Viktor II, Duke of Ratibor

Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (German: Viktor Amadeus 2. Herzog von Ratibor, 2. Fürst von Corvey, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst; 6 September 1847 – 9 August 1923) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor (Polish: Racibórz).

Victor II
Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Victor II painting by Philip de László, 1898
Born(1847-09-06)6 September 1847
Rudy Palace, Kingdom of Prussia
Died9 August 1923(1923-08-09) (aged 75)
Corvey Abbey, Weimar Republic
SpouseCountess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt
Issue
Names
German: Viktor Amadeus
HouseHohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
FatherVictor I, Duke of Ratibor
MotherPrincess Amelie of Fürstenberg

Early life and family

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Victor was born at Rauden Castle, Kingdom of Prussia, eldest son of Victor I, Duke of Ratibor (1818–1893), (son of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his wife, Princess Amelie of Fürstenberg (1821–1899), (daughter of Karl Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden).

He studied Law in Bonn and Göttingen and was a member of the Corps Borussia (1867) and Corps Saxonia (1890). In Saxonia were also his four brothers, Max, Karl Egon, Franz (Colonel à la suite) and Egon (Lord Chamberlain).

Military career

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After making his Doctorate in Law he entered the Potsdamer Life Guards Hussar Regiment in which he fought during the Franco-Prussian War.

Political career

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Between 1873 and 1876 he worked at the German Embassy in Vienna. In 1893 he took over the dominions Kieferstädtel and Zembowitz in Upper Silesia.

From 1897 to 1921 he was Chairman of the Silesia Province respectively of the Upper Silesian provincial parliament. As a member of the Free Conservative Party, he ran in 1885 and 1888 for the Prussian House of Representatives. Since 1893, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords. From 1896 to 1904 he was chairman of the New Coalition Party.

Marriage

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Portrait of Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt by Philip de László, 1899

Victor married 19 June 1877 at Vienna to Countess Marie Breuner-Enckevoirt (1856–1929), daughter of Count August Johann Breuner-Enckevoirt, and his wife, Countess Agota Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék.

They had four children:

Honours, awards and arms

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Military appointments

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Orders and decorations

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Arms

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Arms of the Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey

Ancestry

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Notes and sources

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  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser, Reference: 1956

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Offiziere à la suite der Armee", Rangliste de Königlich Preußischen Armee (in German), Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn, 1914, p. 37 – via hathitrust.org
  2. ^ "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), 3, Berlin: 770, 1877 – via hathitrust.org
  3. ^ "Königliche Kronen-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 67 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Großherzogliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden, Karlsruhe, 1896, pp. 64, 80 – via blb-karlsruhe.de{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. p. 163 – via hathitrust.org.
  6. ^ "Franz Joseph-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1914, p. 192, retrieved 15 November 2021
  7. ^ Sveriges statskalender (PDF) (in Swedish), 1895, p. 463, retrieved 16 November 2021 – via gupea.ub.gu.se
Viktor II, 2nd Duke of Ratibor, 2nd Prince of Corvey
Cadet branch of the House of Hohenlohe
Born: 6 September 1847 Died: 9 August 1923
German nobility
Preceded by Duke of Ratibor
30 January 1893 – 11 August 1919
Succeeded by
Prince of Corvey
30 January 1893 – 11 August 1919
Titles in pretence
Loss of title — TITULAR —
Duke of Ratibor
11 August 1919 – 9 August 1923
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished
Succeeded by
— TITULAR —
Prince of Corvey
11 August 1919 – 9 August 1923
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished