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Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Hohenzollern

Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert Fürst von Hohenzollern (3 February 1924 – 16 September 2010) was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern for over 45 years.

Biography

Friedrich Wilhelm was born at Schloss Umkirch. He was the eldest son of Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891–1965) and his wife, Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony (1900–1962), the daughter of the last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. He became the head of the House of Hohenzollern on 6 February 1965, following the death of his father, and remained so until his death on 16 September 2010.

According to the Romanian succession laws of the kingdom's last democratic constitution of 1923, Friedrich Wilhelm's descendants have had a claim to the throne of Romania since 2017, when former King Michael died.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Wilhelm married Princess Margarita of Leiningen (1932–1996) on 3 February 1951. She was a child of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen, and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia.

They had three sons:

  • Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1952), married Katharina Maria "Nina" de Zomer and had four children.
  • Prince Albrecht Johannes Hermann Meinrad Hubertus Michael Stephan of Hohenzollern (born 3 August 1954), married Nathalie Rocabado de Viets and had two daughters.
  • Prince Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin of Hohenzollern (born 14 February 1960), married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak and had three children.

Courtesy titles and styles

  • 3 February 1924 – 22 October 1927: His Serene Highness Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern
  • 22 October 1927 – 6 February 1965: His Highness The Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern
  • 6 February 1965 – 16 September 2010: His Highness The Prince of Hohenzollern

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