Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Karl Hugo, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest was a German nobleman, politician, mining industrialist and general in the armies of the kingdom of Württemberg and the kingdom of Prussia.
Early life
A hereditary prince of the House of Hohenlohe, he was born in Stuttgart on 27 May 1816. He was the son of August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen.His paternal grandparents were Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and Countess Maria Amalie von Hoym. His uncle was Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, and his cousin was Prince Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.
Career
His paternal grandfather, Frederick Louis, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles. Prince Hugo inherited these lands, as well as his Franconian properties, and established calamine mines. He also founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in the world. The Prussian king, William I, granted him the hereditary title of Herzog von Ujest upon the king's coronation in 1861.Personal life
On 15 April 1847, he married Princess Pauline Wilhelmine Karoline Amalie zu Fürstenberg. She was the youngest child of Amalie of Baden and Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg.Together, they were the parents of:
- Christian Kraft Herzog zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Otilie Lubraniec-Dąmbski.
- Marie Filicitas Maria zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Köstritz.
- Luise zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Friedrich Ludwig Count von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorff.
- August Karl August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who died unmarried.
- Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Countess Marie von Hatzfeldt, a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
- Hans Heinrich Georg zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Princess Gertrud Auguste Mathilde Olga von Hohenlohe-Öhringen.
- Max Anthon Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Countess Helene "Nelly" von Hatzfeldt, a daughter of Count Paul von Hatzfeldt.
- Hugo Friedrich zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married Helga Hager.
- Margaret zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, who married William of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenau, son of Prince Albert of Prussia.