Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest (27 May 1816 – 23 August 1897) (German: Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Herzog von Ujest) 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 grandfather, Frederick Louis, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles. Hugo inherited these lands, besides 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, created him Duke of Ujest upon his coronation in 1861.

Personal life 
Prince Hugo married Princess Pauline Wilhelmine Karoline Amalie zu Fürstenberg (11 June 1829, Donaueschingen – 3 August 1900, Slawentzitz), youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg, in 1847. Together, they were the parents of:

 Christian Kraft Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (21 March 1848, Öhringen – 14 May 1926, Somogyszob), who married Otilie Lubraniec-Dąmbski (1868–1922).
 Marie Filicitas Maria zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (25 July 1849, Schaffhausen – 31 January 1929, Meffersdorf in Wigandsthal), who married Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (1848–1904).
 Luise Luise zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (14 July 1851, Slawentzitz – 18 February 1920, Slawentzitz), who married Friedrich Ludwig Count von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorff (1835–1897).
 August Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (2 January 1854, Slawentzitz – 27 January 1884, San Remo), who died unmarried.
 Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (21 September 1855, Slawentzitz – 27 December 1910, Paris), who married Countess Marie von Hatzfeldt (1871–1932), a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
 Hans Heinrich Georg Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (24 April 1858, Slawentzitz – 24 April 1945, Oppurg), who married Princess Gertrud Auguste Mathilde Olga von Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1862–1935).
 Max Anthon Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (2 March 1860, Slawentzitz – 14 January 1922, Berlin), who married Countess Helene "Nelly" von Hatzfeldt (1865–1901), a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
 Hugo Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (26 September 1864, Slawentzitz – 31 October 1928, Berlin), who married Helga Hager (1877–1951).
 Margaret zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen (27 December 1865, Slawentzitz – 13 June 1940, Dresden) 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.

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1816 births
1897 deaths
Hugo
German industrialists
German landowners
German mining businesspeople
Free Conservative Party politicians
Members of the Reichstag of the German Empire
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class