Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg

Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg was a German military officer and nobleman who was the head of the House of Fürstenberg from 1892 to 1896.

Early life

He was born in Krušovice, the son of Charles Egon III of Fürstenberg and his wife, Princess Elisabeth Reuss of Greiz, youngest daughter of Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz.
He was taught by private tutors and traveled in his youth, as well as assisting at philosophical and legal conferences at Heidelberg University from 1872 to 1874. He then continued to study at Strasbourg University.

Career

After his studies at Strasbourg University, he entered the Prussian Army as a lieutenant in a hussar regiment at Potsdam, rising to major, then colonel.
He accompanied the Prince of Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg in March 1888 on the latter's trip to Rome to meet Pope Leo XIII. Following his father's death in 1892, he became Prince of Fürstenberg. A member of the Prussian House of Lords, the Württemberg House of Lords and the upper house in Baden, he was elected to the Reichstag on 10 November 1893.

Personal life

Reportedly, he was among the lovers of the courtesan and artist Laure Hayman.
Nevertheless, on 6 July 1881, he married Countess Dorothée "Dolly" de Talleyrand-Périgord, a daughter of duke Napoléon-Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord and his wife, Pauline de Castellane.
The prince died at the Château de Bruttan near Nice on 27 November 1896. His title passed to his cousin, Maximilian Egon II. His widow, Dorothée, remarried to Jean de Castellane.