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Philipp (Philipp Gottfried Alexander, born 20 January 1970 in Crailsheim) is styled Fürst (Prince) zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg by the family's castle, and has been lord of Schloss Langenburg since 2004 [1][2][3]. Hohenlohe is one of the German houses whose genealogy the Almanach de Gotha printed among the mediatized houses; see the House of Hohenlohe and GOTHA's guide to the mediatized houses. This page uses only the information published by Schloss Langenburg on its website and in its audio guide.
Training and public roles
According to the castle, he trained as a banker and studied business administration in Munich, London and Madrid [1]. He sits on the boards of the German Car Museum association, of the Baden-Württemberg castles, palaces and gardens association and of the German Palaces, Castles and Gardens association [1]. He is an honorary knight of the Order of Saint John, co-founded the Langenburg Forum for Sustainability, and sits on the Langenburg town council and the local parish council [1].
Lord of Langenburg
His father, Prince Kraft, took over the family estate at 25, led the rebuilding after the castle fire of 1963–66, founded the German Car Museum in 1970 and died in 2004 [1]. Since 2004 Prince Philipp has been lord of the castle and, with his wife, manages the princely residence, including the castle museum, the car museum and the forestry business [2][3].
The house
The audio guide states that Schloss Langenburg has belonged to the Hohenlohe family since the 13th century, and that Count Philipp Ernst made it his residence in 1610 [2][3]. The Lords of Hohenlohe became Imperial Counts in 1450 and Imperial Princes in 1764, and primogeniture was introduced at Langenburg only in 1699 [2]. Among the family's past members it names Prince Ernst and Princess Feodora, half-sister of Queen Victoria [2].
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