Philipp Ernst, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst


Philipp Ernst Maria, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst in Schillingsfürst and his wife, Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. He married on January 10, 1882 in Vienna to Princess Chariclée Ypsilanti. Although some sources established they did not have any children, in fact the marriage produced two daughters, both died in infancy:
After her death he married morganatically in Edinburgh on 6 August 1913 with the actress Henriette Gindra. She was created Frau von Hellberg on July 10, 1914. She was 31 years younger than him. This union produced one son:
He died on December 26, 1915 in Bad Reichenhall without dynastic male heirs; for this, his brother Maurice became in the next Head of the family and Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.