Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern

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Karl Anton
Karl Anton von Hohenzollern.jpg
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Reign 27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849
Predecessor Charles
Successor none
Head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern
Tenure 3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
Predecessor none
Successor Leopold
Born (1811-09-07)7 September 1811
Krauchenwies, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Sigmaringen, German Empire
Spouse Princess Josephine of Baden
Issue Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Stephanie, Queen of Portugal
Carol I, King of Romania
Prince Anthony
Prince Frederick
Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders
Full name
German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad
House Hohenzollern
Father Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother Marie Antoinette Murat

Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1] (German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen[1]) (7 September 1811[1] – 2 June 1885[1]) was head of the Princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern from 1869 and Prime Minister of Prussia which made him the only Prussian Prince to hold that post. He was the son[1] of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who abdicated in favour of his son on 27 August 1848, and his first wife Marie Antoinette Murat, niece of Joachim Murat.[1]

Life

After only slightly over a year ruling his family's small principality, Karl Anton abdicated in December 1849 in favor of his distant cousin, the King of Prussia, and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, along with the neighboring principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, was annexed by Prussia. After his abdication, Karl Anton became a prominent figure in Prussian politics. After the fall of the reactionary Manteuffel ministry in 1858, and the accession of Prince William as regent for his incapacitated brother, King Frederick William IV, a new, moderately liberal ministry was appointed, with Karl Anton as Minister-President. The Prince continued in this role until 1862, when he resigned in the midst of a struggle with parliament over the military budget.

After this, Karl Anton largely resigned from active politics and focused on his role as head of the Catholic branch of the Hohenzollern family, accentuated by the extinction of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line in 1869. In 1866, his second son, Karl, was offered the throne of Romania, where he would rule for nearly fifty years as Carol I. A few years later, in 1870, his eldest son, Leopold, was given a similar offer of the Spanish throne. This so-called "Hohenzollern candidacy" for the Spanish throne was one of the main factors in instigating the Franco-Prussian War.

Marriage and issue

Prince Karl Anton was married[1] to Josephine Friederike Luise, Princess of Baden (1813–1900), daughter of Grand Duke Charles of Baden.[1]

Honours

German decorations[2]

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Foreign decorations[2]

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Ancestry

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Preußen (1884/85), Genealogy p.5
  3. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 18
  4. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 32, 50
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  6. ↑ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1837), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 12
  7. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 12
  8. ↑ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für das Jahr 1872/73, "Der Großherzogliche Haus-und Verdienst Orden" p. 31
  9. ↑ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1869), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 12
  10. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1869), "Königliche Orden" pp. 31, 56
  11. ↑ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" p. 20
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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern
Born: 7 September 1811 Died: 2 June 1885
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849		 Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia
German nobility
Preceded by
Himself (Principality annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia)
 Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
7 December 1849 – 2 June 1885		 Succeeded by
Leopold
Preceded by
Himself, after the extinction of the Hechingen Branch of the House of Hohenzollern
 Prince of Hohenzollern
3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Prussia
6 November 1858 – 12 March 1862		 Succeeded by
Prince Adolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen


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