Karl Joseph Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Jagstberg

Charles Joseph, 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (12 December 1766 – 6 July 1838) was a German prince.

Early life Hohenlohe was born at Bartenstein in Hohenlohe-Bartenstein on 12 December 1766. He was the second son of Louis Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1731–1799), and Countess Polyxena Benedikta Josepha Philippine Antonia von Limburg-Stirum (1738–1798). Among his siblings was elder brother, Louis Aloysius, who succeeded their father as the 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein in 1803.

His paternal grandparents were Charles Philip, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, and Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Homburg. His maternal grandparents were Count Christian Otto von Limburg-Stirum and Caroline von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst.

Personal life

On 5 July 1796, Prince Hohenlohe was married to Duchess Henriette Charlotte Friederike of Württemberg (1767–1817), the youngest of three daughters of Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (the reigning Duke of Württemberg from 1793 until his death in 1795) and Countess Sophie Albertine von Beichlingen. Before her death on 23 May 1817, they were the parents of:

Princess Maria Frederike of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (1798–1848), who died unmarried. Ludwig, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1802–1850), who married Princess Henriette of Auersperg, a daughter of Prince Carl of Auersperg (a son of Prince Wilhelm I of Auersperg) and Baroness Auguste von Lenthe. Princess Sophie of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (1803–1820), who died young. Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (1807–1873), who married Anton, 2nd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen, son of Prince Anselm Maria Fugger von Babenhausen and Maria Antonia von Waldburg zu Zeil-Wurzach. Princess Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (1808–1873), who married Konstantin, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim, a son of Franz, 1st Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim and Princess Franziska Luise of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein.

After Duchess Henriette died at Haltenbergstetten in 1817, he married Countess Maria Walpurgis Katharina von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (1794–1823), a daughter of Hereditary Count Leopold von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach and Countess Maria Walburga Franziska Josepha Crescentia Aloysia Raphaela von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn, on 9 July 1820. Before her death in 1823, they were the parents of:

Princess Leopoldine of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagtsberg (1821–1862), who died unmarried. The 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg's widow, Princess Maria, died on 18 July 1841 at Wurzach in Villach-Land District in Carinthia, Austria.

Through his daughter Princess Franziska, he was a grandfather of Leopold, 3rd Prince Fugger von Babenhausen; Karl, 4th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen (the father of Karl, 5th Prince Fugger von Babenhausen and Countess Marie Fugger von Babenhausen, who married Count Christoph von Wydenbruck); and Count Frederick Fugger von Babenhausen.

Through his daughter Princess Charlotte, he was a grandfather of Leopold Karl Alois Longin Maria, 4th Prince of Salm-Reiifferscheidt-Dyck (1833–1893) of Schloss Dyck, and Countess Leopoldine of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (1805–1878), who married Hugo, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz.