Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (born 1868)
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a member of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Karl Anton was the third and youngest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. Karl Anton's elder brothers were William, Prince of Hohenzollern and Ferdinand I of Romania.
Marriage and issue
On 28 May 1894 in Brussels, Karl Anton married his cousin Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. In 1909, the couple purchased Namedy castle near Andernach. Karl Anton served as a Prussian Lieutenant general during World War I and died after his return to Namedy on 21 February 1919 at the age of 50.They had four children:
- Princess Stephanie Josephine Karola Philippine Leopoldine Marie of Hohenzollern she married Prince Joseph Ernst Fugger of Glött, on 18 May 1920 and they were divorced in 1943.
- Princess Marie Antoinette Wilhelmine Auguste Viktoria of Hohenzollern she married Baron Egon Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich on 27 November 1924. They have four children:
- * Baroness Veronika Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich she died at the age of 15.
- * Baroness Stephanie Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich she married Josef von Zallinger-Stillendorf on 27 November 1950. They have four children.
- * Baroness Elisabeth Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich she married Bernhard Baron von Hohenbuhel gennant Heufler of Rasen on 9 August 1954. They have six children.
- * Baron Carl Josef Eyrl von und zu Waldgries und Liebenaich he married Countess Isabelle Ceschi a Santa Croce on 12 April 1975. They have four children.
- Prince Albrecht Ludwig Leopold Tassilo of Hohenzollern he married Ilse Margot von Friedeburg on 19 May 1921. They have five children:
- * Princess Josephine Wilhelma of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- * Princess Luise-Dorothea of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen she married Count Egbert of Plettenberg on 11 June 1947. They have seven children.
- * Princess Rose-Margarethe of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen she married Edgar Pfersdorf on 15 September 1955. They have four children.
- * Princess Maria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen she died in infancy.
- * Prince Godehard-Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen he married Heide Hansen on 29 August 1971. They have two children.
- Princess Henriette Leopoldine Wilhelmine of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen she died at four days old.
Honours and awards
;German orders and decorations;Foreign orders and decorations