Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
| Constantine | |||||
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| Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | |||||
| Reign | 13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849 | ||||
| Predecessor | Friedrich Hermann Otto | ||||
| Successor | Annexation by Prussia | ||||
| Born | 16 February 1801 Schloss Sagan, Sagan, Silesia, Prussia | ||||
| Died | 3 September 1869 (aged 68) Schloss Polnisch Nettkow, Grünberg, Silesia, Prussia | ||||
| Spouse | Eugénie de Beauharnais
(m. 1826; died 1847)Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern
(m. 1850) | ||||
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| House | Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
| Father | Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen | ||||
| Mother | Princess Pauline of Courland | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (16 February 1801 – 3 September 1869), was the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Constantine served as regent for his ill father, Frederick, beginning in 1834. Upon his father's death in 1838, Constantine became Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and after the death of his mother in 1845, he also inherited the Duchy of Sagan. Following the Revolutions of 1848, Constantine and Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen both agreed to cede their principalities to the Kingdom of Prussia and renounced their rights as sovereign princes and heads of government on 7 December 1849.