Kraft | |||||
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Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |||||
Born |
Schwäbisch Hall, Nazi Germany |
25 June 1935||||
Died | 16 March 2004 Langenburg, Germany |
(aged 68)||||
Spouse |
Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (m. 1965; div. 1990) Irma Pospesch (m. 1992) |
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Issue | Princess Cecilie Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princess Xenia |
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House | House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Father | Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Mother | Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark |
Full name | |
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German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich |
Kraft, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004) was the eldest son of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1960 until his death.
Kraft was born at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, the first child of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1960) (son of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his wife, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905–1981) (daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg), and thus a nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Through both of his parents he was descendant of Queen Victoria and Tsar Nicholas I; then, through his mother, he was descendant of Christian IX of Denmark.
Kraft married on 5 June 1965 in Langenburg to Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (b. 31 December 1938), eldest daughter of Prince Alexander of Croÿ and his wife, Anne Elspeth Campbell. They divorced on 26 May 1990 at Crailsheim.