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Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern

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Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern
Born (1960-02-14) 14 February 1960 (age 64)
Sigmaringen, Baden-Wurttemberg, West Germany
💼 Occupation
👩 Spouse(s)
Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak (m. 1996)
👶 ChildrenAloys, Fidelis, Victoria
👴 👵 Parents

Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern (Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin; born 14 February 1960) is the youngest of three children of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarita of Leiningen.[1]

Early life[edit]

Birth[edit]

Prince Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin was born at Sigmaringen Castle, on 14 February 1960, the youngest of the three children of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern (son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony) and his wife Princess Margarita of Leiningen (daughter of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia).

Marriage and issue[edit]

He married Countess Ilona Kálnoky de Köröspatak, daughter of Count Alois Kálnoky de Köröspatak and Baroness Sieglinde von Oer, on 10 May 1996 in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, civilly and religiously on 3 August 1996 in Csicso, Slovakia.[1] They have three children:[1]

  • Aloys Maria Friedrich Karl (b. 6 April 1999)
  • Fidelis Maria Anton Alexis Hans (b. 25 April 2001)
  • Victoria Margarita Sieglinde Johanna Isabella Maria (b. 28 January 2004)

Personal life[edit]

Ferdinand has a degree in engineering and is an architect;[1] he and his family live in a house in Germany that he built himself. Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia was his godfather, and so he spent a lot of time at Hohenzollern Castle.[2]

Title, style and honor[edit]

Titles[edit]

  • 14 February 1960 – Present: His Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin of Hohenzollern

Honour[edit]

National dynastic honor[edit]

Ancestry[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Band I. Haus Hohenzollern. Verlag des Deutschen Adelsarchivs. Marburg. 2015. p. 128-131. (German). ISBN 978-3-9817243-0-1 Search this book on ..
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFC1dkRsio

External links[edit]

Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern
Born: 14 February 1960
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Albrecht of Hohenzollern
Line of succession to the headship of the House of Hohenzollern
3rd position
Succeeded by
Prince Aloys of Hohenzollern
Preceded by
Princess Eugenia of Hohenzollern
Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Queen Victoria
Succeeded by
Prince Aloys


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