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Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Leopold Stephan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo Fürst von Hohenzollern; 22 September 1835 – 8 June 1905) was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and played a fleeting role in European power politics in connection with the Franco-Prussian War.
In 1866, Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was chosen prince of Romania, becoming King Carol I of Romania in 1881. Charles's elder brother, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern , was offered the Spanish throne in 1870 after a revolt exiled Isabella II in 1868.
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Leopoldo de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. El príncipe Leopoldo Estéfano Carlos Antonio Gustavo Eduardo Tásilo de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ( Krauchenwies, 22 de septiembre de 1835 - Berlín, 8 de junio de 1905) fue el jefe de la rama Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, de la Casa de Hohenzollern y jugó un papel importante en la política del poder europeo .
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Leopold (aka "Poldi") was born on Schloss Umkirch near Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg. He is the eldest son of Prince Konstantin of Bavariaand his first wife Princess Maria Adelgunde of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Since his parents separated soon after he was born, Leopold was raised by his grandparents Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Si...
On 21 October 1977 Prince Leopold married Ursula (Uschi) Möhlenkamp, the daughter of Wilhelm (Willi) Möhlenkamp and Ingeborg Brauckmann. The civil ceremony took place at Berg on Lake Starnberg in Bavaria. The religious ceremony followed a month later, on 19 November 1977 in Aufkirchen, Bavaria. Initially the union was considered morganatic, but on ...
The Prince resides in a villa on the Lake Starnberg south of Munich, capital of Bavaria, and is often seen in the company of the current Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, whom he has known since his teens. He is a godfather to King Carl Gustaf's only son, Prince Carl Philip of Sweden. His maternal uncle Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern was King Carl...
Prince Leopold started his career with rallying and in 1969 moved to touring car racing winning the North American Championships with Porsche in 1972. In 1984 he also took part in the legendary sports car endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Walter Brun and Bob Akin, finishing fourth. In 1986, Leopold became a factory driver for the Mun...
Complete World Sportscar Championship results
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
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Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979Prinz und Demokrat. Konstantin von Bayern: Ein Gedenkbuch.Konstantin, Prinz von Bayern and Arens, Hanns. München; Wien : Langen/Müller, 1970Ich habe einen Traum.DIE ZEIT, 18 September 2003. Nr.39House of Hohenzollern. Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia ( German: Joachim Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Leopold; 14 November 1865 – 13 September 1931) was a son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, married in 1854.
1 de may. de 2024 · Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born Sept. 22, 1835, Krauchenweis, Prussia—died June 8, 1905, Berlin, Ger.) was a Prussian candidate for the Spanish throne. He was a member of the Swabian line of the Hohenzollern dynasty and the brother of Carol I of Romania.
Hohenzollern dynasty, dynasty prominent in European history, chiefly as the ruling house of Brandenburg-Prussia (1415–1918) and of imperial Germany (1871–1918). It takes its name from a castle in Swabia first mentioned as Zolorin or Zolre (the modern Hohenzollern, south of Tübingen, in the Land.
