Hugo, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz
Hugo Vinzenz Alexander Maria, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz was an Austrian prince.
Early life
Hugo Vinzenz was born at Haasberg Castle in Planina in the Duchy of Carniola on 30 July 1887. He was the son of Hugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz and Christiane von Auersperg.His paternal grandparents were Hugo, 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz and Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His maternal aunt, Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, married her first cousin, Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg. His maternal grandparents were Vincenz von Auersperg and Wilhelmine von Colloredo-Mannsfeld.
Career
When his father died in 1920, Windisch-Graetz succeeded as head of a cadet branch of the House of Windisch-Graetz, a mediatised house whose members historically bore the style of "Serene Highness".Personal life
On 26 November 1912 at Donaueschingen Palace, he married Princess Leontina "Lotti" of Fürstenberg, a daughter of Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Countess Irma von Schönborn-Buchheim. Together, they were the parents of:- Princess Irma Christiane Maximiliana Egona Huberta Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz, who married Franz, 2nd Prince of Weikersheim, son of Carl, 1st Prince of Weikersheim, and Countess Marie Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, in 1936.
- Prince Hugo Maximilian Weriand Friedrich Hubertus Aegidius Maria of Windisch-Graetz, a twin; he was killed in action over Italy during World War II.
- Prince Maximilian Antonius Aegidius Hubertus Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz, a twin; he married Doña Maria Luisa Serra di Gerace, the legitimatised daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Prince of Gerace and Donna Maria Grazia Carafa d'Andria, in 1946.
- Prince Friedrich Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrillus Felix Hubertus of Windisch-Graetz, who married Princess Dorothea of Hesse, a daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark in 1959.