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	German: Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo

Constantine
Constantine
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Reign	13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849
Predecessor	Friedrich Hermann Otto
Successor	Annexation by Prussia
Born	16 February 1801; Schloss Sagan, Sagan, Silesia, Prussia
Died	3 September 1869 (aged 68); Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia
Spouse	; Eugénie de Beauharnais (m. 1826; died 1847) ; Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern (m. 1850)
Names
Names
	German: Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo
House	Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Father	Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Mother	Princess Pauline of Courland
Religion	Roman Catholicism

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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo; 16 February 1801 – 3 September 1869), was the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Constantine was the only child of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and his wife, Princess Pauline of Courland, the daughter of the last Duke of Courland, Peter von Biron.

Regency and reign

Constantine served as regent for his ill father, Frederick, beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of Sagan. Following the Revolutions of 1848, Constantine and Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen both agreed to cede their principalities to the Kingdom of Prussia and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.

Marriages and issue

Constantine married firstly to Princess Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808–1847) on 22 May 1826 in Eichstätt. They had no children.

After her death in September 1847, he married secondly (and morganatically) to Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern; upon their marriage, Frederick William IV of Prussia bestowed Amalie with the title Countess of Rothenburg. The couple had three children:

Countess Friederike Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Rothenburg (1852–1914)
Count Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Rothenburg (1856–1912)
Count Wilhelm Friedrich Louis Gustaf von Rothenburg (1861–1929)

He also sired a daughter out of wedlock with Sophie Scherer:

Ludovika Sophia (1824–1884)

Death and dynastic end

Constantine died on 3 September 1869 at his estate in Silesia. Because Constantine was the final dynast male member of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen dynastic line, having no legitimate heirs from his two marriages, his title passed to the head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

Baden:^[2]
- Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1821
- Grand Cross of the House Order of Fidelity, 1823
Württemberg:^[3]
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1830
- Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1846
Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1835^[4]
Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar, 24 December 1838^[5]
- Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Service Award Cross
Hohenzollern: Joint Founder of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 5 December 1841
Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 21 July 1843^[6]
Empire of Brazil: Grand Cross of the Southern Cross
Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword

Ancestry

Ancestors of Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

8. Franz Xaver, Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

4. Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

9. Countess Anna Maria of Hoensbroech-Geulle

2. Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

10. François I Joseph, 2nd Prince de Gavre

5. Princess Maximiliane of Gavre

11. Marie Amour Désirée de Rouvray

1. Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

12. Ernst Johann, Duke of Courland and Semigallia

6. Peter, Duke of Courland and Semigallia

13. Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha genannt Treyden

3. Princess Pauline of Courland, Duchess of Sagan

14. Johann Friedrich, Count of Medem

7. Countess Dorothea von Medem

15. Louise Charlotte von Manteuffel

References

^ Preußen (1868). Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat: für das Jahr .... 1868. Decker. p. 8.
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 32, 49
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1869), "Königliche Orden" pp. 30, 56
^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. Königl. Oberpostamt. 1867. p. 9.
^ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" p. 30
^ Sveriges och Norges statskalender (in Swedish). 1868. p. 459. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via runeberg.org.

Literature

Anton-Heinrich Buckenmaier, Michael Hakenmüller: Friedrich-Wilhelm Constantin. Der letzte Fürst. Glückler, Hechingen 2005
Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 257 ff.

Regnal titles
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen House of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern Born: 16 February 1801 Died: 3 September 1869
Preceded by Frederick	Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849	Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Himself	— TITULAR — Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 7 December 1849 – 3 September 1869 Reason for succession failure: Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850	Succeeded by Karl Anton

[Preußen1868-1] Preußen (1868). Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat: für das Jahr .... 1868. Decker. p. 8.

[2] Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 32, 49

[3] Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1869), "Königliche Orden" pp. 30, 56

[4] Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. Königl. Oberpostamt. 1867. p. 9.

[5] Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" p. 30

[6] Sveriges och Norges statskalender (in Swedish). 1868. p. 459. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via runeberg.org.

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 {{short description|Prussian prince}}
-{{Infobox royalty|prince
+{{Infobox royalty
 | name         = Constantine
-| title        = Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
+| image        = Konstantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen.jpg
-| image        = KonstantinHohenzHech.jpg
+| caption      =
-| caption      = Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
 | coronation   =
-| reign        = 13 September 1838 &ndash;<br> 7 December 1849
+| reign        = 13 September 1838 &ndash; 7 December 1849
 | succession   = [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
 | predecessor  = [[Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Friedrich Hermann Otto]]
-| successor    = ''none''
+| successor    = ''Annexation by Prussia''
+| full name    = {{langx|de|Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo}}
-| titles       = ''HSH'' The Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen<br>''HSH'' The Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
+| spouse       = {{plainlist|
-| full name    = {{lang-de|Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo}}
-| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Eugénie de Beauharnais]]|1826|1847|end=d.}}<br>Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern
+* {{marriage|[[Eugénie de Beauharnais]]|1826|1847|end=died}}
+* {{marriage|Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern|1850}}
+}}
 | issue        =
 | house        = [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
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 | death_place  = Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, [[Zielona Góra|Grünberg]], Silesia, Prussia
 | religion     = [[Roman Catholic]]ism
-|}}
+}}
-'''Constantin, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen''' (Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo; 16 February 1801 &ndash; 3 September 1869), was the last Prince of [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]. Constantine was the only child of [[Friedrich Hermann Otto of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] and his wife, [[Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan|Princess Pauline of Courland]], the daughter of the last [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia|Duke of Courland]], [[Peter von Biron]].
+'''Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen''' (Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin Hermann Thassilo; 16 February 1801 &ndash; 3 September 1869), was the last Prince of [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]. Constantine was the only child of [[Friedrich Hermann Otto of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] and his wife, [[Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan|Princess Pauline of Courland]], the daughter of the last [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia|Duke of Courland]], [[Peter von Biron]].
 ==Regency and reign==
-Constantine served as [[regent]] for his ill father, [[Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick]], beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of [[Żagań|Sagan]]. Following the [[Revolutions of 1848]], Constantine and [[Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern|Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] both agreed to cede their principalities to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.
+Constantine served as [[regent]] for his ill father, [[Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick]], beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of [[Żagań|Sagan]]. Following the [[Revolutions of 1848]], Constantine and [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1811)|Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] both agreed to cede their principalities to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.
 ==Marriages and issue==
 Constantine married firstly to Princess [[Eugénie de Beauharnais]] (1808–1847) on 22 May 1826 in [[Eichstätt]]. They had no children.
-After her death on September 1847, he married secondly (and [[morganatically]]) to Baroness Amalie [[:File:Geyern-Scheibler204ps.jpg|Schenk von Geyern]]; upon their marriage, [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] bestowed Amalie with the title ''Countess of Rothenburg''. The couple had three children:
+After her death in September 1847, he married secondly (and [[morganatically]]) to Baroness Amalie [[:File:Geyern-Scheibler204ps.jpg|Schenk von Geyern]]; upon their marriage, [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] bestowed Amalie with the title ''Countess of Rothenburg''. The couple had three children:
-* Countess Friederike Wilhelmine Elisabeth von Rothenburg (1852–1914)
+* Countess Friederike Wilhelmine ''Elisabeth'' von Rothenburg (1852–1914)
-* Count Friedrich Wilhelm Karl von Rothenburg (1856–1912)
+* Count ''Friedrich'' Wilhelm Karl von Rothenburg (1856–1912)
-* Count Wilhelm Friedrich Louis Gustaf von Rothenburg (1861–1929)
+* Count ''Wilhelm'' Friedrich Louis Gustaf von Rothenburg (1861–1929)
 He also sired a daughter out of wedlock with Sophie Scherer:
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 ==Death and dynastic end==
-Constantine died on 3 September 1869 at his estate in [[Silesia]]. Because Constantine was the final dynast male member of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen dynastic line, having no legitimate heirs from his two marriages, his title [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen#History|passed to the head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], [[Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern]].
+Constantine died on 3 September 1869 at his estate in [[Silesia]]. Because Constantine was the final dynast male member of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen dynastic line, having no legitimate heirs from his two marriages, his title [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen#History|passed to the head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1811)|Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern]].
 == Honours ==
-He received the following orders and decorations:<ref name="Preußen1868">{{cite book|author=Preußen|title=Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat: für das Jahr .... 1868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0RKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1|year=1868|publisher=Decker|page=[https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=d0RKAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8 8]}}</ref>
+He received the following orders and decorations:<ref name="Preußen1868">{{cite book|author=Preußen|title=Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat: für das Jahr .... 1868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0RKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1|year=1868|publisher=Decker|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d0RKAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA8 8]}}</ref>
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 * {{flag|Baden}}:<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden'' (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866769 pp. 32], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866786 49]</ref>
 ** [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion]], ''1821''
 ** Grand Cross of the [[House Order of Fidelity]], ''1823''
-* {{flag|Württemberg}}:<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg'' (1869), "Königliche Orden" pp. [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=awdTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30 30], [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=awdTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA56 56]</ref>
+* {{flag|Württemberg}}:<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg'' (1869), "Königliche Orden" pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=awdTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30 30], [https://books.google.com/books?id=awdTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA56 56]</ref>
 ** [[Order of the Crown (Württemberg)|Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown]], ''1830''
 ** Grand Cross of the [[Friedrich Order]], ''1846''
 * {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: [[Order of Saint Hubert|Knight of St. Hubert]], ''1835''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJljAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA9|year=1867|publisher=Königl. Oberpostamt|page=9}}</ref>
 * {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]]:
-** [[Order of the Black Eagle|Knight of the Black Eagle]], with Collar, ''24 December 1838''<ref>''Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler'' (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" [https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10362193_00030.html?zoom=0.7500000000000002 p. 30]</ref>
+** [[Order of the Black Eagle|Knight of the Black Eagle]], with Collar, ''24 December 1838''<ref>''Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler'' (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10362193?page=30 p. 30]</ref>
 ** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal [[House Order of Hohenzollern]]
 ** Service Award Cross
 * {{flagicon image|Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png}} [[Hohenzollern]]: Joint Founder of the [[House Order of Hohenzollern#Princely House Order|Princely House Order of Hohenzollern]], ''5 December 1841''
-* {{flagicon|Sweden|1818}} [[Sweden-Norway]]: [[Order of the Seraphim|Knight of the Seraphim]], ''21 July 1843''<ref>{{cite book|title=Sveriges och Norges statskalender|year=1868|page=459|url=http://runeberg.org/sonkal/1868/0501.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=30 December 2020|language=sv}}</ref>
+* {{flagicon|Sweden|1818}} [[Sweden-Norway]]: [[Order of the Seraphim|Knight of the Seraphim]], ''21 July 1843''<ref>{{cite book|title=Sveriges och Norges statskalender|year=1868|page=459|url=https://runeberg.org/sonkal/1868/0501.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=30 December 2020|language=sv}}</ref>
 * {{flag|Empire of Brazil}}: [[Order of the Southern Cross|Grand Cross of the Southern Cross]]
 * {{flag|Kingdom of Portugal}}: [[Order of the Tower and Sword|Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword]]
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 |14= 14. Johann Friedrich, Count of Medem
 |15= 15. Louise Charlotte von [[Manteuffel]]
-| 16= 16. Hermann Friedrich, Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
-| 17= 17. Countess Maria Josephe Theresia of Oettingen-Spielberg
-| 18= 18. Hermann Otto, 3rd Count of Hoensbroech-Geulle
-| 19= 19. Baroness Anna van Zievel tot Bettenborgh
-| 20= 20. [[Charles I Emmanuel, 1st Prince de Gavre]]
-| 21= 21. Louise Thérèse de Waha
-| 22= 22. Charles Daniel Louis de Rouvray
-| 23= 23. Anne Désirée de Watteville de Conflans
-| 24= 24. Karl von Biron
-| 25= 25. Catharina Hedwig von Raab genannt Thülen
-| 26= 26. Hieronimus August von Trotta genannt Treyden
-| 27= 27. Charlotte Katharina von Schöning
-| 28=
-| 29=
-| 30=
-| 31=
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 * Gustav Schilling: ''Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern, in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen'', F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 257 ff.
-{{Commonscat|Konstantin, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen}}
+{{Commonscat|Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen}}
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 {{s-bef|before=Himself}}
 {{s-tul|title=[[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]|years=7 December 1849 &ndash; 3 September 1869|reason=Principality annexed by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] in 1850}}
-{{s-aft|after=[[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern|Karl Anton]]}}
+{{s-aft|after=[[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton]]}}
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 [[Category:People from Żagań]]
 [[Category:People from the Province of Silesia]]
-[[Category:Recipients of the House Order of Hohenzollern]]
+[[Category:Pretenders]]
-[[Category:Grand Commanders of the House Order of Hohenzollern]]
-[[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion]]
-[[Category:Knights of the Order of Saint Hubert]]
-[[Category:Grand Crosses of the Order of the Southern Cross]]
-[[Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)]]
-[[Category:Grand Crosses of the Friedrich Order]]

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