Maximilian I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ( January 20, 1636 - August 13, 1689 , Sigmaringen) is the German prince , the third sovereign prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1681-1689).
| Maximilian Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |||||||
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| Maximilian von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Mainrad I Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||||
| Successor | Mainrad II Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||||
| Birth | January 20, 1636 | ||||||
| Death | August 13, 1689 (53 years old) Sigmaringen Castle , Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||||
| Kind | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||||
| Father | Mainrad I Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | ||||||
| Mother | Anna Maria Torring zu Seefeld | ||||||
| Spouse | Maria Clara von Berg-Heerenberg | ||||||
| Children | Anna-Maria, Maria Magdalena Klara, Cleof Maria-Theresa, Meinrad II Karl Anton , Ekaterina Johanna, Franz Albert Oswald, Franz Heinrich, Karl Anton, Anton Sidoniy, Georg Franz Anton, Maximilian Froben Maria, Karl and Frederick Christian Maria | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
Biography
The eldest son of Prince Meinrad I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1605–1681), Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1638–1681), from his marriage to Anna Maria (1613–1682), daughter of Baron Ferdinand Torring zu Seefeld. It was named after the elector of Bavaria, Maximilian I , under whose command his father served.
Together with his younger brother, Franz Anton, he joined the imperial army. Maximilian commanded a dragoon regiment and participated in the war of the Holy Roman Empire against the Ottoman Empire .
During the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) Maximilian Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen commanded the imperial army on the Rhine . After the conclusion of the Nimvegen Peace in 1675 he returned to Vienna.
On January 30, 1681, after the death of his father, Maximilian inherited the princely throne in Sigmaringen . He shared his fatherly possessions with his younger brother Franz Anton ( 1657 - 1702 ), who received the possession of the county of Heigerloch .
Prince Maximilian Hohenzollern initiated the various construction projects of Sigmaringen , among which was the expansion of the city castle.
Family and Children
On January 12, 1666, in Boxmer, he married Maria Clara Bergskaya ( April 27, 1635 - July 15, 1715 ), daughter of Count Albert Bergsky ( 1607 - 1656 ). After the death of her brother Oswald III in 1712, she inherited the county of Berg , which passed to the Swabian Hohenzollerns . Her Dutch possessions included the castles of Boxmer , Berg , Diksmeyde , Gendringen , Etten , Wiesch , Pannerden and Milingen .
From a marriage with Maria Clara, Maximilian had twelve children:
- Anna Maria (1666-1668)
- Maria Magdalena Clara (1668-1725), nun
- Cleopha Maria Theresa (1669-1731), nun
- Mainrad II Karl Anton (1673-1715), Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1689-1715)
- Catherine Johanna Montfort (1678-1759)
- Franz Albert Oswald (1676-1748), Canon in Cologne
- Franz Heinrich (1678-1731), Canon in Cologne and Augsburg
- Karl Anton (1679–1684)
- Anton Sidoniy (1681-1719), died in battle, was married since 1712 to the Countess Maria Joseph von Verdenburg (1687-1745)
- Georg Franz Anton (1683-1733), died in battle, married to Maria Barbara Everhard and Maria Anthony Frauenberg
- Maximilian Froben Maria (1685-1734), monk
- Karl (1687–1689)
- Frederick Christian Maria (1688-1745), husband from 1718 Sebastian, Earl of Monfort-Tettnang (1684-1728).
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1017716978 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1017716978 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01416529
Sources
- Otto Hintze (1982) (in German), Die Hohenzollern und ihr Werk 1415-1915., Solingen: Verlag A. Steiger, ISBN 3921564182
- 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. 247 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, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , p. 41-62.