Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Karl
Karl
	Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
	Prince Karl in 1852
Reign	1831–1848
Born	20 February 1785; Sigmaringen Castle, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Germany
Died	11 March 1853 (aged 68); Bologna, Italy
Spouse	Princess Antoinette Murat; Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Issue	Princess Karoline; Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern; Princess Amalie; Princess Friederike
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother	Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 February 1785 – 11 March 1853) was the reigning Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848.[1]

In 1833, Karl summoned a constitutional assembly (Landtag) and promulgated a constitutional charter as the law in his lands. He founded a hospital for his subjects, and had the Ständehaus built on the modern Leopoldsplatz in Sigmaringen (today owned by the Hohenzollerische Landesbank). Karl also removed the burden of serfdom and various other medieval laws.[2]

During the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states Karl abdicated in favor of his son, Karl Anton, on 27 August 1848.[3]

His marriage as hereditary prince at the imperial court in Paris on 4 February 1808 to Princess Antoinette Murat, a niece of Napoleon I's brother-in-law, the French Marshal Joachim Murat who was then Grand Duke of Berg, constituted a union between extended family members of the previously warring French imperial and Prussian royal dynasties following Napoleonic victories on the European continent.[4] Following the death of his first wife on 19 January 1847, Karl married Princess Katharina (1817–1893), daughter of Karl III Albrecht, last reigning Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, and the widow since 1845 of Count Franz Erwin von Ingelheim, on 14 March 1848.[1]

He died on 11 March 1853 in Bologna,[1] while traveling to Rome.

Children[1]

From his first marriage he had the following children:[5]

Karoline von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1810–1885)

∞ 1. 1839 Count Friedrich Franz Anton von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790–1847)

∞ 2. 1850 Johann Stäger von Waldburg (1822–1882)

Karl Anton (1811–1885), Prince of Hohenzollern, Prussian minister

∞ 1834 Princess Josephine of Baden (1813–1900)

Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1815–1841)

∞ 1835 Prince Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg (1804–1852)

Friederike von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1820–1906)

∞ 1844 Marchese Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli (1825–1881)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

16. Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

8. Joseph Franz Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

17. Countess Johanna Catharina of Montfort

4. Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

18. Count Franz Albrecht of Oettingen-Spielberg

9. Countess Maria Franziska Luise of Oettingen-Spielberg

19. Johanna von Schwendi

2. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

20. Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

10. Franz Wilhelm, Count of Hohenzollern-s'Heerenberg

21. Countess Johanna Catharina of Montfort

5. Countess Johanna of Hohenzollern-s'Heerenberg

22. Johann Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil

11. Countess Maria Katharina of Waldburg-Zeil

23. Countess Maria Franziska Elisabeth von Montfort

1. Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

24. Karl Florentin of Salm-Neuweiler

12. Count Heinrich Gabriel of Salm-Kyrburg

25. Marie Gabrielle of Lalaing

6. Philip Joseph, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg

26. Philippe François de Croÿ, Marquess of Warnecq

13. Marie Therese of Croÿ, Marchioness of Warnecq

27. Claudine de La Pierre

3. Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

28. Philippe Emanuel of Hornes

14. Maximilien Emanuel, Prince of Hornes

29. Marie Anne, Princess of Ligne

7. Princess Maria Theresa of Hornes

30. Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury

15. Baroness Marie Therese of Melsbroeck

31. Charlotte d'Argenteau, comtesse d'Esneux

References

Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1989). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome V – Hohenzollern-Waldeck. France: Laballery. pp. 207, 222–223. ISBN 2-901138-05-5.
Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, (in German) F. Fleischer, 1843, S. 300 ff.
German monarchy.de (in German) Retrieved 22 January 2010
Thomson, David (1961). "The Empire and Its Effects". Europe Since Napoleon. New York: Knopf. pp. 44–45.
Der Stammbaum seit 1800 Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine from Schloss Sigmaringen website (in German) Retrieved 22 January 2010

Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Hohenzollern Born: 20 February 1785 Died: 11 March 1853
Preceded by Anton Aloys	Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1831–1848	Succeeded by Karl Anton

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[huberty-1] Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1989). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome V – Hohenzollern-Waldeck. France: Laballery. pp. 207, 222–223. ISBN 2-901138-05-5.

[2] Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, (in German) F. Fleischer, 1843, S. 300 ff.

[3] German monarchy.de (in German) Retrieved 22 January 2010

[4] Thomson, David (1961). "The Empire and Its Effects". Europe Since Napoleon. New York: Knopf. pp. 44–45.

[5] Der Stammbaum seit 1800 Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine from Schloss Sigmaringen website (in German) Retrieved 22 January 2010