title: Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
text: # Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  
  Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard; 31 August 1832 – 9 March 1913) was the 6th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the second son of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen (half-sister of Queen Victoria).
  
  He succeeded to the title of Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg) on 21 April 1860, when his elder brother signed over his rights to the throne. He died on 9 March 1913 in Langenburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany).
  
  ## Life and career
  
  From 5 November 1894 to 1 October 1907 he served as Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine, succeeding his kinsman Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
  
  On 19 September 1899, he and his wife were in a saloon railway carriage at Perth Station. Lieutenant Colonel H A Yorke (RE retired), the Inspecting Officer of Railways who reported on the accident, said that they had had a miraculous escape from injury when another train collided with the stationary train in which they were standing.
  
  ## Marriage and children
  
  On 24 September 1862 at Karlsruhe, he married Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince William of Baden.
  
  They had three children (one son and two daughters):
  
  * Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (13 September 1863 – 11 December 1950) he married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 20 April 1896. They have five children.
  * Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) she married Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line on 11 November 1884. They have five children.
  * Princess Feodora Viktoria Alberta of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (23 July 1866 – 1 November 1932) she married Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen on 12 July 1894. They have five children.
  
  ## Honours
  
  He received the following orders and decorations:
  
  * Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1858
  * Baden:
     * Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1862
     * Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1862
     * Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1871
  * Württemberg:
     * Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1867
     * Knight of the Order of Olga, 1889
  * United Kingdom:
     * Honorary Grand Cross of the Bath (civil), 8 May 1867
     * Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 14 August 1907
  * Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1868
  * Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
  * Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
  * Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown
  * Kingdom of Prussia:
     * Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 19 February 1876
     * Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
     * Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
     * Iron Cross (1870), 1st Class and 2nd Class on White Band with Black Edge
     * Red Cross Medal, 1st Class
     * Commander of the Johanniter Order
  * Luxembourg: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau, 17 February 1897
  
  ## Ancestry
  
  Ancestors of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg :
  
  ## Literature
  
  * Kurt Eißele: Fürst Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg als Statthalter im Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen 1894–1907. O.O., 1950
  * Günter Richter: Hermann Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Vol 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1972, p. 491 et suiv.
  