Prince Carl Alexander of Hohenzollern Is Searching for Wife #4

Prince Carl Alexander of Hohenzollern

 

Carl Alexander at his childhood home
Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger

Forty-eight year-old Carl Alexander has recently stated that he is on the lookout for a fourth wife. In 1991, the prince married Angela Stölzle (b.1942; who at one time was his father's mistress); the couple were divorced in 1997. In 2002, Carl Alexander wed Azlet Temurowski; their union was annulled after six weeks. Then, in 2012, the prince married Corinna Lello da Costa (b.1990; née Nehemie).

The wedding of Prince Emanuel of Hohenzollern and Princess Katharina of Saxe-Weimar in 1968
Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger

 

Prince Emanuel of Hohenzollern and his cousin Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger

Carl Alexander with his father Emanuel and his aunt Duchess Maria Margarete of Mecklenburg (née Hohenzollern)
Photograph (c) Presse-Foto-Seeger

 

Prince Carl Alexander Franz Joseph Wilhelm Ernst Meinrad of Hohenzollern(-Emden) was born on 26 October 1970 at Hechingen. His ancestry is as royal as they come: his parents are Princess Katharina of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b.1943) and the late Prince Emanuel of Hohenzollern (1929-1999), who married in 1968 and divorced in 1985. Carl Alexander has one sister, Princess Eugenia (b.1969).

Prince Franz Josef of Hohenzollern and Princess Maria Alix of Saxony on their wedding day

 

Prince Bernhard with his father Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Carl Alexander's paternal grandparents are Prince Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern-Emden (1891-1964) and Princess Maria Alix of Saxony (1901-1990). The prince's maternal grandparents are Princess Feliticas zu Salm-Horstmar (b.1920) and the late Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1917-1986). Carl Alexander is a first cousin once removed of Prince Michael, Head of House Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and a second cousin of Prince Karl Friedrich, Head of House Hohenzollern. Carl Alexander has been estranged from his family for several decades due to his antics.

Sources:
Hohenzollern-Prinz Putzig sucht Ehefrau Nummer 4
Jetzt spricht Hohenzollern-Chef Karl Friedrich

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