Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (28 February 1776 – 15 June 1843) was the 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst from 1796 to 1843.
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Early life
Charles Albert III was the second child, and first son, of Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742–1796), by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751–1836). His brother, Franz Joseph, was the founder of the branch of the Dukes of Ratibor and Princes of Corvey.
His paternal grandparents were Charles Albert I, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and Countess Sophie Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (a daughter of Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort). His maternal grandparents were Baron Johann Kazimir Reviczky de Revisnye and Baroness Rosalie Perényi de Perény.
Personal life
On 11 July 1797 in Munich, he married his first wife, Princess Auguste of Isenburg and Büdingen in Birstein, a granddaughter of Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Birstein from his third marriage. Before her death in 1803, they had three children, only one of whom lived to adulthood:
Prince(ss) of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1798–1798), who died at birth.
Princess Karoline of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1800–1857)
Prince(ss) of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1802–1802), who died at birth.
He married again on 30 May 1813 in Heiligenberg to Princess Leopodine of Fürstenberg (1791–1844), a daughter of Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (a daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis). Together, they had four children:
Friedrich Karl, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1814–1884), who married his first cousin, Princess Theresa of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, a daughter of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1817–1893), who married twice, her second marriage was with Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, both marriages were childless.
Prince Karl of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1818–1875), who married Countess Theresa Meraviglia-Crivelli and had issue.
Prince Egon of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1819–1865), who married Countess Therese Thurn-Hofer und Valsassina and had issue.
Prince Charles Albert and Princess Leopoldine separated few years later, with the Prince withdrawing to live in his Hohenlohe estates.
Descendants
Through his eldest son Friedrich Karl, he was a grandfather of Chlodwig Karl Joseph Maria, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, and great-grandfather of Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst,
Through his youngest son Egon, he was a grandfather of Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, who married Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and was the mother of Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino.