Moritz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Moritz Karl Viktor zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , also Moritz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (born August 6, 1862 in Lindau in Lake Constance , † February 27, 1940 in Schillingsfürst ) was a German statesman. From 1915 to 1940 he was head of the Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst family .
Life
Moritz was the second eldest son of Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819-1901) and Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein -Berleburg (1829-1897), granddaughter of Russian Field Marshal Ludwig Adolf Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and the eldest daughter Prince Ludwig Adolf Friedrich to Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn . Prince Moritz joined the Prussian army in 1885 after graduating from high school in Wiesbaden and studying law and political science at the universities of Graz , Vienna and Leipzig .
From his brother Philipp Ernst he inherited the hierarchy of Schillingsfürst and the Bohemian rule of Podebrad in 1915 , which had to be sold after the First World War . In 1924 he entrusted the administration of the Schillingsfürst estate to his eldest son Franz Josef, an important genealogist who over the decades wrote numerous genealogical works that were highly praised by experts.
family
In 1893 he married the princess and former countess Rosa zu Salm- Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Dyck, with whom he lived mostly in Altaussee ( Styria ) and Munich after retiring from active military service . The couple had the following five children:
- Franz Josef zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894–1970)
- ⚭ 1924 Princess Aglae von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1891–1965)
- Maria Anna zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (born August 19, 1895 - † March 23, 1978)
- ⚭ 1916 Eugen Fürst zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (1885–1969)
- Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (* July 30, 1897 - † May 3, 1968)
- ⚭ 1927 Mabel Taylor (1886–1968)
- ⚭ 1946 Mercedes from Krüger (1909–1996)
- Elisabeth zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (* August 18, 1900 - August 18, 1900)
- Philipp Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (born September 17, 1902, † September 17, 1902)
memoirs
- Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (Friedrich Curtius, ed.), Stuttgart 1906, 2 volumes (English edition: Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , London 1907). Volume 3: Memoirs of the Reich Chancellor's Time (K. A, von Müller, ed.), Stuttgart 1931.
literature
- Bogdan Graf von Hutten-Czapski : Sixty Years of Politics and Society , 1–2, Berlin 1936.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Moritz too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Moritz Karl Viktor to |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau in Lake Constance |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1940 |
| Place of death | Schillingsfürst |