Victor I, Duke of Ratibor

Victor I
Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Prince Victor ca. 1885
Born	(1818-02-10)10 February 1818 Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died	30 January 1893(1893-01-30) (aged 74) Schloss Rauden, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse	Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg
Issue	Princess Amelia Victor II, Duke of Ratibor Prince Franz Princess Elisabeth Prince Egon Princess Marie Prince Maximilian Prince Ernst Prince Karl Egon Princess Margaret
Full name German: Viktor Moritz Carl
House	House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Father	Franz Joseph, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Mother	Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Victor I, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (German: Viktor Moritz Carl 1.Herzog von Ratibor, 1.Fürst von Corvey, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst; 10 February 1818 – 30 January 1893) was a member of House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and later Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor (Czech: Ratiboř, Polish: Racibórz).

Victor was born at Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, eldest son of Franz Joseph, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1787–1841), (son of Karl Albrecht II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürs and Baroness Judith Reviczky of Revisnye) and his wife, Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1792–1847), (daughter of Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie of Solms-Baruth).

After initial private lessons, he attended the Royal Grammar School in Erfurt. He then studied law and modern languages in Göttingen, Bonn, Heidelberg and Lausanne. He also traveled to Switzerland, Italy, France and England.

He subsequently managed the property of his uncle, the Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, Victor Amadeus. These included the former monastery of Corvey in Westphalia, Ratibor in Upper Silesia. This area was 34,000 hectares in size and consisted mainly of forest areas.