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Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | |||||
Charles as Father Raymundus Maria
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Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | |||||
Period | 3 November 1849–1908 | ||||
Predecessor | Charles Thomas | ||||
Successor | Aloys | ||||
Born |
Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire |
21 May 1834||||
Died | 8 November 1921 Cologne, German Reich |
(aged 87)||||
Spouse | Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein |
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Issue | Princess Maria Anna Princess Franziska Adelheid, Countess Adalbert Joseph of Schönborn Princess Agnes Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Maria Theresa, Duchess of Braganza Aloys, 7th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Anna, Princess Felix of Schwarzenberg Prince Johannes Baptista |
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House | House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | ||||
Father | Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | ||||
Mother | Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
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German: Karl Heinrich Ernst Franz |
Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (German: Karl VI, Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) (May 21, 1834, Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire – November 8, 1921, Cologne, German Reich) 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.
He was the third 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.
He married Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1841–1861) in 1859. After her death, he married Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1863. Sophie and Charles had eight children:
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.