Ernst Christian Carl IV (May 7, 1794 – April 12, 1860) was a brother-in-law of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He was the son of Carl Ludwig III Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette zu Solms-Baruth.[1] He married Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the only daughter of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, on 18 February 1828 in Kensington Palace, London. She was the elder half-sister of the future British queen. [2]
He succeeded to the title of 4th Prince zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg on April 4, 1825 and attained the rank of Major-General[3]
| Name[4] | Birth | Death | Age | Notes |
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| Carl Ludwig Wilhelm Leopold, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 25 October 1829 | 16 May 1907 | 77 years | Succeeded to the title on 12 April 1860 but abdicated his rights in favor of his younger brother on 21 April of the same year. |
| Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 8 November 1830 | 27 February 1850 | 19 years | |
| Hermann Ernst Franz Bernhard VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 31 August 1832 | 8 March 1913 | 80 years | |
| Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 11 December 1833 | 31 December 1891 | 58 years | Settled in Great Britain and made a morganatic marriage. |
| Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | 20 July 1835 | 25 January 1900 | 64 years | Married to Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. |
| Princess Feodora Victoria Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langeburg | 7 July 1839 | 10 February 1872 | 42 years | Married to George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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