County (Principality) of Hohenlohe
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
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
GovernmentMonarchy
Prince 
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 former German princely and ducal dynasty. It 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" (english: 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 Serene Highness (german: Durchlaucht), with the title Fürst for the heads of its branches, and princes/princesses for the other members.[2] From 1861 the Hohenlohe-Oehringen line was also ducal and the dukes of the Duchy of Ujest.

Due to the continuous lineage of the dynasty until the present time, they are considered 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.

History

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. Hohlach Castle secured the RothenburgOchsenfurt road. However, Hohlach soon lost its importance; the family's holdings were expanded southwards to form the county of Hohenlohe around Weikersheim, about 20 km further west. Brauneck Castle was built 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. 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 became extinct in 1390, its 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 to Ziegenhain, the title Count of Hohenlohe and Ziegenhain (Graf von Hohenlohe und zu Ziegenhain) and invested them with the County of Ziegenhain.[7] Actually, the Landgraves of Hesse soon took the County of Ziegenhain, and the House of Hohenlohe eventually gave up the reference to Ziegenhain. However, their lordship of Hohenlohe was elevated to the status of an imperial county in 1495. 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 Roman Catholic Church. After the extinction of two other 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 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 (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.

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, however, divided between Germany and Poland, together with Upper Silesia, in 1922, and in 1945 were depropriated by communist Poland.

The Roman 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

House of Hohenlohe

Partitions of Hohenlohe under House of Hohenlohe rule

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

RulerBornReignDeathRuling partConsortNotes
Henry11441192-12121212Lordship of HohenloheAdelaide of Langenberg/
of Gundelfingen[13]
(d.1230)
six children
First confirmed member of the family who held the lordship.
Godfrey I11901212-12551255Lordship of WeikersheimRicheza of Bocksberg[14]
six children
Children of Henry, divided the land. Conrad was also count at Molise and Romagna.
Conrad Ic.11951212-1250c.1250Lordship of BrauneckPetrissa of Büdingen[15]
five children
Godfrey I12321250-13061312Lordship of BrauneckWillibirg
(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.
Henryc.12351250-12674 October 1267Lordship of HaltenbergstettenUnknown
three children
Crato I12421255-131319 September 1313Lordship of WeikersheimWillibirg 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 Ic.12401255-12691269Lordship of UffenheimKunigunde of Henneberg
(1223-1257)
1240
two children

Udelhild of Berg-Schelklingen
1257
(d.1271)
two children
Gebhardc.1250?1267-13003 November 1300Lordship of HaltenbergstettenAdelaide of Taufers
(d.1300)
six children
Godfrey IIc.12501269-12901290Lordship of UffenheimElisabeth 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.
Frederickc.12601269-12901290Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Wernsberg)
Sophia of Henneberg
(d.1313)
four children
Albert (II)c.12601269-133816 April 1338Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Schelklingen)
Unknown
two children

Hedwig of Castell
1309
(d.1331)
no children
Albert IIc.12701290-131230 November 1312Lordship of UffenheimAdelaide of Berg-Schelklingen
(d.18 September 1338)
7 November 1289
seven children
Henryc.12801290-132925 October 1329Lordship of Uffenheim
(at Wernsberg)
Elisabeth of Henneberg
(d.29 November 1329)
1300
no children
After his death Wernsberg reunited with Uffenheim.
Ulrich Ic.1270?1300-13321332Lordship of HaltenbergstettenMatilda of Weinsberg
(c.1300?-1332)
3 April 1284
eight children
Godfrey IIc.1270?1306-13541354Lordship of BrauneckMargaret
(d.c.1335)[16]
two children
Teutonic Knight, eventually succeeded in the lordship.
Louisc.12901312-13561356Lordship of UffenheimElisabeth of Nassau
(c.1310-18 April 1359)
1326
eight children
Crato IIc.12701313-13448 May 1344Lordship of WeikersheimAdelaide Matilda of Württemberg
(1295/1300-13 September 1342)
1306
two children
Children of Crato I, ruled jointly.
Conradc.12701313-13301330Lordship of WeikersheimUnknown
two children
Ulrich IIc.1300?1332-13471347Lordship of HaltenbergstettenUnknown
six children

Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
(1305-1340)
1 June 1337
no children
Crato III13281344-137116 November 1371Lordship of WeikersheimAnna of Leuchtenberg
(d.11 June 1390)
c.1340
nine children
Ulrich IIIc.1320/30?1347-136717 February 1367Lordship of HaltenbergstettenElisabeth of Merenberg
(d.1375)
1345
one child
Godfrey III12901354-13681368Lordship of BrauneckAgnes of Castell[17]
(d.14 September 1395)
five children
Godfrey III13441356-13871387Lordship of UffenheimAnna of Henneberg-Schleusingen
(d. 27 Jul 1385/1388)
1369
three children
Ulrich IVc.1350?1367-138119 April 1381Lordship of HaltenbergstettenUnmarriedLeft no descendants. After his death Haltenbergstetten returned to Brauneck domain.
Haltenbergstetten reannexed in Brauneck
Conrad IIc.1320/30?1368-13907 August 1390Lordship of BrauneckAnna 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 IVc.13501371-139924 November 1399Lordship of WeikersheimAgnes of Ziegenhain
(d.23 March 1374)
c.1365/70
no children

Elisabeth of Sponheim
(d.1381)
1374
two children
John13701387-141224 October 1412Lordship of UffenheimUnmarriedLeft no descendants. After his death Uffenheim re-merged in Weikersheim.
Uffenheim re-merged in Weikersheim
Ulrichc.13601399-14076 December 1407Lordship of WeikersheimUnmarried 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.
Annac.13701399-141011 October 1410Lordship of Weikersheim
(at Kirchheimbolanden and Stauf)
Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
1385
one child
Albert Ic.1365?1407-142916 June 1429Lordship of WeikersheimElisabeth 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 Vc.14101429-147221/31 March 1472Lordship of Weikersheim
(until 1450, at Waldenburg)

County of Weikersheim
(from 1450, at Waldenburg)
Margaret of Oettingen
(1430-24 February 1472)
1431
seven children
Albert IIc.14101429-14901490Lordship of Weikersheim
(until 1450, at Neuenstein)

County of Weikersheim
(from 1450, at Neuenstein)
Unmarried
Crato VI14521472-15032 August 1503County 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 IVc.14551472-14974 October 1497County of SchillingsfürstHippolyta of Wilhelmsdorf
1478
six children
Johnc.14701497-15091509County of SchillingsfürstElisabeth of Leuchtenberg
(d.4 May 1516)
14 November 1491
four children
George I17 January 14881503-155116 March 1551County 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 IIIc.14851503-155119 August 1551County of NeuensteinWandelberta of Hohenzollern
(1484-1553)
15 March 1507
Rothenburg
no children
Wolfgang Ic.14901509-154524 December 1545County of SchillingsfürstWalpurga 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
Eberhard11 October 15351551-157010 March 1570County of WaldenburgAgatha of Tübingen
(13 November 1533 – 28 June 1609)
1529
eight children
Children of George I, divided the land.
Louis Casimir12 January 15171551-156824 August 1568County of NeuensteinAnna of Solms-Lauch-Lich
(12 November 1522 – 9 May 1594)
20 November 1554
Heuchlingen
six children
Philip17 February 15501568-16066 March 1606County of NeuensteinMaria 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 II14 June 15461568-161028 March 1610County of WeikersheimMagdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg
27 January 1567
Dillenburg
fourteen children
Frederick27 June 15531568-159012 April 1590County of LangenburgElisabeth 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 Elder30 April 15621570-160022 October 1600County of WaldenburgDorothea 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 Henry3 January/June 15911600-164420/25 March 1644County of WaldenburgDorothea Walpurga of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
(20 September 1590 – 20 December 1656)
7 May 1615
Neuenstein
eleven children
Louis Eberhard19 January 15901600-16503 November 1650County of PfedelbachDorothea of Erbach
(13 July 1593 - 8 October 1643)
28 October 1610
Waldenburg
eight children
George Frederick II the Younger16 June 15951600-163520 September 1635County of SchillingsfürstDorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms
(17 October 1595 - 8 January 1660)
7 April 1616
Butzbach
sixteen children
Crato VII14 November 15821610-164111 September 1641County of NeuensteinSophia 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 Frederick5 September 15691610-16457 July 1645County of WeikersheimEva 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 Ernest11 August 15841610-162829 January 1628County of LangenburgAnna 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 Frederick7 September 16251628-16992 June 1699County of LangenburgEleanor 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 Albert3 August 16191628-167515 July 1675County of Langenburg
(at Kirchberg)
Unmarried
Regency of Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms (1635-1660) Children of George Frederick II, divided the land.
Louis Gustav8 June 16341635-169721 February 1697County of SchillingsfürstMaria 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
Christian31 August 16271635-167513 June 1675County of BartensteinLucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen
(1634/35 - 30 May 1716)
18 February 1658
Haltenbergstetten
nine children
Wolfgang Julius3 August 16221641-169826 December 1698County of NeuensteinSophie 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 Louis1 June 16251641-168915 August 1689County of Neuenstein
(at Kunzelsau)
Magdalena Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen
(17 February 1654 – 13 February 1691)
15 March 1681
Neuenstein
no children
Siegfried2 August 16191645-168426 April 1684County of WeikersheimMaria 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 I31 July 16171641-170217 October 1702County of OhringenLouise 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 Frederick17 April 16171644-165828 March 1658County of WaldenburgEva 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 Crato27 November 16231650-16817 April 1681County of PfedelbachFloriana 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 Godfrey6 June 16181658-167914 December 1679County of WaldenburgAnna 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 Charles28 September 16681675-172915 January 1729County of BartensteinSophia 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
Hezekiah8 September 16311681-16856 February 1685County of PfedelbachDorothea Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
(12 October 1650 - 29 November 1711)
27 May 1666
Waldenburg
ten children
Brother of his predecessor, Frederick Crato.
Louis Godfrey6 December 16681685-172818 September 1728County of PfedelbachLouise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(25 April 1667 – 25 August 1747)
27 October 1689
Langenburg
no children
Pfedelbach annexed to Bartenstein
Philip Ernest29 December 16631697-175929 November 1759County 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 Wolfgang6 July 16591699-171517 April 1715County of LangenburgSophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken
(19 September 1666 - 29 October 1736)
22 August 1686
Langenburg
twelve children
Children of Henry Frederick, divided the land.
Christian Crato15 July 16681699-17432 October 1743County of IngelfingenMaria Katharina Sophia of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
(28 February 1680 - 4 October 1761)
6 December 1701
Pfedelbach
seventeen children
Frederick Eberhard24 November 16721699-173723 August 1737County of KirchbergFriederika 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 II22 July 16831702-176524 August 1765County of OhringenDorothea 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 Ernest24 March 1670170216 November 1702County of OhringenEleonora Juliana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
( 1 October 1669 - 11 April 1750)
12 January 1699
Langenburg
no children
Frederick Crato22 February 16671702-170923 August 1709County of OhringenChristina Elisabeth of Erbach-Fürstenau
(6 November 1673 - 24 February 1734)
29 September 1695
Fürstenau
no children
Charles Louis23 September 16741702-17565 May 1756County of WeikersheimDorothea 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
Louis20 October 16961715-176516 January 1765County 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 Francis12 July 17021729-17631 March 1763County 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 August6 April 17071737-176717 May 1767County 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 Henry10 September 17021743-17815 April 1781County 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 I22 January 17191759-179325 January 1793Principality of SchillingsfürstSophia 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 Leopold15 November 17311763-179914 June 1799Principality of BartensteinFrederika Polyxena of Limburg-Styrum
(28 October 1738 - 26 February 1798)
6 May 1757
Schillingsfürst
seven children
Louis Frederick23 May 17231765-180527 July 1805County of OhringenAmalie 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 Albert27 March 17261765-17894 July 1789Principality of LangenburgCaroline of Stolberg-Gedern
13 May 1761
Gedern
seven children
Christian Frederick19 October 17291767-180618 August 1819Principality of KirchbergLouise 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 August10 July 17151781-179613 February 1796Principality of IngelfingenWilhelmina Eleonora of Hohenlohe-Ohringen
(20 February 1717 - 30 July 1794)
26 September 1743
Ohringen
eight children
Brother of Philip Henry.
Charles Louis10 September 17621789-18064 April 1825Principality of LangenburgAmalie 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 II21 February 17421793-179614 June 1796Principality of SchillingsfürstLeopoldina 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 Louis31 January 17461796-180615 January 1818Principality of IngelfingenAmalia 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 III28 February 17761796-180615 June 1843Principality of SchillingsfürstMaria 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 Aloysius12 December 17661799-180631 May 1829Principality of BartensteinFranziska 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

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

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

Heads of existing branches

Neuenstein line (Lutheran)

Waldenburg line (Catholic)

Legion de Hohenlohe

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

  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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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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