Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was a member of House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor.
Background
Victor was born at Schloss Rauden, Kingdom of Prussia, eldest son of Victor I, Duke of Ratibor (1818–1893), (son of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe-Langenburg) and his wife, Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg (1821–1899), (daughter of Karl Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden).
Education
Ratibor studied Law in Bonn and Göttingen and was a member of the Corps Borussia (1867) and Saxonia (1890).
Career
After making his Doctorate in Law he entered the Potsdamer Life Guards Hussar Regiment in which he fought during the Franco-Prussian War. Between 1873 and 1876 he worked at the German Embassy in Vienna. In 1893 he took over the dominions Kieferstädtel and Zembowitz in Upper Silesia.
From 1897 to 1921 he was Chairman of the Silesia Province respectively of the Upper Silesian provincial parliament.
In 1913 he became honorary citizen of Breslau. 6 September 1847 – 30 January 1893: His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Ratibor and Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 30 January 1893 – 9 August 1923: His Serene Highness The Duke of Ratibor, Prince of Corvey Honours.
Politics
From 1896 to 1904 he was chairman of the New Coalition Party.
Membership
As a member of the Free Conservative Party, he ran in 1885 and 1888 for the Prussian House of Representatives. Since 1893, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords.