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Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. Schillingsfürst, 5 June 1853 - d. Bad Reichenhall, 26 December 1915).
Biography
He was the eldest son of Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in Schillingsfürst and his wife, Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. He married on January 10, 1882 in Vienna to Princess Chariclée Ypsilanti (b. Paris, 8 October 1863 - d. Schillingsfürst, 22 June 1912). Although some sources established they did not have any children, in fact the marriage produced two daughters, both died in infancy:
After her death he married morganatically in Edinburgh on 6 August 1913 with the actress Henriette Gindra (b. Vienna, 7 October 1884 - d. Innsbruck, 15 May 1952). She was created Frau von Hellberg on July 10, 1914. She was 31 years younger than him. This union produced one son:
He died on December 26, 1915 in Bad Reichenhall whitout dynastic male heirs; for this, his brother Maurice became in the next Head of the family and Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.