Meinrad II Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 November 1673 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.
Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen ...
– 20 October 1715 in Sigmaringen) was
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...
of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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from 1689 until his death.
Life
Meinrad was a son of Prince
Maximilian I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636–1689) from his marriage to
Maria Clara
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* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
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(1635–1715), the daughter of Count Albert of Berg-s'-Heerenberg. He was still a minor when he succeeded his father in 1689 and initially, he stood under the guardianship of his mother and his uncle
Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (2 December 1657 at Sigmaringen Castle – 14 October 1702 in Friedlingen), was a reigning Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
Life
Franz Anton was the youngest son of Prince Meinrad I of Hohenz ...
.
He studied at the
University of Ingolstadt
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and embarked on a military career. He fought in the
Battle of Vienna, the Hungarian rebellion and the
Nine Years' War. In 1692, Emperor
Leopold I raised the Swabian branch of the
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 ...
to
Imperial Prince
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Definition
Originally, possessors ...
s, under the condition that they would practice
primogeniture in the future, i.e. they were not allowed to increase the number of imperial princes by further subdividing their principalities. In 1695, Meinrad II concluded a treaty of inheritance with the Elector of Brandenburg: if either the Swabian or the Brandenburg line of Hohenzollern were to die out, then the other line would inherit their territories.
In 1702, Meinrad's uncle Francis Anthony died. Both his sons had joined the clergy, so Hohenzollern-Haigerloch fell back to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
In 1708, Meinrad founded a
blast furnace works in Laucherthal (now part of
Sigmaringendorf
Sigmaringendorf is a small town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. In Sigmaringendorf the small river ''Lauchert'' flows into the Danube. There is an open-air-theatre in Sigmaringendorf, it's called Waldbühne Sigma ...
), which is now owned by Zollern GmbH, a company which is still partially owned by the descendants of the Princes of Hohenzollern.
Marriage and issue
On 22 November 1700 in Sigmaringen, he married
Johanna Katharina von Montfort
Johanna Katharina Victoria, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (née Countess Johanna Katharina Victoria von Montfort-Tettnang (9 October 1678 - 26 January 1759) was a German noblewoman and consort of Meinrad II. She served as the regent of H ...
, (1678–1759), a daughter of Count John Anthony I of
Montfort-Tettnang. They had the following children:
*
Joseph Friedrich Ernst (1702–1769), his successor, married:
*# in 1722 to Countess Marie of Oettingen-Spielberg (1703–1737)
*# in 1738 to Countess Judith of Closen (1718–1743)
*# in 1743 to Countess Maria Theresa of Waldburg-Trauchburg (1696–1761)
* Anna Maria (1707–1783)
*
Franz Wilhelm (1704–1737), married in 1724 to Countess Marie Catharina of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (1702–1739)
* Charles Wolfgang (1708–1709)
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
* 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. 279
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
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1673 births
1715 deaths
17th-century German people
18th-century German people