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Charles
Charles as Father Raymundus Maria
Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Period	3 November 1849 – 8 September 1908
Predecessor	Charles Thomas
Successor	Aloysius
Born	(1834-05-21)21 May 1834 Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	8 November 1921(1921-11-08) (aged 87) Cologne, German Reich
Spouse	Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen ​ ​ ( m. 1859; died 1861)​ Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein ​ ​ ( m. 1863; died 1899)​
Issue	Princess Maria Anna Princess Franziska Adelheid, Countess Adalbert Joseph of Schönborn Princess Agnes Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Maria Theresa, Duchess of Braganza Aloysius, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Anna, Princess Felix of Schwarzenberg Prince Johannes Baptista
Names German: Karl Heinrich Ernst Franz
House	Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Father	Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Mother	Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion	Catholic Church

Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( German: Karl Heinrich Fürst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg) (21 May 1834 – 8 November 1921) was a German nobleman, the Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1849–1908), Catholic politician and later a Dominican friar. He was the first President of the Catholic Society of Germany (1868), and a member of the Reichstag from 1871 for the Catholic Centre Party.

Early life

He was born in Haid, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire, the second child of Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802–1838), and Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804–1835). He was a male-line descendant of Frederick I, Elector Palatine. He studied law, and succeeded to the headship of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg and the title of Prince (Fürst) in 1849.^{[ citation needed]}

Marriage and children

He married Princess Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1841–1861) ^[1] in 1859. ^[2] After her death, he married Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1863. Sophie and Charles had eight children:

• Princess Franziska of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 30 March 1864 – Düsseldorf 12 April 1930)
• Princess Adelheid of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 17 July 1865 – Prague 6 September 1941), married Count Adalbert Joseph of Schönborn
• Princess Agnes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 22 December 1866 – Oosterhout 23 January 1954)
• Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 11 April 1868 – Rome 15 February 1870)
• Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Rome 4 January 1870 – Vienna 17 January 1935), married Miguel, Duke of Braganza
• Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 15 September 1871 – Schloss Bronnbach 25 January 1952), married Countess Josephine Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau
• Princess Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 28 September 1873 – Vienna 27 June 1936), married Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg
• Prince Johannes Baptista of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg ( Kleinheubach 29 August 1880 – Newport 18 May 1956), married Countess Alexandra of Bernstorff

Later life

After the death of his wife, he became a member of the Dominican Order as Fr. Raymundus Maria in 1907, and lived in the monastery of Venlo in the Netherlands. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1908. The same year, he gave up his title of Prince and was succeeded by his son. ^[3] He died in Cologne.

Honours

He was a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. ^[4]

Ancestry

References

External links

Media related to Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg at Wikimedia Commons

• "Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1834–1921)". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
• Abtei St. Hildegardis: "Fürst Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg sorgte für einen Neubeginn"
• "Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.