Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg his younger brother Hermann, after he intended to marry unequally. However, he retained the title of Prince (). Carl Ludwig was married morganatically on 22 February 1861 in Paris to Maria Grathwohl (1837–1901), eldest daughter of Georg Andreas Grathwohl and his wife, Friederike Meyer. His wife, unable to share his title, was created "Baroness von Bronn" in the nobility of Württemberg, the title being made heritable for all their children and legitimate male-line descendants. They had three children: Carl Ludwig II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Carl Ludwig II, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (; 25 October 182916 May 1907), was the eldest
Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (mother's sister) and Prince Otto of Castell-Rüdenhausen (father's first cousin). On 17 November 2016, Sophie gave birth to the couple's fourth child, a third son. Prince Heinrich was baptized in the Chapel of St. Michael at Hohenzollern Castle on 13 May 2017. Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (; born 10 June 1976) is the current head of the Prussian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia. He is the great-great-grandson and historic heir of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and