Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Full name
	German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich

Kraft
Kraft
	Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Born	25 June 1935; Schwäbisch Hall, Nazi Germany
Died	16 March 2004 (aged 68); Langenburg, Germany
Spouse	Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (m. 1965; div. 1990) Irma Pospesch (m. 1992)
Issue	Princess Cecilie; Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; Princess Xenia;
Full name
	German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich
House	Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Father	Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother	Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark

Kraft, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004) was the eldest son of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1960 until his death.

Early life

Kraft was born at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, the first child of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1960) (son of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his wife, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905–1981) (daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg), and thus a nephew of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Through both of his parents he was descendant of Queen Victoria and Tsar Nicholas I; then, through his mother, he was descendant of Christian IX of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

Kraft married on 5 June 1965 in Langenburg to Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (b. 31 December 1938), eldest daughter of Prince Alexander of Croÿ and his wife, Anne Elspeth Campbell.[1] They divorced on 26 May 1990 at Crailsheim.

They had three children:

Princess Cécile Marita Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 16 December 1967)
Philipp Gottfried Alexander, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 20 January 1970)
Princess Xenia Margarita Anne of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 8 July 1972)

He married, secondly, Irma Pospesch (b. 1946) on 22 May 1992, in Graz, Austria.

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Langenburg Castle

On the death of his father in 1960, Kraft became the titular Prince (Fürst) of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.[1]

After Langenburg Castle was heavily damaged by fire in 1963, Prince Kraft was forced to sell Weikersheim Castle to the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1967, to be able to restore Langenburg.

Upon Kraft's death in 2004, aged 68, the title was inherited by his son Philipp.

Titles and styles

25 June 1935 – 11 May 1960: His Serene Highness Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
11 May 1960 – 16 March 2004: His Serene Highness The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Notes

Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 197. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.

References

thePeerage.com — Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich IX Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Queen Victoria's Descendants, New York, 1987, Eilers, Marlene A., Reference: 197
The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: I 185
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 2004 167

Titles in pretence
Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe Born: 25 June 1935 Died: 16 March 2004
Preceded by Gottfried	— TITULAR — Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1960–2004 Reason for succession failure: German nobility titles abolished	Succeeded by Philipp

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[cp-1] Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 197. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.