Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Christian Albrecht
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Tenure	16 January 1765 – 4 July 1789
Predecessor	Ludwig
Successor	Karl Ludwig
Born	(1726-03-27)27 March 1726 Langenburg
Died	4 July 1789(1789-07-04) (aged 63) Ludwigsruhe, Langenburg
Spouse	Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern
Issue	Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Louise Eleonore, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
House	Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father	Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother	Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Christian Albrecht, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (27 March 1726, in Langenburg – 4 July 1789, in Ludwigsruhe), was the second ruling Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and a Dutch lieutenant-general.

Early life and ancestry

Born into the House of Hohenlohe, he was the first child of Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken. When his father died on 16 January 1765, Christian Albrecht succeeded him as Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Marriage and issue

On 13 May 1761 in Gedern, he married Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern (1731–1796), daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern and his wife, Countess Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1705-1766). The couple had the following children:

• Karl Ludwig (born: 10 September 1762; died:4 April 1825)

married Countess Amalia of Solms-Baruth

• Louise Eleonore (born: 11 August 1763; died: 30 April 1837)

married Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

• Gustav Adolf (born: 9 October 1764, died: 21 July 1796)
• Christine Caroline (born: 19 November 1765; died: 6 December 1768)
• Ludwig Wilhelm (born: 16 February 1767; died: 17 December 1768)
• Christian August (born: 15 March 1768; died: 18 April 1796)
• Auguste Karoline (born: 15 November 1769; died: 30 July 1803)