William, Prince of Hohenzollern
German prince (1864–1927)
William, Prince of Hohenzollern (German : Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt Fürst von Hohenzollern ) (7 March 1864 in Schloss Benrath , near Düsseldorf – 22 October 1927 in Sigmaringen ) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal .
William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania . His first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal , Albert I of Belgium , Frederick Augustus III of Saxony , and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony .
Between 1880 and 1886, William was heir presumptive to the Romanian throne . On 20 December 1886, he renounced his rights to the throne in favour of his brother Ferdinand.[ 1] [ 2]
Family
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Prince William and his second wife Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870–1958) , 1916 On 27 June 1889, William married Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies .[citation needed Her parents were Prince Louis, Count of Trani and Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria . Louis was the eldest son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria . Mathilde was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria . William and Maria Teresa had three children:[citation needed
William succeeded his father as Prince of Hohenzollern on 8 June 1905. Maria Teresa died on 1 May 1909.
On 20 January 1915, Wilhelm married secondly Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria . She was a daughter of Ludwig III of Bavaria and Maria Theresia of Austria-Este . There were no children from this marriage.
William's title was effectively abolished[ 3] German Empire . He continued to use his princely surname, which was permitted by the constitution.
Romanian succession
On 22 November 1880, William's father, Prince Leopold , renounced his rights to the succession of the principality of Romania [ 4]
Having become familiar with the situation there, the 22-year-old William renounced all rights to the succession of the kingdom (since 1881) of Romania by a letter in French dated on 20 December 1886.[ 1]
In 1914, upon the death of king Carol I of Romania , William's next brother Ferdinand became king.
Honours and awards
German orders and decorations[ 5] Foreign orders and decorations[ 13]
Ancestry
Ancestors of William, Prince of Hohenzollern
References
^ a b Renunciation letter of Guillaume de Hohenzollern, in French, dated on 20 December 1886
^ (in French) Gheorghe Bengescu (1907)- Bibliographie franco-roumaine depuis le commencement du XIXe siècle jusqu'à nos jours. ^ "Weimar Constitution of 1919" . Cornell University . July 12, 2020.^ Renunciation letter of Leopold de Hohenzollern, in French, dated on 22 November 1880"
^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat ^ a b c d Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha 1922 (1922) p. 77
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtums Anhalt (1894), "Herzogliche Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17 ^ a b Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62 , 77 ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. 9 ^ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1890), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 46 ^ "Ludewigs-orden", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, p. 6 ^ "Königliche Orden" , Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg , Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p. 31 ^ Handbuch über den Königlich Preussischen Hof und Staat ^ "Ritter-Orden" , Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie , 1918, pp. 51 , 55 , 74 , retrieved 5 July 2020 ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia 58 . ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España . Retrieved 4 July 2020 .
"The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy" by C. Arnold McNaughton.
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