Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (born 1868)

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Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 1 September 1868 – 21 February 1919) was a member of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He was the third and youngest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. Karl Anton's elder brothers were William, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Ferdinand I of Romania.

Marriage and issue

On 28 May 1894 in Brussels, Karl Anton married his cousin Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (18 October 1872, Brussels - 6 January 1958, Namur), daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.[1] In 1909, the couple purchased Namedy castle near Andernach. Karl Anton served as a Prussian Lieutenant general during World War I and died after his return to Namedy on 21 February 1919 at the age of 50.

They had four children:

  • Princess Stephanie Josephine Karola Philippine Leopoldine Marie of Hohenzollern (8 April 1895 – 7 August 1975) she married Prince Joseph Ernst Fugger of Glött, on 18 May 1920 and they were divorced in 1943.
  • Princess Marie Antoinette Wilhelmine Auguste Viktoria of Hohenzollern (23 October 1896 – 4 July 1965) she married Baron Egon Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich on 27 November 1924. They have four children: Baroness Veronika Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (15 August 1926 – 13 August 1942) she died at the age of 15.; Baroness Stephanie Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (17 December 1930 – 19 January 1998) she married Josef von Zallinger-Stillendorf on 27 November 1950. They have four children.; Baroness Elisabeth Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (15 May 1932 – 8 July 2011) she married Bernhard Baron von Hohenbuhel gennant Heufler of Rasen on 9 August 1954. They have six children.; Baron Carl Josef Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich (19 January 1935) he married Countess Isabelle Ceschi a Santa Croce on 12 April 1975. They have four children.
  • Prince Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo of Hohenzollern (28 September 1898 – 30 July 1977) he married Ilse Margot von Friedeburg on 19 May 1921. They have five children: Princess Josephine Wilhelma of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (15 February 1922 – 11 July 2006); Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (9 February 1924 – 11 November 1988) she married Count Egbert of Plettenberg on 11 June 1947. They have seven children.; Princess Rose-Margarethe of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (19 February 1930 – 16 February 2005) she married Edgar Pfersdorf on 15 September 1955. They have four children.; Princess Maria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 April 1935 – 1 April 1935) she died in infancy.; Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 April 1939 – 21 May 2001) he married Heide Hansen on 29 August 1971. They have two children.
  • Princess Henriette Leopoldine Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (29 September 1907 – 3 October 1907) she died at four days old.[2]

Honours and awards

  • Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class with Swords
  • Prussia: Knight of the Red Eagle, 1st Class, 20 October 1890;[3] Grand Cross with Swords; Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern; Iron Cross (1914), 1st Class; Long Service Award
  • Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 1889[4]
  • Baden:[5] Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1900; Grand Cross of the Order of Berthold the First, 1900
  • Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1905[6]; Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order
  • Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Cross for Distinction in War
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
  • Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1900[7]
  • Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 1894[8]
  • Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum; Service Cross
  • Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion[9]
  • Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class; Gold Imtiyaz Medal
  • Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Sash of the Two Orders; Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword, with Collar
  • Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Star of Romania; Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania; Military Virtue Cross, 1st Class
  • United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 28 January 1907 (expelled in 1915)[10]

Ancestry

References

  1. 1."Karl Anton, Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen : Genealogics".
  2. 2."Hohenzollern 12".
  3. 3."Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 1, Berlin: 8, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
  4. 4.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
  5. 5.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 67, 76-77
  6. 6.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 9
  7. 7."Ritter-Orden: Leopold-orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1918, p. 74, retrieved 2 November 2019
  8. 8.Nieuws Van Den Dag (Het) 03-02-1894
  9. 9.Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha (1919) p. 73
  10. 10.The London Gazette, issue 27991, p. 737