HSH Prince Friedrich Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
✶ 16 February 1801 at the Palace of Sagan, Schlesien
✟ 3 September 1869 at the Palace of Polisch-Nettkow at Grünberg, Schlesien
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 21 July 1843
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Missing
shield
Painted 1893 by Carl Högberg.
other awards
None
Biography
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 agreed to cede his principalities to the Kingdom of Prussia and renounced his right as sovereign prince and head of government on 7 december 1849. Received the style Highness 1850. Married firstly to Princess Eugine of Leuchtenberg, sister to Queen Josefina, King Oscar I’s consort in 1826. After her death in September 1847 he married secondly to Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern. Constantine was the final dynast male member of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen dynastic line.
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