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County (Principality) of Hohenlohe
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Hohenlohe
1450–1806
Coat of arms of Hohenlohe
Coat of arms
Hohenlohe state, Homann, 1748
Hohenlohe state, Homann, 1748
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalÖhringen
Religion
Catholic
Lutheran
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
1450
• Raised to
    Imperial Counts
13 May
• Joined
    Franconian Circle
1500
• Raised to
    principality
21 May 1744
• Mediatised to
    Württemberg
12 July 1806
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Bishopric of Würzburg Bishopric of Würzburg
Kingdom of Württemberg

The House of Hohenlohe (pronounced [hoːənˈloːə]) is a German princely dynasty. It formerly ruled an immediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire, which was divided between several branches. In 1806, the area of Hohenlohe was 1,760 km² and its estimated population was 108,000.[1] The motto of the house is Ex flammis orior (Latin for 'From flames I rise'). The Lords of Hohenlohe were elevated to the rank of Imperial Counts in 1450, and from 1744, the territory and its rulers were princely. In 1825, the German Confederation recognized the right of all members of the house to be styled as Serene Highness (German: Durchlaucht), with the title of Fürst for the heads of its branches, and the title of prince/princess for the other members.[2] From 1861, the Hohenlohe-Öhringen branch was also of ducal status as dukes of Ujest.

Due to the continuous lineage of the dynasty until the present time, it is considered to be one of the longest-lived noble families in Germany and Europe. The large state coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg today bears the Frankish rake of the former Duchy of East and West Franconia, which also included the Franconian region of Baden-Württemberg around Heilbronn-Hohenlohe. The dynasty is related to the Staufers around the famous Emperor Barbarossa, and also to the British royal family through Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria's half-sister Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

History

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The first ancestor was mentioned in 1153 as Conrad, Lord of Weikersheim, where the family had the Geleitrecht (right of escorting travellers and goods and charging customs) along the Tauber river on the trading route between Frankfurt and Augsburg until the 14th century. It is likely that Conrad was a son of Conrad von Pfitzingen, who was already mentioned in documents in 1136/1141 and owned a castle of that name near Weikersheim. Allegedly, according to some, however unconfirmed sources, the wife of Conrad von Pfitzingen named Sophie was an illegitimate daughter of Conrad III Hohenstaufen, King of Germany, with a noble lady named Gerberga.[3] The Hohenlohe family therefore later boasted of a kinship with the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen.

Heinrich von Weikersheim is mentioned in documents from 1156 to 1182 and Adelbert von Weikersheim around 1172 to 1182. The latter used Hohenlohe (“Albertus de Hohenloch”) as his name for the first time in 1178 which is derived from the no longer existing Hohlach Castle near Simmershofen in Middle Franconia. His brother Heinrich also called himself so from 1182 (in the versions “Hohenlach” or “Holach”) which later was to become Hohenlohe. The name means “high-lying wood” (high Loh). The name Hohenlohe was probably adopted because Weikersheim was a fiefdom of the Comburg monastery, but Hohlach was an imperial fiefdom that granted its owners the status of imperial knight. Hohlach Castle secured the Rothenburg−Ochsenfurt road. However, Hohlach soon lost its importance; the family's holdings were expanded from Weikersheim, which is located about 20 km further west, southwards to form the county of Hohenlohe. Haltenbergstetten Castle near Pfitzingen, south of Weikersheim, was built around 1200, as was Brauneck Castle halfway between Weikersheim and Hohlach.

The dynasty's influence was soon perceptible between the Franconian valleys of the Kocher, Jagst and Tauber rivers, an area that was to be called the Hohenlohe Plateau.[4] Their original main seats were Weikersheim, Hohlach and Brauneck (near Creglingen).

Oldest known seal of the Hohenlohe; belonging to a Conrad of Hohenlohe and used by the crusader Albert of Hohenlohe in 1207
Seal of Gottfried of Hohenlohe (1235)
Tomb effigy of Albrecht of Hohenlohe (d. 1338) in Schöntal Abbey

Of Konrad von Weikersheim's three sons, Konrad and Albrecht died childless. Heinrich I von Hohenlohe, the third son, died around 1183; he had five sons, of whom Andreas, Heinrich and Friedrich entered the Teutonic Order and thus the clergy, as a result of which the House of Hohenlohe lost important possessions around Mergentheim to the order. Like Hohlach Castle, these had probably fallen to the Lords of Weikersheim through marriage. In 1219 Mergentheim became the seat of the Mergentheim Commandery [de]. Mergentheim Palace became the residence of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in 1527 and remained the headquarters of the Order until 1809.

The son Heinrich von Hohenlohe (d. 1249) became Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. His grandsons, Gottfried and Conrad, supporters of Emperor Frederick II, founded the lines of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and Hohenlohe-Brauneck in 1230, the names taken from their respective castles.[5] The emperor granted them the Italian counties of Molise and Romagna in 1229/30, but they were not able to hold them for long. Gottfried was a tutor and close advisor to the emperor's son king Conrad IV. When the latter survived an assassination attempt plotted by bishop Albert of Regensburg, he granted Gottfried some possessions of the Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg, namely the Vogt position for the Augustine Stift at Öhringen and the towns of Neuenstein and Waldenburg. Gottfried's son Kraft I acquired the town of Ingelfingen with Lichteneck Castle. In 1253 the town and castle of Langenburg were inherited by the lords of Hohenlohe, after the lords of Langenburg had become extinct. During the Interregnum the Hohenlohe sided with the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg and defeated the count of Henneberg and his coalition at the Battle of Kitzingen gaining Uffenheim in the aftermath. In 1273 Kraft of Hohenlohe fought at the Battle on the Marchfeld on the side of king Rudolf of Habsburg. By 1300, town and castle Schillingsfürst had also passed into the possession of the Hohenlohe lords.

Hohlach later became part of the Principality of Ansbach, a subsequent state of the Hohenzollern Burgraviate of Nuremberg, to which the Hohenlohe family had sold the nearby town of Uffenheim in 1378,[6] and Hohlach some time later. Yet, the name Hohenlohe remained attached to the county with its other territories.

The branch of Hohenlohe-Brauneck received Jagstberg Castle (near Mulfingen) as af fief from the Bishop of Würzburg around 1300, which later came to various other feudal holders, but repeatedly also back to the House of Hohenlohe. The Lords of Hohenlohe-Brauneck became extinct in 1390, their lands were sold to the Hohenzollern margraves of Ansbach in 1448. Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe was divided into several branches, two of which were Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld (1330–1412). Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, descended from count Kraft I (died 1313), also underwent several divisions, the most important following the deaths of counts Albert and George in 1551. At this time the two main branches of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg were founded by George's sons. Meanwhile, in 1412, the branch of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld had become extinct, and its lands passed to other families by marriage.[5] George Hohenlohe was prince-bishop of Passau (1390–1423) and archbishop of Esztergom (1418–1423), serving King Sigismund of Hungary (the later King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor).

In 1450, Emperor Frederick III granted Kraft of Hohenlohe (died 1472) and his brother, Albrecht, the sons of Elizabeth of Hanau, heiress of Ziegenhain, the title Count of Ziegenhain (Graf zu Ziegenhain) and invested them with the County of Ziegenhain.[7] Actually, the Landgraves of Hesse soon took the County of Ziegenhain. After decades of, sometimes armed, conflict, the Hohenlohe gave up their claim to Ziegenhain in favor of the Hessian landgrave in a settlement with financial compensation in 1495. In this context, the emperor elevated their lordship Hohenlohe to the status of an imperial county. The county remained divided between several family branches, however still being an undivided Imperial Fief under the imperial jurisdiction, and was to be represented by the family's senior vis-à-vis the imperial court.

The Hohenlohes were Imperial Counts having two voices in the Diet (or Assembly, called Kreistag) of the Franconian Circle.[8] They also had six voices in the Franconian College of Imperial Counts (Fränkisches Reichsgrafenkollegium) of the Imperial Diet (Reichstag).[9] The right to vote in the Imperial Diet gave a German noble family the status of imperial state (Reichsstände) and made them belong to the High Nobility (Hoher Adel), on a par with ruling princes and dukes.

By 1455, Albrecht of Hohenlohe had acquired the castle and lordship of Bartenstein (near Schrozberg). In 1472 the town and castle of Pfedelbach were bought by the Hohenlohe family. In 1586, Weikersheim was inherited by count Wolfgang who reconstructed the medieval Weikersheim Castle into a Renaissance palace. When the last Weikersheim count, Carl Ludwig, died around 1760, his lands were divided between the Langenburg, Neuenstein and Öhringen branches; in 1967, Prince Constantin of Hohenlohe-Langenburg sold Weikersheim Castle, meanwhile a museum, to the state.

The existing branches of the Hohenlohe family are descended from the lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, established in 1551 by Ludwig Kasimir (d. 1568) and Eberhard (d. 1570), the sons of Count Georg I (d. 1551).[10] Since Georg had become protestant on his deathbed, the reformation was introduced in the county and confirmed by the Peace of Augsburg in 1556. In 1667 however, a confessional division arose when the two sons of Georg Friedrich II of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, Christian (founder of the Bartenstein line) and Ludwig Gustav (founder of the Schillingsfürst line), converted to the Catholic Church. After the extinction of two other protestant side lines, Waldenburg in 1679 and Waldenburg-Pfedelbach in 1728, the whole property of the main branch Hohenlohe-Waldenburg was inherited by the catholic counts.

Of the Lutheran branch of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, which underwent several partitions and inherited the county of Gleichen in Thuringia (with its residence at Ehrenstein Castle in Ohrdruf) in 1631, the senior line became extinct in 1805, while in 1701 the junior line divided itself into three branches, those of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Kirchberg.[5] The branch of Kirchberg died out in 1861, with its lands and castle passing to the Öhringen-Neuenstein branch (Kirchberg Castle was sold in 1952), but the branches of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (residing at Langenburg Castle) and Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen still exist, the latter being divided into Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen-Öhringen (which became extinct in 1960) and Hohenlohe-Oehringen (today residing at Neuenstein Castle). The two actual heads of the branches of Langenburg and Oehringen are traditionally styled Fürst. The two princes of Hohenlohe-Oehringen-Neuenstein and of Hohenlohe-Langenburg entertained a government office for the county of Gleichen at Ehrenstein Castle until 1848.

Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, had acquired the estates of Slawentzitz, Ujest and Bitschin in Silesia by marriage in 1782, an area of 108 square miles, where his grandson Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Duke of Ujest, established calamine mines and founded one of the largest zinc smelting plants in the world. His son, prince Christian Kraft (1848–1926), sold the plants and went almost bankrupt with a fund in which he had invested in 1913; the mines he had still kept were depropriated by communist Poland in 1945. Until then, this branch had its headquarters in Slawentzitz and also owned estates in Hungary. After their expulsion and expropriation, the branch returned to Neuenstein.

The Catholic branch of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg was soon divided into three side branches, but two of these had died out by 1729. The surviving branch, that of Schillingsfürst, was divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, with further divisions following.[5] The four catholic lines which still exist today (with their heads styled Fürst) are those of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (at Schillingsfürst), Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (at Waldenburg), Hohenlohe-Jagstberg (at Haltenbergstetten) and Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (at Bartenstein). A side branch of the House of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst inherited the dukedom of Ratibor in Silesia in 1834, together with the principality of Corvey in Westphalia. While the Silesian property was expropriated in Poland in 1945, Corvey Abbey remains owned by the Duke of Ratibor to this day, together with further inherited properties in Austria.

The Holy Roman Emperors granted the title of Imperial Prince (Reichsfürst) to the Waldenburg line (in 1744) and to the Neuenstein (Öhringen) line (in 1764).[11] In 1757, the Holy Roman Emperor elevated possessions of the Waldenburg line to the status of Imperial Principality.[12] In 1772, the Holy Roman Emperor elevated possessions of the Neuenstein and Langenburg lines to the status of Imperial Principality.[12]

On 12 July 1806, the principalities became parts of the kingdoms of Bavaria and of Württemberg by the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine. Therefore, the region of Hohenlohe is presently located for the most part in the north eastern part of the State of Baden-Württemberg (forming the counties of Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall and the southern part of Main-Tauber-Kreis), with smaller parts in the Bavarian administrative districts of Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. The Hohenlohisch dialect is part of the East Franconian German dialect group and the population still values its traditional distinct identity.

Rulers

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House of Hohenlohe

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Partitions of Hohenlohe under House of Hohenlohe rule

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Lordship of Hohenlohe
(1192-1209)
Lordship of Brauneck
(1209-1390) 		      
Lordship of Weikersheim
(1209-1450)
Raised to:
County of Weikersheim
(1st creation)
(1450–1551) 		Lordship of
Uffenheim
(1255-1412)
Lordship of
Haltenbergstetten
(1268-1368) 		      
      
      
      
County of Schillingfurst
(1st creation)
(1472–1545) 		      
      
             
County of Waldenburg
(1551-1679) 		County of Langenburg
(1st creation)
(1568–1590) 		County of Weikersheim
(2nd creation)
(1568–1684) 		County of Neuenstein
(1st creation)
(1503–1606)
                           
      
County of Langenburg
(2nd creation)
(1610–1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Langenburg
(1764–1806) 		             
       County of Neuenstein
(3rd creation)
(1610–1698)
County of
Pfedelbach
(1600-1728) 		       County of Schillingfurst
(2nd creation)
(1600–1744)
Raised to:
Principality of Schillingfurst
(1744–1806)
      
County of Kirchberg
(1699-1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Kirchberg
(1764–1806) 		              County of Ohringen
(1641-1805)
County of Bartenstein
(1635-1806) 		County of Ingelfingen
(1699-1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Ingelfingen
(1764–1806)
      
(mediatized to Württemberg in 1806)

Table of rulers

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Ruler Born Reign Death Ruling part Consort Notes
Henry 1144 1192–1212 1212 Lordship of Hohenlohe Adelaide of Langenberg/
of Gundelfingen[13]
(d.1230)
six children		 First confirmed member of the family who held the lordship.
Godfrey I 1190 1212–1255 1255 Lordship of Weikersheim Richeza of Bocksberg[14]
six children 		Children of Henry, divided the land. Conrad was also count at Molise and Romagna.
Conrad I c.1195 1212–1250 c.1250 Lordship of Brauneck Petrissa of Büdingen[15]
five children
Godfrey I 1232 1250–1306 1312 Lordship of Brauneck Willibirg
(d.1272/78)
c.1265
six children

Elisabeth of Falkenstein
c.1279
six children 		Children of Conrad I, divided the land. It's possible that a Godfrey that supposedly died in 1273 is this one who died in 1312. Godfrey abdicated in 1306.
Henry c.1235 1250–1267 4 October 1267 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Unknown
three children
Crato I 1242 1255–1313 19 September 1313 Lordship of Weikersheim Willibirg of Wertheim
(d.8 January 1279)
three children

Margaret of Truendingen
(d.11 November 1294)
1280
six children

Agnes of Württemberg
(d.27 September 1305)
1295
two children 		Children of Godfrey I, divided the land.
Albert I c.1240 1255–1269 1269 Lordship of Uffenheim Kunigunde of Henneberg
(1223–1257)
1240
two children

Udelhild of Berg-Schelklingen
1257
(d.1271)
two children
Gebhard c.1250? 1267–1300 3 November 1300 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Adelaide of Taufers
(d.1300)
six children
Godfrey II c.1250 1269–1290 1290 Lordship of Uffenheim Elisabeth of Nuremberg
(d.13 February 1288)
c.1280
six children 		Children of Albert I, divided the land, but it was mostly and rapidly united again: Schelklingen reunited with Uffenheim after Albert's death; Wernsberg joined in the next generation.
Frederick c.1260 1269–1290 1290 Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Wernsberg)		 Sophia of Henneberg
(d.1313)
four children
Albert (II) c.1260 1269–1338 16 April 1338 Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Schelklingen)		 Unknown
two children

Hedwig of Castell
1309
(d.1331)
no children
Albert II c.1270 1290–1312 30 November 1312 Lordship of Uffenheim Adelaide of Berg-Schelklingen
(d.18 September 1338)
7 November 1289
seven children
Henry c.1280 1290–1329 25 October 1329 Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Wernsberg)		 Elisabeth of Henneberg
(d.29 November 1329)
1300
no children		 After his death Wernsberg reunited with Uffenheim.
Ulrich I c.1270? 1300–1332 1332 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Matilda of Weinsberg
(c.1300? – 1332)
3 April 1284
eight children
Godfrey II c.1270? 1306–1354 1354 Lordship of Brauneck Margaret
(d.c.1335)[16]
two children		 Teutonic Knight, eventually succeeded in the lordship.
Louis c.1290 1312–1356 1356 Lordship of Uffenheim Elisabeth of Nassau
(c.1310 – 18 April 1359)
1326
eight children
Crato II c.1270 1313–1344 8 May 1344 Lordship of Weikersheim Adelaide Matilda of Württemberg
(1295/1300 – 13 September 1342)
1306
two children 		Children of Crato I, ruled jointly.
Conrad c.1270 1313–1330 1330 Lordship of Weikersheim Unknown
two children
Ulrich II c.1300? 1332–1347 1347 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Unknown
six children

Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
(1305–1340)
1 June 1337
no children
Crato III 1328 1344–1371 16 November 1371 Lordship of Weikersheim Anna of Leuchtenberg
(d.11 June 1390)
c.1340
nine children
Ulrich III c.1320/30? 1347–1367 17 February 1367 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Elisabeth of Merenberg
(d.1375)
1345
one child
Godfrey III 1290 1354–1368 1368 Lordship of Brauneck Agnes of Castell[17]
(d.14 September 1395)
five children
Godfrey III 1344 1356–1387 1387 Lordship of Uffenheim Anna of Henneberg-Schleusingen
(d. 27 Jul 1385/1388)
1369
three children
Ulrich IV c.1350? 1367–1381 19 April 1381 Lordship of Haltenbergstetten Unmarried Left no descendants. After his death Haltenbergstetten returned to Brauneck domain.
Haltenbergstetten reannexed in Brauneck
Conrad II c.1320/30? 1368–1390 7 August 1390 Lordship of Brauneck Anna of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
(1371 – 1 June 1434)
15 March 1388
one child		 Left no male descendants. After his death Brauneck was annexed to Weikersheim.
Brauneck annexed to Weikersheim
Crato IV c.1350 1371–1399 24 November 1399 Lordship of Weikersheim Agnes of Ziegenhain
(d.23 March 1374)
c.1365/70
no children

Elisabeth of Sponheim
(d.1381)
1374
two children
John 1370 1387–1412 24 October 1412 Lordship of Uffenheim Unmarried Left no descendants. After his death Uffenheim re-merged in Weikersheim.
Uffenheim re-merged in Weikersheim
Ulrich c.1360 1399–1407 6 December 1407 Lordship of Weikersheim Unmarried Brother and daughter of Crato IV, they shared rule in the lordship; Anna possessed land inherited from her father, which eventually passed to the House of Nassau by marriage.
Anna c.1370 1399–1410 11 October 1410 Lordship of Weikersheim
(at Kirchheimbolanden and Stauf)		 Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
1385
one child
Albert I c.1365? 1407–1429 16 June 1429 Lordship of Weikersheim Elisabeth of Hanau
1413
seven children		 Brother of Crato IV and Ulrich.
Regency of Elisabeth of Hanau (1429–1431) Children of Albert I, divided the land. After Albert's death, Neuenstein as reabsorbed by Waldenburg.
Crato V c.1410 1429–1472 21/31 March 1472 Lordship of Weikersheim
(until 1450, at Waldenburg)

County of Weikersheim
(from 1450, at Waldenburg)		 Margaret of Oettingen
(1430 – 24 February 1472)
1431
seven children
Albert II c.1410 1429–1490 1490 Lordship of Weikersheim
(until 1450, at Neuenstein)

County of Weikersheim
(from 1450, at Neuenstein)		 Unmarried
Crato VI 1452 1472–1503 2 August 1503 County of Weikersheim
(at Waldenburg)		 Helena of Württemberg
(1453 – 19 February 1506)
26 February 1476
Waldenburg
seventeen children 		Children of Crato V, divided the land.
Godfrey IV c.1455 1472–1497 4 October 1497 County of Schillingsfürst Hippolyta of Wilhelmsdorf
1478
six children
John c.1470 1497–1509 1509 County of Schillingsfürst Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
(d.4 May 1516)
14 November 1491
four children
George I 17 January 1488 1503–1551 16 March 1551 County of Weikersheim
(at Waldenburg)		 Praxedis of Sulz
(1495 – 14 April 1521)
1514
six children

Helena of Waldburg-Zeil
(12 October 1514 – 3 April 1567)
1529
eight children 		Children of Crato VI, divided the land. George changed his seat from Weikersheim to Waldenburg.
Albert III c.1485 1503–1551 19 August 1551 County of Neuenstein Wandelberta of Hohenzollern
(1484–1553)
15 March 1507
Rothenburg
no children
Wolfgang I c.1490 1509–1545 24 December 1545 County of Schillingsfürst Walpurga of Henneberg-Schleusingen
(31 October 1516 – 16 Apr 1570)
18/19 November 1534
Schleusingen
no children		 Left no descendants. Schillingsfürst reverted to Weikersheim.
Schillingsfürst re-merged in Weikersheim
Eberhard 11 October 1535 1551–1570 10 March 1570 County of Waldenburg Agatha of Tübingen
(13 November 1533 – 28 June 1609)
1529
eight children 		Children of George I, divided the land.
Louis Casimir 12 January 1517 1551–1568 24 August 1568 County of Neuenstein Anna of Solms-Lauch-Lich
(12 November 1522 – 9 May 1594)
20 November 1554
Heuchlingen
six children
Philip 17 February 1550 1568–1606 6 March 1606 County of Neuenstein Maria of Orange-Nassau
(12 November 1522 – 9 May 1594)
20 November 1554
Buren
one child 		Children of Louis Casimir, divided the land, but it was quickly reunited under Weikersheim line, as Philip and Frederick didn't have surviving male children.
Wolfgang II 14 June 1546 1568–1610 28 March 1610 County of Weikersheim Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg
27 January 1567
Dillenburg
fourteen children
Frederick 27 June 1553 1568–1590 12 April 1590 County of Langenburg Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(19 October 1565 – 17 July 1621)
12 May 1685
Celle
one child
Regency of Agatha of Tübingen (1570–1577)
George Frederick I the Elder 30 April 1562 1570–1600 22 October 1600 County of Waldenburg Dorothea Reuss of Gera
(1570–1631)
21 August 1586
Waldenburg
six children
Regency of Dorothea Reuss of Gera (1600–1615) Children of George Frederick I, divided the land.
Philip Henry 3 January/June 1591 1600–1644 20/25 March 1644 County of Waldenburg Dorothea Walpurga of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
(20 September 1590 – 20 December 1656)
7 May 1615
Neuenstein
eleven children
Louis Eberhard 19 January 1590 1600–1650 3 November 1650 County of Pfedelbach Dorothea of Erbach
(13 July 1593 – 8 October 1643)
28 October 1610
Waldenburg
eight children
George Frederick II the Younger 16 June 1595 1600–1635 20 September 1635 County of Schillingsfürst Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms
(17 October 1595 – 8 January 1660)
7 April 1616
Butzbach
sixteen children
Crato VII 14 November 1582 1610–1641 11 September 1641 County of Neuenstein Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
(29 March 1593 – 16 November 1676)
17 March 1615
Neuenstein
fourteen children 		Children of Wolfgang, divided the land once more. Weikersheim went once more to Neuenstein, after George Frederick's death without male descendants.
George Frederick 5 September 1569 1610–1645 7 July 1645 County of Weikersheim Eva of Waldstein
(d.24 May 1631)
no children

Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Oettingen
(28 August 1600 – 29 May 1636)
23 April 1620
Oettingen
one child
Philip Ernest 11 August 1584 1610–1628 29 January 1628 County of Langenburg Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde
15 January 1609
Sonnewalde
eleven children
Regency of Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde (1628–1639) Children of Philip Ernest, divided the land, but it was quickly reunited after Joachim Albert's death.
Henry Frederick 7 September 1625 1628–1699 2 June 1699 County of Langenburg Eleanor Magdalena of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
(22 March 1635 – 14 November 1657)
25 January 1652
four children

Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen
(30 January 1640 – 5 May 1706)
5 July 1658
sixteen children
Joachim Albert 3 August 1619 1628–1675 15 July 1675 County of Langenburg
(at Kirchberg)		 Unmarried
Regency of Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms (1635–1660) Children of George Frederick II, divided the land.
Louis Gustav 8 June 1634 1635–1697 21 February 1697 County of Schillingsfürst Maria Eleanor of Hatzfeld
(1632 – 13 June 1667)
18 February 1658
Haltenbergstetten
seven children

Anna Barbara of Schönborn
(18 December 1648 – 6 March 1721)
15/17 July 1668
Mainz
eight children
Christian 31 August 1627 1635–1675 13 June 1675 County of Bartenstein Lucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen
(1634/35 – 30 May 1716)
18 February 1658
Haltenbergstetten
nine children
Wolfgang Julius 3 August 1622 1641–1698 26 December 1698 County of Neuenstein Sophie Eleanor of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
(1 August 1644 – 22 January 1689)
25 August 1666
Neuenstein
fourteen children

Barbara Franziska of Welz-Wilmersdorf
4 September 1689
Wilhermsdorf
no children 		Children of Crato VII, divided the land once more. Siegfried inherited his portion later than his brothers, as his uncle and then possessor of his feud was still alive by the time of the partition of the brothers. Weikersheim, Neuenstein and Kunzelsau, again without heirs, were all annexed to the newly created county of Ohringen.
John Louis 1 June 1625 1641–1689 15 August 1689 County of Neuenstein
(at Kunzelsau)		 Magdalena Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen
(17 February 1654 – 13 February 1691)
15 March 1681
Neuenstein
no children
Siegfried 2 August 1619 1645–1684 26 April 1684 County of Weikersheim Maria of Kaunitz
(1620 – 13 February 1674)
1662
Neuenstein
no children

Sophia Amalia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
(15 December 1646 – 30 November 1695)
1678
Meisenheim
no children
John Frederick I 31 July 1617 1641–1702 17 October 1702 County of Ohringen Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg
(15 January 1642 – 11 June 1685)
28 August 1665
Neuenstein
thirteen children
Neuenstein, Kunzelsau and Weikersheim annexed to Ohringen
Wolfgang Frederick 17 April 1617 1644–1658 28 March 1658 County of Waldenburg Eva Christina of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(24 December 1621 – 25 May 1681)
24 June 1646
Waldenburg
nine children		 Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his brother.
Frederick Crato 27 November 1623 1650–1681 7 April 1681 County of Pfedelbach Floriana Ernestina of Württemberg-Wiltingen
(8 May 1623 – 5 December 1672)
18 May 1657
Leonberg
five children		 Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his brother.
Philip Godfrey 6 June 1618 1658–1679 14 December 1679 County of Waldenburg Anna Christina of Limburg-Sontheim
(5 December 1618 – 28 May 1685)
2 September 1649
six children		 Brother of the childless Wolfgang Frederick, left no male descendants.
Waldenburg divided between Pfedelbach and Schillingsfürst
Regency of Lucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen and Louis Gustav, Count of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1675–1686)
Philip Charles 28 September 1668 1675–1729 15 January 1729 County of Bartenstein Sophia Maria Anna of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1673 – 17 August 1698)
17 May 1695
Frankfurt am Main
one child

Sophia Leopoldina of Hesse-Rotenburg
(17 July 1681 – 18 April 1724)
12 June 1700
Altenberg
eight children
Hezekiah 8 September 1631 1681–1685 6 February 1685 County of Pfedelbach Dorothea Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
(12 October 1650 – 29 November 1711)
27 May 1666
Waldenburg
ten children		 Brother of his predecessor, Frederick Crato.
Louis Godfrey 6 December 1668 1685–1728 18 September 1728 County of Pfedelbach Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(25 April 1667 – 25 August 1747)
27 October 1689
Langenburg
no children
Pfedelbach annexed to Bartenstein
Philip Ernest 29 December 1663 1697–1759 29 November 1759 County of Schillingsfürst
(until 1744)

Principality of Schillingsfürst
(from 1744)		 Franziska Barbara von Welz-Eberstein
(1660 – 13 April 1718)
22 June 1701
Wilhermsdorf
four children

Maria Anna Eleonora Sophia of Oettingen-Wallerstein
(28 August 1680 – 8 September 1749)
6 January 1719
Wallerstein
one child
Albert Wolfgang 6 July 1659 1699–1715 17 April 1715 County of Langenburg Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(19 September 1666 – 29 October 1736)
22 August 1686
Langenburg
twelve children 		Children of Henry Frederick, divided the land.
Christian Crato 15 July 1668 1699–1743 2 October 1743 County of Ingelfingen Maria Katharina Sophia of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
(28 February 1680 – 4 October 1761)
6 December 1701
Pfedelbach
seventeen children
Frederick Eberhard 24 November 1672 1699–1737 23 August 1737 County of Kirchberg Friederika Albertina of Erbach-Fürstenau
(7 October 1683 – 19 January 1709)
18 January 1702
Pfedelbach
four children

Augusta Sophia of Württemberg
(24 September 1691 – 1 March 1743)
5 December 1709
Neuenstadt am Kocher
one child
John Frederick II 22 July 1683 1702–1765 24 August 1765 County of Ohringen Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt
(14 January 1689 – 7 June 1723)
13 February 1710
Darmstadt
seven children 		Children of John Frederick I, divided the land (Weikersheim was briefly revived), but Ohringen was quickly reunited after John Frederick's brothers deaths with no surviving descendants.
John Ernest 24 March 1670 1702 16 November 1702 County of Ohringen Eleonora Juliana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
( 1 October 1669 – 11 April 1750)
12 January 1699
Langenburg
no children
Frederick Crato 22 February 1667 1702–1709 23 August 1709 County of Ohringen Christina Elisabeth of Erbach-Fürstenau
(6 November 1673 – 24 February 1734)
29 September 1695
Fürstenau
no children
Charles Louis 23 September 1674 1702–1756 5 May 1756 County of Weikersheim Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
(15 March 1691 – 18 March 1712)
7 August 1711
Wefferlingen
no children

Elisabeth Friederika Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen
(14 March 1691 – 14 May 1758)
11 November 1713
Oettingen
two children
Louis 20 October 1696 1715–1765 16 January 1765 County of Langenburg
(until 1764)

Principality of Langenburg
(from 1764)		 Eleanor of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(1 July 1707 – 15 October 1769)
25 January 1723
Sonnewalde
thirteen children
Charles Philip Francis 12 July 1702 1729–1763 1 March 1763 County of Bartenstein(until 1744)

Principality of Bartenstein(from 1744)		 Sophia Dorothea Wilhelmina of Hesse-Homburg
(18 February 1714 – 2 May 1777)
26 September 1727
Strasbourg
four children
Charles August 6 April 1707 1737–1767 17 May 1767 County of Kirchberg
(until 1764)

Principality of Kirchberg
(from 1764)		 Charlotte Amalia of Wolfstein
(19 June 1706 – 24 October 1729)
4 January 1728
Salzburg
one child

Susanna Margaretha Louise of Auersperg
(17 February 1712 – 12 September 1748)
1 June 1730
Nuremberg
nine children

Caroline Sophia von Hohenlohe-Ohringen
(8 January 1715 – 21 August 1770)
21 January 1749
Hildburghausen
two children
Philip Henry 10 September 1702 1743–1781 5 April 1781 County of Ingelfingen
(until 1764)

Principality of Ingelfingen
(from 1764)		 Albertina of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(29 January 1701 – 5 November 1773)
4 March 1727
Langenburg
six children		 His heir predecesed him, and the principality was inherited by his brother.
Charles Albert I 22 January 1719 1759–1793 25 January 1793 Principality of Schillingsfürst Sophia Wilhelmina Maria of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
(7 August 1721 – 29 September 1749)
7 February 1740
Vienna
five children

Maria Josepha of Salm-Salm
(7 August 1721 – 29 September 1749)
7 February 1740
Senones (Vosges)
no children
Louis Leopold 15 November 1731 1763–1799 14 June 1799 Principality of Bartenstein Frederika Polyxena of Limburg-Styrum
(28 October 1738 – 26 February 1798)
6 May 1757
Schillingsfürst
seven children
Louis Frederick 23 May 1723 1765–1805 27 July 1805 County of Ohringen Amalie of Saxe-Hildburghausen
28 January 1749
Hildburghausen
one child		 After his death with no heirs, Ohringen was annexed to Ingelfingen.
Ohringen annexed to Ingelfingen
Christian Albert 27 March 1726 1765–1789 4 July 1789 Principality of Langenburg Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern
13 May 1761
Gedern
seven children
Christian Frederick 19 October 1729 1767–1806 18 August 1819 Principality of Kirchberg Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(20 December 1732 – 5 August 1777)
4 June 1760
Langenburg
two children

Philipina Sophia Ernestina of Isenburg-Philippseich
(1 November 1744 – 6 October 1819)
9 October 1778
Philippseich
six children		 In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Kirchberg absorbed into Württemberg
Henry August 10 July 1715 1781–1796 13 February 1796 Principality of Ingelfingen Wilhelmina Eleonora of Hohenlohe-Ohringen
(20 February 1717 – 30 July 1794)
26 September 1743
Ohringen
eight children		 Brother of Philip Henry.
Charles Louis 10 September 1762 1789–1806 4 April 1825 Principality of Langenburg Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth
30 January 1789
Kliczków Castle
thirteen children		 In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Langenburg absorbed into Württemberg
Charles Albert II 21 February 1742 1793–1796 14 June 1796 Principality of Schillingsfürst Leopoldina of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
(28 December 1739 – 9 June 1765)
19 May 1761
Horazdiowitz
two children

Judith Anna Franziska Rewicki de Revisnier
(8 September 1753 – 16 November 1836)
15 August 1773
Kazmir
thirteen children
Frederick Louis 31 January 1746 1796–1806 15 January 1818 Principality of Ingelfingen Amalia Louise Mariana of Hoym-Droyssig
(6 October 1763 – 20 April 1840)
8 April 1782
Gleina
(annulled 1799)
eight children		 In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Ingelfingen absorbed into Württemberg
Charles Albert III 28 February 1776 1796–1806 15 June 1843 Principality of Schillingsfürst Maria Elisabeth Augusta of Isenburg-Birstein
(8 September 1779 – 1 April 1803)
11 July 1797
Munich
three children

Maria Leopoldina of Fürstenberg
(4 September 1791 – 10 January 1844)
130 May 1813
Heiligenberg
four children		 In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Schillingsfurst absorbed into Württemberg
Louis Aloysius 12 December 1766 1799–1806 31 May 1829 Principality of Bartenstein Franziska Wilhelmina of Manderscheid-Blankenheim
(13 March 1770 – 26 August 1789)
18 November 1786
one child

Maria Crescentia of Salm-Reifferscheid
(29 August 1768 – 4 April 1826)
19 January 1790
Bedburg
two children		 In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Bartenstein absorbed into Württemberg

Family members

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Upper right corner the Hohenlohe coat of arms from the Ingeram Codex (1459) with the newer Phoenix crest

Notable members of the von Hohenlohe family include:

Castles of the House of Hohenlohe

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(*) still owned by members of the House of Hohenlohe

Heads of existing branches

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Neuenstein line (Lutheran)

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Waldenburg line (Catholic)

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Legion de Hohenlohe

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The Legion de Hohenlohe was a unit of foreign soldiers serving in the French Army until 1831, when its members (as well as those of the disbanded Swiss Guards) were folded into the newly-raised French Foreign Legion for service in Algeria.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Map of Baden-Wurttemberg 1789 - Northern Part". hoeckmann.de.
  2. ^ Almanach de Gotha: 1910, pages 140-148.
  3. ^ Tobias Weller: Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert (The marriage policy of the German nobility in the 12th century). Böhlau, Cologne 2004, pp. 211–220. According to Hansmartin Decker-Hauff, based on the sources of the Imperial Abbey of Lorch he used, there should have been a close relationship between the House of Hohenlohe and the House of Hohenstaufen. However, according to more recent research, these details cannot be proven beyond doubt according to historian Klaus Graf: Staufer-Überlieferungen aus Kloster Lorch (Traditions of the Hohenstaufen from Lorch Monastery), in: Sönke Lorenz et al. (Ed.): Von Schwaben bis Jerusalem. Facetten staufischer Geschichte. Sigmaringen (From Swabia to Jerusalem. Facets of Staufer history). Sigmaringen 1995, pp. 209–240. See also: "Hohenlohe 1".
  4. ^ Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge, Band XVII (1998), table # 1
  5. ^ a b c d Phillips & Atkinson 1911, p. 572.
  6. ^ Stokvis. Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie (Leiden 1887–1893): tome III, pages 354–356.
  7. ^ Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge, Band XVII (1998), table # 3; Almanach de Gotha, 1941, page 216.
  8. ^ Berghaus. Deutschland seit hundert Jahren (Leipzig 1859–1862): Abtheilung I, Band I, page 165.
  9. ^ Lancizolle. Uebersicht der deutschen Reichsstandschafts- und Territorial-Verhältnisse (Berlin 1830): page 8, 46
  10. ^ Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge, Band XVII (1998), tables # 4,6,15
  11. ^ Frank. Standeserhebungen und Gnadenakte für das Deutsche Reich und die österreichischen Erblande (Senftenegg 1967–1974): Band 2, page 221
  12. ^ a b Frank. Standeserhebungen und Gnadenakte für das Deutsche Reich und die österreichischen Erblande (Senftenegg 1967–1974): Band 2, page 221.
  13. ^ Vgl. Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. Neue Folge, Band XVII. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1998, Tafel 1.
  14. ^ Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 52, p. 36.
  15. ^ Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 127, p. 72.
  16. ^ Margaret appears on the marriage contract of her son, dated 29 June 1334, according to Wittmann (1890), 335, p. 148.
  17. ^ Wittmann (1890), 377, p. 170.
  18. ^ "Victoria de Hohenlohe, la joven con más títulos nobiliarios de España". abc (in Spanish). 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2019-11-25.

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