Charles Albert II of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
German Prince (1742-1796)
Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (21 February 1742 – 14 June 1796) was the 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst from 1793 to 1796.
Early life
Born as a member of the House of Hohenlohe, Charles Albert II was the only child of Charles Albert I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1719–1793) and his first wife Princess Sophie Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1721–1749), a daughter of Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
Personal life
On 19 May 1761, he married as his first wife his cousin Princess Leopodine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1739–1765), daughter of his mother's brother Charles Thomas, 3rd Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, by who he had two children:
Prince Franz of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, died at the age of two months
A Princess who was born and died on 2 June 1765
Princess Leopodine died a week later from complications of childbirth.
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