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Hugo Vinzenz
Prince of Windisch-Graetz
Head of the House of Windisch-Graetz
Tenure1920–1959
PredecessorHugo Weriand
SuccessorMaximilian Antonius
Born(1887-07-30)30 July 1887
Planina, Duchy of Carniola
Died26 May 1959(1959-05-26) (aged 71)
Trieste, Italy
Spouse
Princess Leontina of Fürstenberg
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(m. 1912; died 1959)​
IssuePrincess Irma
Prince Hugo Maximilian
Prince Maximilian Antonius
Prince Friedrich Karl
HouseWindisch-Graetz
FatherHugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz
MotherChristiane von Auersperg

Hugo Vinzenz Alexander Maria, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz (30 July 1887 – 26 May 1959) was an Austrian prince.

Early life

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Hugo Vinzenz was born at Haasberg Castle in Planina in the Duchy of Carniola (today part of Slovenia) on 30 July 1887. He was the son of Hugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz (1854–1920) and Christiane von Auersperg (1866–1962).[1]

His paternal grandparents were Hugo, 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz and Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (a daughter of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia). His maternal aunt, Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, married her first cousin, Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (second son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz).[2] His maternal grandparents were Vincenz von Auersperg (a grandson of Prince Wilhelm I of Auersperg) and Wilhelmine von Colloredo-Mannsfeld.[3]

Career

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When his father died in 1920, Windisch-Graetz succeeded as head of a cadet branch of the House of Windisch-Graetz,[4] a mediatised house whose members historically bore the style of "Serene Highness".[5]

Personal life

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Portrait of his wife, Princess Leontina, as a child, by Philip de László, 1899

On 26 November 1912 at Donaueschingen Palace,[6] he married Princess Leontina "Lotti" of Fürstenberg (1892–1979), a daughter of Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Countess Irma von Schönborn-Buchheim (a daughter of Erwein, 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim, and Countess Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg).[7] Together, they were the parents of:[3]

The Prince died at Trieste in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy on 26 May 1959.[10] As he was predeceased by his eldest son, he was succeeded by his second son, Prince Maximilian Antonius.[3]

Descendants

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Mariano Hugo, 6th Prince of Windisch-Graetz, 2019

Through his second son, Maximilian, he was a grandfather of Mariano Hugo, 6th Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1955),[11] who married Archduchess Sophie of Austria (a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria); Princess Christiana "Irma", who married Don Augusto Ruffo di Calabria (nephew of Queen Paola of Belgium); Princess Maximiliane, who married Prince Heinrich zu Fürstenberg; and Prince Manfred, who married Maria Vittoria Lepri di Rota.[12][13][14]

Notes

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  1. ^ Prince Franz's father, Carl, 2nd Prince of Weikersheim, was born as Baron Carl von Bronn (1862–1925), the eldest son of Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his morganatic wife, Maria Grathwohl, who was created Baroness von Bronn in the nobility of Württemberg upon their marriage. Baron Carl was elevated to the title of Prince von Weikersheim in 1911 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, for civil services rendered to the Austrian empire. All of his descendants were made Counts and Countesses von Weikersheim.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Windisch Graetz, Hugo Vinzens Alexander Maria zu (1887-1959 ; Fürst)". catalogue.bnf.fr. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. ^ Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. B. Magdelaine (1945). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. pp. 233, 239. ISBN 978-2-901138-06-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f The Book of Kings: The royal houses. Garnstone Press. 1973. pp. 482, 915. ISBN 978-0-900391-19-4. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. ^ Willis, Daniel. The Descendants of Louis XIII, Chapter 6: The Imperial Family of Austria (Clearfield Co., 1999), 508–509.
  5. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIX, "Windisch-Graetz" (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 2011), 431, 434–436.
  6. ^ "Cronica de la Actualidad Femenina". Hojas selectas (in Spanish). Salvat y cia.: 274 1913. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  7. ^ Horstkotte, Jo (28 September 2022). Das Fürstenbergdenkmal in Baden-Baden: Ein Engel aus Dankbarkeit und eine Engelswiese zum Entwickeln (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-7568-2475-5. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. 1914. p. 1549. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  9. ^ Rivista araldica (in Italian). 1942. p. 157. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  10. ^ John Kennedy, John E. James, eds., Almanach de Gotha 2004, Vol. 1, p. 508
  11. ^ "WINDISCH-GRAETZ Marina" (HUNGARIAN FAMILY HISTORY DATABASE). macse.hu. MAGYAR CSALÁDTÖRTÉNETI ADATTÁR. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Genealogia di Mariano Hugo von Windisch-Graetz". Geneanet (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  13. ^ "Family tree of Manfred zu Windisch-Graetz". Geneanet. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  14. ^ "TV: DOMANI SU CANALE ITALIA 'COPIA&INCOLLA'". www1.adnkronos.com. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
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