Victor II, Duke of Ratibor

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Victor II
Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
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Victor II painting by Philip de László, 1898
Born (1847-09-06)6 September 1847
Schloss Rauden, Kingdom of Prussia
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Corvey Abbey, Weimar Republic
Spouse Countess Maria Breunner-Enkevoirth
Issue Victor III, Duke of Ratibor
Prince Hans
Agatha, Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
Princess Margaret
Full name
German: Viktor Amadeus
House House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Father Victor I, Duke of Ratibor
Mother Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg
File:Ratibor-Corvey-Hohenlohe-Wappen.png
Arms of the Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey

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 House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor (Polish: Racibórz).

Early life and family

Victor was born at Schloss Rauden, 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 Amélie of Fürstenberg (1821–1899), (daughter of Karl Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden).

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

Military career

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

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.

In 1913 he became honorary citizen of Breslau.

Marriage

Wilhelm married 19 June 1877 at Vienna to Countess Maria Breunner-Enkevoirth (1856–1929), daughter of Count August Breunner-Enkevoirth, and his wife, Countess Agatha Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék.

They had four children:

Titles and styles

  • 6 September 1847 – 30 January 1893: His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Ratibor and Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
  • 30 January 1893 – 9 August 1923: His Serene Highness The Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Victor II, Duke of Ratibor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Karl Albrecht I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Karl Albrecht II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Baron Johann Kazimir Reviczky of Revisnye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Baroness Judith Reviczky of Revisnye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Baroness Rosalie Perényi of Perény
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Victor I, Duke of Ratibor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Countess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Countess Friederike Reuss of Köstritz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Victor II, Duke of Ratibor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Prince Karl Egon I of Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Prince Karl Aloys of Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Countess Maria Josepha of Sternberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Karl Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Princess Maria Henriette of Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Amalie of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Geyer von Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer of Geyersberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Countess Maximiliane Christiane of Sponeck
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes and sources

Victor II, Duke of Ratibor
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
German nobility titles abolished
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
Victor III
— TITULAR —
Prince of Corvey
11 August 1919 – 9 August 1923
Reason for succession failure:
German nobility titles abolished