Karl von Hanau-Hořovice
Karl von Hanau-Hořovice (born November 29, 1840 in Kassel , † January 27, 1905 there ). Karl was the fourth son of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hesse-Kassel (1802-1875) and his morganatic wife Gertrude Falkenstein (1803-1882), divorced Lehmann and later Countess of Schaumburg and Princess of Hanau and Hořowitz. After the death of his older brother Wilhelm, he was Prince of Hanau from 1902 to 1905.
Life
Even after the overthrow of his father and the annexation of Kurhessen by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War , Karl stayed in Kassel, even after he inherited the family entails from his older brother Wilhelm in 1902 , whose property was in Bohemia . He succeeded Wilhelm as the third prince of Hanau.
marriage
On November 11, 1882, he married Countess Hermine Grote (* October 8, 1859 in Hanover ; † March 31, 1939 in Münchehagen ). There were no children from the marriage.
literature
- Michel Huberty: L'Allemagne dynastique: Les 15 familles qui ont fait l'empire . Vol. 1: Hesse - Reuss - Saxe. Le Perreux-sur-Marne, 1976, ISBN 2-901138-01-2 .
- Philipp Losch: The Princess of Hanau and her children . In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 13 (1939), p. 35 f.
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| SURNAME | Hanau-Hořovice, Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karl, Third Prince of Hanau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hesse-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1905 |
| Place of death | kassel |