Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

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Constantine
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Reign13 September 1838 –
7 December 1849
PredecessorFriedrich Hermann Otto
Successornone
Born(1801-02-16)16 February 1801
Schloss Sagan, Sagan, Silesia, Prussia
Died3 September 1869(1869-09-03) (aged 68)
Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia
SpouseEugénie de Beauharnais
Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern
Names
German: Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
FatherFriedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
MotherPrincess Pauline of Courland
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (16 February 1801, Schloss Sagan, Sagan, Silesia, Prussia – 3 September 1869, Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia) was the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Constantine was the only child of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and his wife, Princess Pauline of Courland, the daughter of the last Duke of Courland, Peter von Biron.

Regency and reign

Constantine served as regent for his ill father, Frederick, beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of Sagan. Following the Revolutions of 1848, Constantine and Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen both agreed to cede their principalities to the Kingdom of Prussia and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.

Marriage

Constantine married firstly to Princess Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808–1847) on 22 May 1826 in Eichstätt and after her death (September 1847), he married secondly (and morganatically) to Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern. Upon their marriage, Frederick William IV of Prussia styled Amalie with the title Countess of Rothenburg.

Death and dynastic end

Constantine died on 3 September 1869 at his estate in Silesia. Because Constantine was the final dynast male member of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen dynastic line, his title passed to the head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Charles Anthony.

Ancestry

Family of Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
16. Hermann Friedrich, Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
8. Franz Xaver, Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
17. Countess Maria Josephe Theresia of Oettingen-Spielberg
4. Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
18. Hermann Otto, 3rd Count of Hoensbroech-Geulle
9. Countess Anna Maria of Hoensbroech-Geulle
19. Baroness Anna van Zievel tot Bettenborgh
2. Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
20. Charles Emmanuel Joseph, Prince of Gavre
10. François Joseph Rasse, Prince of Gavre
21. Louise Thérèse de Waha
5. Princess Maximiliane of Gavre
22. Charles Daniel Louis de Rouvray
11. Marie Amour Désirée de Rouvray
23. Anne Désirée de Watteville de Conflans
1. Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
24. Carl von Bühren
12. Ernst Johann von Biron, Duke of Courland and Semigallia
25. Catharina Hedwig von Raab genannt Thülen
6. Peter von Biron, Duke of Courland and Semigallia
26. Hieronimus August von Trotta genannt Treyden
13. Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha genannt Treyden
27. Charlotte Katharina von Schöning
3. Princess Pauline of Courland, Duchess of Sagan
14. Johann Friedrich, Count of Medem
7. Countess Dorothea von Medem
15. Louise Charlotte von Manteuffel

References

  • Anton-Heinrich Buckenmaier, Michael Hakenmüller: Friedrich-Wilhelm Constantin. Der letzte Fürst. Glückler, Hechingen 2005
  • Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 257 ff.
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 16 February 1801 Died: 3 September 1869
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Himself
— TITULAR —
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
7 December 1849 – 3 September 1869
Reason for succession failure:
Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850
Succeeded by