Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg (Charles Egon Maria Frédéric Emile Kaspar Henri Guillaume Kamill Max Louis Victor; 25 August 1852 – 27 November 1896) was a German military officer and nobleman who was the head of the House of Fürstenberg from 1892 to 1896.
Early life
He was born in
Krušovice
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Etymology
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, the son of Charles Egon III of Fürstenberg and his wife, Princess Elisabeth Reuss of Greiz, youngest daughter of Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz. Frank Raberg, ''Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933'', 2001.
He was taught by private tutors and traveled in his youth, as well as assisting at philosophical and legal conferences at
Heidelberg University
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from 1872 to 1874. He then continued to study at
Strasbourg University
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.
Career
After his studies at Strasbourg University, he entered the Prussian Army as a lieutenant in a
hussar
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regiment at
Potsdam
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, rising to major, then colonel.
He accompanied the Prince of Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg in March 1888 on the latter's trip to Rome to meet
Pope Leo XIII
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. Following his father's death in 1892, he became Prince of Fürstenberg. A member of the
Prussian House of Lords
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Boniface de Castellane
Esprit Victor Elisabeth Boniface de Castellane, ''comte de Castellane'' (21 March 178816 September 1862), was a French military officer and ultimately a Marshal of France.
Early life
He was a son of Boniface Louis André de Castellane (1758– ...
and his wife, Louise-Cordélia Greffulhe).
The prince died at the Château de Bruttan near
Nice
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Jean de Castellane
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. Friedrich von Weech, ''Fürstenberg, Karl Egon IV. Fürst zu'', in "
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...