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Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

William
Prince of Hohenzollern
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Prince William and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern
Predecessor Leopold
Successor Frederick
Born (1864-03-07)7 March 1864
Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia
Died 22 October 1927(1927-10-22) (aged 63)
Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, Germany
Spouse Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
Issue Augusta Victoria, Queen of Portugal
Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern
Francis Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden
Full name
German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt
House Hohenzollern
Father Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother Infanta Antónia of Portugal
Full name
German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt

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. His maternal grandparents were Maria II of Portugal and her King consort Ferdinand II of Portugal.

William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania. His maternal first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal, Infante Afonso, Duke of Porto, 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 the rights to succeed to the throne of the Kingdom of Romania.

On 27 June 1889, William married Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. 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:


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