Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern

Ferdinand
Prince of Hohenzollern
Born	14 February 1960 Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen District, Tübingen Region, Baden-Wurttemberg, West Germany
Spouse	Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak (m. 1996)
Issue	Prince Aloys Prince Fidelis Princess Victoria
Full name German: Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother	Princess Margarita of Leiningen

Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern (Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin; born 14 February 1960^[1] is the youngest of three children of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarita of Leiningen.^[2] He has the 4rd position in line of succession to the headship of the Royal House of Romania.

Early life

Birth

Prince Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin was born at Sigmaringen Castle, on 14 February 1960, the youngest of the three children of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony) and his wife Princess Margarita of Leiningen (daughter of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia).

Marriage and issue

He married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak, daughter of Count Alois Kálnoky de Köröspatak and Baroness Sieglinde von Oer, on 10 May 1996 in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, civilly and religiously on 3 August 1996 in Csicso, Slovakia.^[2] They have three children:^[1][3][2]

• HSH Prince Aloys Maria Friedrich Karl of Hohenzollern (b. 6 April 1999)
• HSH Prince Fidelis Maria Anton Alexis Hans of Hohenzollern (b. 25 April 2001)
• HSH Princess Victoria Margarita Sieglinde Johanna Isabella Maria of Hohenzollern b. (28 January 2004)

Personal life

Ferdinand has a degree in engineering and is an architect;^[2] he and his family live in a house in Germany that he built himself. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia was his godfather, and so he spent a lot of time at Hohenzollern Castle.^[4]

Title, style and honour

Titles

• 14 February 1960 - Present: His Serene Highnness Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern

Honour

National dynastic honour

• House of Hohenzollern: Knight Grand Cross with Chain of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern

16. Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern               8. William, Prince of Hohenzollern                       17. Infanta Antónia of Portugal               4. Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern                             18. Prince Louis, Count of Trani               9. Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                       19. Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria               2. Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern                                   20. George of Saxony               10. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony                       21. Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal               5. Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony                             22. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany               11. Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany                       23. Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma               1. Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern                                         24. Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen               12. Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen                       25. Princess Marie of Baden               6. Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen                             26. Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg               13. Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg                       27. Princess Leopoldine of Baden               3. Princess Margarita of Leiningen                                   28. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia               14. Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia                       29. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin               7. Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia                             30. Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               15. Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                       31. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

References

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p10440.htm#c104400.1
2. Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Band I. Haus Hohenzollern. Verlag des Deutschen Adelsarchivs. Marburg. 2015. p. 128-131. (German). ISBN 978-3-9817243-0-1.
3. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hohenzollern.html
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFC1dkRsio

External links

• Official Website of the Princely House of Hohenzollern