“This loss hits me very deep,” wrote his wife, Princess Josefa von Hohenzollern.
The Gist
- Prince Harald von Hohenzollern of Germany died last week at age 63.
- He suffered “a sudden cardiac death,” according to his wife, Princess Josefa von Hohenzollern.
- The Princess is currently pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Prince Harald von Hohenzollern of
Germany
has passed away at the age of 63, as confirmed by his wife, Princess Josefa von Hohenzollern.
The 51-year-old royal, who is currently expecting the couple’s first child, shared the devastating news on social media last week.
“Dear fellow citizens of Leonberg, today I am writing with a heavy heart,” she wrote in the caption of her latest
Instagram
post. “My beloved husband, Harald v. Hohenzollern, died completely unexpectedly of a sudden cardiac death. This loss hits me very deep.”
Prince Harald, who works in the diamond industry, died of cardiac arrest in Namibia. Princess Josefa is currently running for re-election as mayor of Leonberg, a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
After meeting in 2022, the couple married last year in Josefa’s hometown of Kollnburg. Her baby is due in July.
“I need time to grieve, say goodbye and be there for our unborn child,” Princess Josefa added. “That’s why I will be stepping back from campaigning and social media in the coming days.”
“I hope for your understanding during this time off and thank you from the bottom of my heart at this point for your condolences and support,” she concluded.
The House of Hohenzollern is a formal royal German dynasty. In 1918, the country’s monarchy was abolished as a result of the German Revolution, which followed World War I. The royal house is no longer officially recognized by Germany, but two lines of Hohenzollern aristocracy still exist today: the Prussian line, lead by Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, and the Swabian line, headed by Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern.
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