Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Franz Joseph Karl Conrad, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (German: Franz Joseph Karl Conrad Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst; 26 November 1787 – 14 January 1841) was the 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and the founder of the branch of the Dukes of Ratibor and Princes of Corvey.

Franz Joseph
Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Born(1787-11-26)26 November 1787
Kupferzell
Died14 January 1841(1841-01-14) (aged 53)
Corvey
SpousePrincess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
IssueViktor I, Duke of Ratibor
Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Prince Konstantin
Names
German: Franz Joseph Karl Conrad
HouseHohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
FatherCharles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
MotherBaroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye

Life and family

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Prince Franz Joseph was the tenth child and the fourth son (but the second to survive) of Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742-1796) by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751-1836).

Since his brother-in-law Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg died without issue, he bequeathed his possessions of Ratibor and Corvey to his nephew, Prince Viktor of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, along with his titles of Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey. The property belonged next to the former monastery of Corvey in Westphalia, the rule Ratibor in Upper Silesia. This area was 34,000 ha in size and consisted mostly of forests.

On 29 March 1815 in Schillingsfürst, he married Princess Caroline Friederike Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth.

They had the following children:

Ancestry

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Franz Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 26 November 1787 Died: 14 January 1841
German nobility
Preceded by
New Title
Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
5 April 1807 – 14 January 1841
Succeeded by