Background
Being a son of Prince Max Egon (1897-1968) and Doña María de la Piedad de Yturbe von Scholtz-Hermensdorff, 3rd Marquesa de Belvís de las Navas (1892-1990), he was brother of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and thus uncle of Hubertus von Hohenlohe who has skied for the Mexican Olympic team at multiple winter games and is part of the royal family of Wurttemberg.