Léopold de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Léopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , born the September 22nd 1835 in Krauchenwies close to Sigmaringen, and dead the June 8th 1905 with Berlin.

Wire of Charles Antoine de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and of Joséphine de Bade.

In 1861, it married Antonia of Portugal (1845-1913), (girl of Ferdinand II of Portugal).

From this union will be born:

Guillaume de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1864 - 1927), prince de Hohenzollern, in 1889 it married Marie-Therese of Deux-Siciles (posterity). Widower, it married in 1915 Aldegonde of Bavaria.
Ferdinand Ier of Romania
Charles Antoine de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1868 - 1919), in 1894 it married Josèphine of Belgium (posterity)

Member (catholic) of the royal family of Prussia, remote cousin future emperor of Germany Guillaume I {{er}} of Germany, the Spanish government, after the abdication of the queen Isabelle II proposed the throne of Spain to him but the France of Napoleon III, fearing surrounding by the Hohenzollern was opposed to its candidature and his/her father the prince old Charles-Antoine Minister-president of the kingdom made him understand that its advent could be a casus belli. Léopold renonça but Napoleon III required of king de Prusse a formal renunciation, the younger brother of Léopold being assembled on the throne of Romania in spite of a first renunciation.

Bismarck, then Prime Minister of Guillaume of Prussia made a summary of a communication of its king. The ton of the courteous dispatch-less that the royal letter caused France (cf the Dépêche of Ems) and ignited the public opinion. France, outraged, declares the war in Prussia. Prussia benefits to gather the German States of North and gathers an army of 800 from it; 000 men against 250 000 for France (cf the War free-Prussian of 1870 - 1871).

Genealogy

Léopold de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen belongs to the line of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen resulting from the fourth branch, itself resulting from the first branch of the Maison of Hohenzollern. This line belongs to the branch souabe of the dynasty of Hohenzollern. Léopold de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen has for ascending Bouchard Ier, count de Zollern, it is the back grandfather of Michel Ier of Romania.

Internal bonds

Charles de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785-1853) (paternal grandfather)
Charles II of Bade (maternal grandfather)

Sources

Genealogy of the kings and the princes of Jean-Charles Volkmann Edict. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)

web.genealogie.free.fr

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