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Charles
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prince Charles in 1852
Reign1831 - 1848
SpouseMarie Antoinette Murat
Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
IssuePrincess Karoline
Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Princess Amalie
Princess Friederike
FatherAnton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
MotherPrincess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 February 1785 – 11 March 1853) was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848.

In 1833 Karl called a constitutional assembly (German: Landtag) together and created a constitutional charter that would be the law in his lands. He founded a hospital for his subjects, and had the Ständehaus built on the modern Leopoldsplatz in Sigmaringen (today owned by the Hohenzollerischen Landesbank). Karl also removed the burden of serfdom and various other medieval laws.[1] During the German Revolution of 1848 Karl abdicated in favor of his son, Karl Anton, on August 27, 1848.[2]

Following the death of his first wife, on 14 March 1848 Charles married Katharina von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1817–1893), daughter of Prince Karl Albrecht von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and widow of Count Franz Erwin von Ingelheim.

He died on 11 March 1853 in Bologna while traveling to Rome.

Children

From his first marriage he had the following children[3]:

∞ 1. 1839 Graf Friedrich Franz Anton von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1790-1847)
∞ 2. 1850 Johann Stäger von Waldburg (1822–1882)
∞ 1834 Princess Josephine von Baden (1813–1900)
∞ 1835 Prince Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg (1804-1852)
∞ 1844 Marchese Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli (1825–1881)

References

  1. ^ 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, Template:De icon F. Fleischer, 1843, S. 300 ff.[1]
  2. ^ German monarchy.de Template:De icon accessed 22 January 2010
  3. ^ Der Stammbaum seit 1800 from Schloss Sigmaringen website Template:De icon accessed 22 January 2010