Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Prussian prince (1801-1869)
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Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (16 February 1801 – 3 September 1869), was the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Constantine served as regent for his ill father, Frederick, beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of Sagan. Following the Revolutions of 1848, Constantine and Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen both agreed to cede their principalities to the Kingdom of Prussia and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.
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Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | |||||
Reign | 13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849 | ||||
Predecessor | Friedrich Hermann Otto | ||||
Successor | Annexation by Prussia | ||||
Born | Schloss Sagan, Sagan, Silesia, Prussia | 16 February 1801||||
Died | 3 September 1869 Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia | (aged 68)||||
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House | Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
Father | Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
Mother | Princess Pauline of Courland | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |