Name Kraft, of | House Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |
Spouse Princess Charlotte of Croy(m. 1965; div. 1990)Irma Pospesch(m. 1992; his death 2004) Issue Princess CeciliePhilipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-LangenburgPrincess Xenia Died March 16, 2004, Langenburg, Germany Children Philipp, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Parents Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark Grandchildren Princess Marita, Prince Gustav Similar People Princess Margarita of Greece, Prince Philip - Duke of E, Prince Andrew of Greece a, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Charles - Prince of Wales | ||
Kraft, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (German: Kraft Alexander Ernst Ludwig Georg Emich Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; 25 June 1935 – 16 March 2004) was the eldest son of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1960 until his death.
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Early life
Kraft was born at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, the first child of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1960) (son of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and his wife, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905–1981) (daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg), and thus a nephew of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Through both of his parents he was descendant of Queen Victoria and Tsar Nicholas I; then, through his mother, he was descendant of Christian IX of Denmark.
Marriage and issue
Kraft married on 5 June 1965 in Langenburg to Princess Charlotte of Croÿ (b. 31 December 1938), eldest daughter of Prince Alexander of Croÿ and his wife, Anne Elspeth Campbell. They divorced on 26 May 1990 at Crailsheim.
They had three children:
He married, secondly, Irma Pospesch (b. 1946) on 22 May 1992, in Graz, Austria.
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
On the death of his father in 1960, Kraft became the titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Upon Kraft's death in 2004, aged 68, the title was inherited by his son. Philipp.