Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern

Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern (7 March, 1864, Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf - 22 October, 1927, Sigmaringen) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. His maternal grandparents were Maria II of Portugal and her King consort Ferdinand II of Portugal.

Wilhelm was an older brother of Ferdinand I of Romania. His maternal first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal, Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.

Family

On 27 June, 1889, Wilhelm married Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Her parents were Lodovico, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria. Lodovico was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. They had three children:

*Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (19 August, 1890 - 29 August, 1966). Married first Manuel II of Portugal and secondly Robert, Count Douglas.
*Prince Frederick Victor of Hohenzollern (30 August, 1891 - 6 February, 1965). Married Margarete Carola Wilhelmine of Saxony. She was a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.
*Prince Francis Joseph of Hohenzollern (30 August, 1891 - 3 April, 1964). He married Maria Alix Luitpolda. She was also a daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany.

He succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June, 1905. His wife died on 1 May, 1909. On 20 January, 1915, Wilhelm married secondly Adelgunde Marie Auguste Therese, Princess of Bavaria. She was a daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. There were no children from this marriage.

His title was effectively abolished with the collapse of the German Empire in 1918. He continued to use the title however.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
2= 2. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
3= 3. Infanta Antónia of Portugal
4= 4. Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
5= 5. Princess Josephine of Baden
6= 6. Ferdinand II of Portugal
7= 7. Maria II of Portugal
8= 8. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
9= 9. Marie Antoinette Murat
10= 10. Karl, Grand Duke of Baden
11= 11. Stéphanie de Beauharnais
12= 12. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
13= 13. Maria Antonia, Princess of Koháry
14= 14. Pedro I of Brazil
15= 15. Maria Leopoldina of Austria
16= 16. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
17= 17. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
18= 18. Pierre Murat
19= 19. Louise d'Astorg
20= 20. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
21= 21. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
22= 22. Claude de Beauharnais
23= 23. Claudine Françoise de Lézay-Marnézia
24= 24. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
25= 25. Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
26= 26. Friedrich Josef Koháry de Csábrág, 3rd Prince of Koháry
27= 27. Countess Marie Antionette of Waldstein-Wartenberg
28= 28. John VI of Portugal
29= 29. Charlotte of Spain
30= 30. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
31= 31. Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies

ources

*"The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10175.htm#i101745 His profile in Peerage.com]

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