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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.
Early life
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.
Marriage and issue
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.
They had three children:
- Princess Cécile of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 16 December 1967), married Count Cyril Amédée de Commarque on 6 June 1998, no issue. Commarque is the grandson of Princess Marie Clotilde Bonaparte. They divorced in 2008. She then married Ajoy Mani on 5 Aug 2015.
- Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 20 January 1970), married Saskia Lita Binder on 6 September 2003, in Langenburg, Germany, and has issue.
- Max Leopold Ernst Kraft Peter, Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 22 March 2005 in Munich)
- Prince Gustav Philipp Friedrich Alexander of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 28 January 2007 in Bad Mergentheim)
- Princess Marita Saskia Friedelinde Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 23 November 2010)
- Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 8 July 1972), married Max Soltmann on 13 August 2005, has issue:
- Ferdinand Gabriel Kraft Soltmann (b. 5 November 2005 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany)
- Louisa Marei Charlotte Soltmann (b. 6 April 2008 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany)
He married, secondly, Irma Pospesch (b. 1946) on 22 May 1992, in Graz, Austria.
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
On the death of his father in 1960, Kraft became the titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Upon Kraft's death in 2004, aged 68, the title was inherited by his son. Philipp.
Titles and styles
- 25 June 1935 – 11 May 1960: His Serene Highness Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 11 May 1960 – 16 March 2004: His Serene Highness The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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