hatzfeldt (1865–1901), a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
* Hugo Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 26 September 1864 – Berlin, 31 October 1928), who married Helga Hager (1877–1951).
* Margaret zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (Slawentzitz, 27 December 1865 – Dresden, 13 June 1940), who married William of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenau (1854–1930), son of Prince Albert of Prussia.
Hugo died at Sławięcice Palace (Schloss Slawentzitz) on 23 August 1897.

## Honours

* Kingdom of Prussia:
** Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 18 January 1850
** Knight of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, 19 January 1862; with Enamel Band of the Red Eagle, 1865
** Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 16 January 1866; with Collar, 1882
** Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class on White Band with Black Edge
** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 20 September 1866
** Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar, 21 January 1887
* Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class
* Electorate of Hesse:
** Knight of the Golden Lion, 12 June 1851
** Grand Cross of the Wilhelmsorden
* Baden:
** Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1847
** Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1847
* Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1860
* Grand Duchy of Hesse: Military Medical Cross, 12 August 1871
* Russian Empire: Knight of St. Anna, 2nd Class
* Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1892
* Württemberg:
** Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1846
** Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1864
** Knight of the Order of Olga, 1872

## Gallery

* Slawentzitz
* Neuenstein
* Öhringen

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen :