Meinrad I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1605 in
Munich
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– 30 January 1681 in
Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district.
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) was
Prince
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of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1638 until his death.
Life
Meinrad I was the son of
Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 August 1578 in Sigmaringen – 22 March 1638 in Munich), was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 to 1623. He was elevated to the rank of prince in 1623 and so was ''Prince'' of ...
(1578–1638) and Countess Johanna of
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
History
The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was created in 1576, upon the partition of the Co ...
(1581–1634). The Prince was born in Munich, where his father as president acted of the Privy Council for Duke
Maximilian I of Bavaria.
The
Thirty Years' War
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had a major influence on his life. When he was 17, he served in the Bavarian army. He served under
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* Tilly, Yvelines, in the Yvelines ''département''
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in the
Battle of Lutter
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. He later fought under
Pappenheim
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History
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against
Protestant
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rebels in
Austria
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. He later became an influential advisor of the Duke of Bavaria.
When he inherited Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1638, the principality had been ravaged and depleted by the war. He commissioned the renowned architect
Michael Beer from Vorarlberg to rebuild and modernize the castles at
Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district.
Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaring ...
and
Haigerloch. The Swedes had occupied Sigmaringen Castle in 1633. In 1633, a Catholic army Under general
Gustav Horn had retake the castle, however, during the battle the eastern wing had been destroyed by fire. In 1658 and 1659, Meinrad had the east wing rebuilt and combined the two buildings on the east side, which had been built by the Counts of
Werdenberg. He paid this construction work out of his own pocket, using funds he had inherited from his father, and his wife's fortune.
He died on 30 January 1681. After his death, the county was divided, inaccordance with the provisions of Meinrad's will: his eldest son
Maximilian I inherited
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; his youngest son
Franz Anton
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inherited
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
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Marriage and descendants
Meinrad married on 7 May 1635 to Anna Marie (1613 – 12 February 1682), the daughter of Baron Ferdinand of Törring at Seefeld, with whom he had nineteen children:
*
Maximilian I (20 January 1636 – 13 August 1689), inherited Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
* Johann Karl (17 February 1637 – April 1637).
* Maria Anna (17 March 1638 – 27 August 1638).
* Franz Ferdinand (27 November 1639 – 12 August 1662), killed in a hunting accident
* Maria Johanna (28 March 1640 – 12 November 1707), Prioress of Inzigkofen Abbey.
* Meinrad (9 April 1641 – 25 April 1642).
* Christoph (born and died 26 January 1642).
* Maria Magdalena (5 January 1643 – 27 October 1663).
* Ignaz (stillborn, 22 December 1643).
* Maria Menodora (10 December 1644 – 3 December 1664), a nun in Holz.
* Maria Katharina (born and died 24 November 1645).
* Maria Theresa (20 March 1647 – June 1647).
* Johann Meinrad (9 February 1648 – 11 February 1648).
* Maria Franziska (17 May 1649 – 5 September 1712), also Prioress of Inzigkofen Abbey.
* Stillborn son (6 August 1650).
* Johann Felix (30 August 1651 – 8 September 1651).
* Anna Maria (26 August 1654 – 27 August 1678), married on 13 July 1672 to Count Anton Eusebius of Koenigsegg-Aulendorf.
* Stillborn son (22 August 1655)
*
Franz Anton
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(2 December 1657 – 14 October 1702), inherited Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, killed in action.
Ancestry
See also
*
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenbu ...
References
* E. G. Johler: ''Geschichte, Land- und Ortskunde der souverainen teutschen Fürstenthümer Hohenzollern Hechingen und Sigmaringen'', Stettin'sche Buchhandlung, Ulm, 1824, p. 66
Online* Gustav Schilling: ''Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen'', Fleischer, Leipzig, 1843, p. 270 ff
online* Günter Schmitt: ''Sigmaringen'', in: Günter Schmitt: ''Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb'' vol. 3: ''Donautal. Wandern und entdecken zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen'', Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach, 1990, , p. 41-62
External links
Family treeat the site of the ''Prince of Hohenzollern'' company
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Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
House of Hohenzollern
1605 births
1681 deaths
17th-century German people
Nobility from Munich