extinction on 21 April 1896, Prince Charles Gonthier agreed with the remaining dynasts, his brother Prince Leopold and cousin Prince Günther Victor of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, that their morganatic relative Prince Sizzo of Leutenberg was to become a member of the princely house with full succession rights. Their decision became law on 1 June 1896. In 1906 Prince Charles Gonthier suffered a serious injury in a hunting accident. He spent the remaining years of his life confined to a hospital bed and died in a sanatorium in Dresden. As his brother and heir Prince Leopold had died in 1906, Prince Charles Gonthier was succeeded by his cousin, Prince Günther Victor, in whom both Schwarzburg principalities became vested in a personal union. Titles and honours Titles 7 August 1830 - 19 August 1835: His Serene Highness Prince Charles Gonthier of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 19 August 1835 - 17 July 1880: His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 17 July 1880 - 28 March 1909: His Serene Highness the Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Honours and awards Colonel-in-Chief of the Third Regiment of Thuringian Infantry Ascanian duchies: Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, 2 August 1850 : Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert, 1850 : Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 20 July 1861 Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Royal Order of the Crown, 1st Class, 14 June 1864 Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 3rd Class with Swords, 1866; Grand Cross with Swords on Ring, 5 April 1875 Member of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 1884; Knight of Honour, 24 September 1889 Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 3 November 1892 : Grand Cross of the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 9 June 1869 Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 25 January 1882 : Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, 1889 Ancestry References 1830 births 1909 deaths House of Schwarzburg People from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Generals of Infantry (Prussia)