Charles
Charles as Father Raymundus Maria
Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Period3 November 1849 – 8 September 1908
PredecessorCharles Thomas
SuccessorAloysius
Born(1834-05-21)21 May 1834
Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died8 November 1921(1921-11-08) (aged 87)
Cologne, German Reich
Spouse
Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen
(m. 1859; died 1861)
    (m. 1863; died 1899)
    IssuePrincess Maria Anna
    Princess Franziska
    Adelheid, Countess Adalbert Joseph of Schönborn
    Princess Agnes
    Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
    Maria Theresa, Duchess of Braganza
    Aloysius, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
    Anna, Princess Felix of Schwarzenberg
    Prince Johannes Baptista
    Names
    German: Karl Heinrich Ernst Franz
    HouseLöwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
    FatherConstantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
    MotherPrincess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
    ReligionCatholic Church

    Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: Karl Heinrich Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) (21 May 1834 8 November 1921) was a German nobleman, the Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1849–1908), Catholic politician and later a Dominican friar. He was the first President of the Catholic Society of Germany (1868), and a member of the Reichstag from 1871 for the Catholic Centre Party.

    Early life

    He was born in Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire, the second child of Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802–1838), and Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804–1835). He was a male-line descendant of Frederick I, Elector Palatine. He studied law, and succeeded to the headship of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and the title of Prince (Fürst) in 1849.

    Marriage and children

    He married Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1841–1861)[1] in 1859.[2] After her death, he married Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1863. Sophie and Charles had eight children:

    Later life

    After the death of his wife, he became a member of the Dominican Order as Fr. Raymundus Maria in 1907, and lived in the monastery of Venlo in the Netherlands. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1908. The same year, he gave up his title of Prince and was succeeded by his son.[3] He died in Cologne.

    Honours

    He was a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.[4]

    Ancestry

    References

    1. Ancestry.com. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    2. Ancestry.com. Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables, 1550-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    3. Frank Raberg: Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, Seite 524
    4. "Ritter von Orden vom Goldenen Vlies-Österreich | Geneall.net".

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