Eitel Friedrich IV. (Hohenzollern)

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. Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern (* 7. September 1545 in Sigmaringen ; † 16th January 1605 in Hechingen ) was as Eitel Friedrich I. founder of the line and the first Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen .

Life

"Ubi thesaurus meus, ibi cor meum" , bronze plate in the St. Luzen monastery church
St. Luzen Monastery Church in Hechingen

Eitel Friedrich was the oldest surviving son of Count Karl I von Hohenzollern (1516–1576) from his marriage to Anna (1512–1579), daughter of Margrave Ernst von Baden-Durlach .

After the death of his father in 1576, the Hohenzollern parent company was divided into the Hechinger , Haigerlocher and Sigmaringer lines between Eitel Friedrich and his brothers Karl and Christoph . As Vain Friedrich I, the count became the progenitor of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line. He received the actual county of Zollern, the home country, with the city of Hechingen and the monasteries Rangendingen , Sankt Luzen and Stetten .

Eitel Friedrich rearranged the administration of the county, which had been neglected by his predecessors, and issued strict hunting and forest regulations, which subsequently led to several uprisings.

Hechingen was designated as the place of residence. There he had a castle built in the Renaissance style, from which the New Castle later emerged. Together with his second wife, he founded the Franciscan monastery of St. Luke near Hechingen in 1585. He initiated further buildings in Hechingen, including the St. Luzen monastery church , the hospital and the lower tower. He made his residence a center of culture and music care, which earned him the nickname the Magnificent .

A bronze grave slab (1609) in the monastery church of St. Luzen covers the heart of Eitel Friedrich IV. The slab bears the inscription: “Ubi thesaurus meus, ibi cor meum” (“Where my treasure lies, there my heart rests”; cf. Lk 12.34  EU ).

progeny

Eitel Friedrich was married three times. On June 22, 1568 he married Veronika († 1573), daughter of Count Karl I. von Ortenburg. The marriage remained childless.

Alliance coat of arms Hohenzollern – Zimmer (detail of a coat of arms, around 1575)

On November 14, 1574, he married Sibylle (1558–1599), daughter of Count Froben Christoph von Zimmer , with whom he had the following children, for the second time in Messkirch :

  • Ernst (* 1575; † young)
  • Johann Georg (1577–1623), Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
⚭ 1598 Countess Franziska von Salm , Countess of the Wild and Rhine in Neufville († 1619)
  • Maximiliane (1580-1633)
  • Johanna (1581-1634)
⚭ 1602 Prince Johann von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638)

His third wife was Johanna († 1633) on March 1, 1601, daughter of Count Philip II of Eberstein , with whom he had no children.

literature

  • Walter Bernhardt: Count Eitelfriedrich I of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605) . In: Zeitschrift für Hohenzollerische Geschichte , 12, 1976, pp. 29–97
  • General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes , volume 7. Brockhaus, 1845, p. 249 ( books.google.com )

Web links

Commons : Eitel Friedrich IV. (I.)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 294.
  2. ↑ Archive for the clergy of the Upper Rhine Church Province . [In the] Herder ['schen Kunst- und Buchhandlung], 1838, p. 293 ( books.google.com )
predecessor Office successor
Karl I.
( Count of Hohenzollern ) 		Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1576–1605 		Johann Georg
personal data
SURNAME Vain Friedrich IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vain Friedrich I of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1545
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1605
Place of death Hechingen