Prince Hugo, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz

Hugo Vinzenz Alexander Maria, 4th Prince of Windisch-Graetz (30 July 1887 – 26 May 1959) was an Austrian prince.

Early life Hugo Vinzenz was born at Haasberg Castle in Planina in the Duchy of Carniola (today part of Slovenia) on 30 July 1887. He was the son of Hugo, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Graetz (1854–1920) and Christiane von Auersperg (1866–1962).

His paternal grandparents were Hugo, 2nd Prince of Windisch-Graetz and Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (a daughter of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Alexandrine of Prussia). His maternal aunt, Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz, married her first cousin, Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (second son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz). His maternal grandparents were Vincenz von Auersperg (a grandson of Prince Wilhelm I of Auersperg) and Wilhelmine von Colloredo-Mannsfeld. a mediatised house whose members historically bore the style of "Serene Highness".

Personal life

On 26 November 1912 at Donaueschingen Palace, he married Princess Leontina "Lotti" of Fürstenberg (1892–1979), a daughter of Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Countess Irma von Schönborn-Buchheim (a daughter of Erwein, 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim, and Countess Franziska von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg). Together, they were the parents of:

Princess Irma Christiane Maximiliana Egona Huberta Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz (1913–1984), who married Franz, 2nd Prince of Weikersheim, son of Carl, 1st Prince of Weikersheim, and Countess Marie Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, in 1936. Prince Maximilian Antonius Aegidius Hubertus Maria Hugo of Windisch-Graetz (1914–1976), a twin; he married Doña Maria Luisa Serra di Gerace, the legitimatised daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Prince of Gerace and Donna Maria Grazia Carafa d'Andria, in 1946. As he was predeceased by his eldest son, he was succeeded by his second son, Prince Maximilian Antonius. who married Archduchess Sophie of Austria (a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Max of Austria); Princess Christiana "Irma", who married Don Augusto Ruffo di Calabria (nephew of Queen Paola of Belgium); Princess Maximiliane, who married Prince Heinrich zu Fürstenberg; and Prince Manfred, who married Maria Vittoria Lepri di Rota.