On 18th February 1828 [his father] Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince [aged 33] and [his mother] Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess were married at Kensington Palace. She by marriage Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg.
On 11th December 1833 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen was born to Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince [aged 39] and Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess.
On 12th April 1860 [his father] Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince [aged 65] died.
On 24th January 1861 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 27] and Laura Seymour [aged 28] were married. Their marriage was morganatic. Almost two weeks before her marriage she was created Countess von Gleichen by Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1870 she was granted her the rank and style of the daughter of a marquess by Royal Warrant of Precedence, entitling her to prefix Lady to her name.
On 20th December 1861 [his son] Countess Feodora Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 28] and [his wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour [aged 29].
After 20th January 1870. Church of the Holy Trinity Arrow, Warwickshire [Map]. Monument to [his father-in-law] Admiral George Francis Seymour-Conway [deceased] sculpted by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 36].
On 25th August 1870 Richard Seymour-Conway 4th Marquess Hertford [aged 70] died in Paris [Map]. His second cousin [his brother-in-law] Francis [aged 58] succeeded 5th Marquess Hertford, 5th Earl Hertford, 5th Earl of Yarmouth, 5th Viscount Beauchamp, 6th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 6th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford [aged 60] by marriage Marchioness Hertford.
On 1st February 1873 [his daughter] Helena Gleichen was born to Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 39] and [his wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour [aged 40].
On 2nd February 1880 George Hamilton Seymour-Conway [aged 82] died. Monument at Church of St Nicholas, Alcester [Map] sculpted by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 46]. Seated figure on Pedestal.
George Hamilton Seymour-Conway: On 21st September 1797 he was born to George Seymour-Conway and Isabella Hamilton. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
Around 1883. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Count Gelichen [aged 49].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 25th January 1884 [his brother-in-law] Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford [aged 71] died. His son Hugh [aged 40] succeeded 6th Marquess Hertford, 6th Earl Hertford, 6th Earl of Yarmouth, 6th Viscount Beauchamp, 7th Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 7th Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Mary Hood Marchioness Hertford [aged 37] by marriage Marchioness Hertford.
On 31st December 1891 Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen [aged 58] died.
On 13th February 1912 [his former wife] Princess Laura Williamina Seymour [aged 79] died.
father: Ernst Christian Carl Hohenlohe Langenburg I Prince
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg Count Gleichen
Grandfather: Emich Carl Leiningen
mother: Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Leiningen Princess
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heinrich Reuss
Grandmother: Henriette Reuss