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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern

1811 - 1885

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Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl Anton Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 7 September 1811 – 2 June 1885) was the last reigning 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 Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. He served as Minister President of Prussia from 1858 to 1862, the only Hohenzollern prince to hold that post. His second son, Karl, became king of Romania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern is the 2,547th most popular politician (up from 4,598th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,246th in 2019) and the 189th most popular German Politician.

Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern is most famous for being the first Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He was born in 1807 and died in 1881.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ranks 2,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Wen Jiabao, Soong Mei-ling, Himiko, Tiglath-Pileser I, Sviatopolk I of Kiev, and François Ravaillac. After him are Arthur Balfour, Julius Martov, Abbas II of Persia, Patrick Leahy, Harold Macmillan, and Emperor Renzong of Song.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ranks 13. Before him are Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Vissarion Belinsky. After him are François Achille Bazaine, Louis Blanc, Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and George Gilbert Scott. Among people deceased in 1885, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ranks 5. Before him are Victor Hugo, Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, and Ferdinand II of Portugal. After him are Muhammad Ahmad, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Carl Spitzweg, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Rosalía de Castro.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ranks 675 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505), and Klaus Fuchs (1911). After him are Max Reger (1873), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Max Wolf (1863), Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), Erwin Neher (1944), and Felix Hoffmann (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern ranks 189. Before him are Wilhelm Marx (1863), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), and Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505). After him are Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Erich Mielke (1907), Walter Hallstein (1901), and Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787).

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