William, Prince of Hohenzollern

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William
Prince of Hohenzollern
Tenure	8 June 1905 – 22 October 1927
Predecessor	Leopold
Successor	Frederick
Born	(1864-03-07)7 March 1864 Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, Prussia
Died	22 October 1927(1927-10-22) (aged 63) Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, German Reich
Spouse	Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ​ ​ (m. 1889; died 1909)​ Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria ​ ​ (m. 1915)​
Issue	Augusta Victoria, Queen of Portugal Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern Francis Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden
Names German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother	Infanta Antónia of Portugal

William, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt Fürst von Hohenzollern) (7 March 1864 in Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf – 22 October 1927 in Sigmaringen) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal.

William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania. His first cousins included (among others) Carlos I of Portugal, Albert I of Belgium, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony.

Between 1880 and 1886, William was heir presumptive to the Romanian throne. On 20 December 1886, he renounced his rights to the throne in favour of his brother Ferdinand.^[1][2]