Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
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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.
Biography[]
A hereditary prince of the House of Hohenlohe, he was born in Stuttgart and died at Slawentzitz Castle. He was the son of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen and married Pauline Wilhelmine, youngest child of Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg. His daughter Margaret of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1865-1940) married William of Hohenzollern, count of Hohenau (1854-1930), son of Albert of Hohenzollern, prince of Prussia.
His grandfather, Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 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.
Honours[]
Kingdom of Prussia:[1]
- Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 18 January 1850[2]
- Knight of the Prussian Crown, 1st Class, 19 January 1862; with Enamel Band of the Red Eagle, 1865[2]
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 16 January 1866; with Collar, 1882[2]
- 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[2]
- 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[3]
- Grand Cross of the Wilhelmsorden
Baden:[4]
- 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[5]
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Military Medical Cross, 12 August 1871[6]
Russian Empire: Knight of St. Anna, 2nd Class
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1892[7]
Württemberg:[8]
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1846
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1864
- Knight of the Order of Olga, 1872
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1897, p. 194
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), 1, Berlin, 1886, pp. 22, 549, 934, 1013 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ Hessen-Kassel (1858). Kur-Hessischer Staats- und Adress-Kalender: 1817. Verlag d. Waisenhauses. p. 19.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden", pp. 63, 128
- ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzoglich Sachsen Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 44
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogtums Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen", p. 168
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1896), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 40
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1894), "Königliche Orden" pp. 29, 65, 132
- 1816 births
- 1897 deaths
- House of Hohenlohe
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class
- German nobility stubs