Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half-sister of Queen Victoria).

He succeeded to the title of Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

Life and career
From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

On 19 September 1899, he and his wife were in a saloon railway carriage at Perth Station. Lieutenant Colonel H A Yorke (RE retired), the Inspecting Officer of Railways who reported on the accident, said that they had had a miraculous escape from injury when another train collided with the stationary train in which they were standing.

Marriage and children
On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.

They had three children (one son and two daughters):


 * Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950) — He married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 20 April 1896. They had five children.
 * Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) — She married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line on 11 November 1884. They had five children.
 * Princess Feodora Viktoria Alberta of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932) — She married her second cousin (both being great-grandchildren of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and her first husband Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen), Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen, on 12 July 1894. They had five children.

Honours
He received the following orders and decorations: •   Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1858

•  Baden:

• * Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1862

• * Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1862

• * Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1871

•  Württemberg:

• * Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1867

• * Knight of the Order of Olga, 1889

•  undefined:

• * Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 8 May 1867

• * Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 14 August 1907

•  Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1868

•   Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class

•  Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore

•  Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown

•  Kingdom of Prussia:

• * Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 19 February 1876

• * Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar

• * Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

• * Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class and 2nd Class on White Band with Black Edge

• * Red Cross Medal, 1st Class

• * Commander of the Johanniter Order

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 17 February 1897

Literature

 * Kurt Eißele: Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907. O.O., 1950
 * Günter Richter: Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.