Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern

From redevance
HSH The Prince of Hohenzollern
Titles Prince of Hohenzollern
Reign 16 September 2010 - present
Predecessor Friedrich Wilhelm
Heir Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
Biographical Information
Born 20 April 1952 (age 73)

Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany

Spouse Countess Alexandra of Schenck-Stauffenberg

(m. 1985)

Issue Alexander, Hereditary Prince

Princess Philippa
Flaminia von Stipsicz-Ternova
Princess Antonia

Name Karl Friedrich Emich Meinrad Benedikt

Fidelis Maria Michael Gerold

House Hohenzollern
Father Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother Princess Margarita of Leiningen
Religion Roman Catholic

Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (born Prince Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern on 20 April 1952) is the current reigning Prince of Hohenzollern.

Life[edit | edit source]

Karl Friedrich was born the eldest child of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Margarita of Leiningen.

He succeeded his father as prince upon his death in 2010.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 17 May 1985, Karl Friedrich married Countess Alexandra of Schenck-Stauffenberg in Sigmaringen. The couple have four children, Alexander, Philippa, Flaminia, and Antonia.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Alexander, Hereditary Prince 16 March 1987 Unmarried and without issue
Princess Philippa 2 November 1988 Unmarried and without issue
Flaminia von Stipsicz-Ternova 9 January 1992 Karoly von Stipsicz-Ternova (m. 2020); no issue
Princess Antonia 22 June 1995 Unmarried and without issue

Residences[edit | edit source]

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Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1952-1965 Prince Karl Friedrich of Hohenzollern
  • 1965-2010 Karl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
  • 2010-present Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of Hohenzollern (1970)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Black Eagle (2011) (Germany)

Order of the Red Eagle (1985) (Germany)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern

Princess Margarete of Saxony

William, Prince of Hohenzollern

Princess Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies

King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony

Archduchess Louise of Austria

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

Infanta Antonia of Portugal

Prince Luigi of the Two Sicilies

Princess Mathilde Ludovika of Bavaria

King George of Saxony

Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal

Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany

Princess Alice of Parma

Princess Margarita of Leiningen Karl, Prince of Leiningen

Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia

Emich, Prince of Leiningen

Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Emperor Kirill of Russia

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ernst, Prince of Leiningen

Princess Marie of Baden

Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Leopoldine of Baden

Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern

House of Hohenzollern

Born: 20 April 1952

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Hohenzollern throne
Followed by
Incumbent

preceded by

Friedrich Wilhelm
Incumbent
Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Jonathan Frakes