Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern

Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German:

Karl Anton
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Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849
PredecessorKarl
SuccessorAnnexed by Prussia
Prince of Hohenzollern
3 September 1869 – 2 June 1885
SuccessorLeopold
Minister President of Prussia
6 November 1858 – 12 March 1862
PredecessorOtto Theodor von Manteuffel
SuccessorAdolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Born(1811-09-07)7 September 1811
Krauchenwies, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died2 June 1885(1885-06-02) (aged 73)
Sigmaringen, German Empire
SpousePrincess Josephine of Baden
IssueLeopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Stephanie, Queen of Portugal
Carol I, King of Romania
Prince Anthony
Prince Frederick
Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders
Full name
German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad
HouseHohenzollern
FatherKarl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
MotherMarie Antoinette Murat

Karl Anton, Prince Of Hohenzollern Media

Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885) was the last prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen before the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1849. Afterwards he continued to be titular prince of his house and, with the death of the last prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1869, of the entire House of Hohenzollern. He served as Minister President of Prussia from 1858 to 1862, the only Hohenzollern prince to hold the post. His second son, Karl, became king of Romania. The offer of the throne of Spain to his eldest son, Leopold, was one of the causes of the Franco-Prussian War, which led to the unification of Germany and the creation of the German Empire.