Friedrich Wilhelm (Hohenzollern-Hechingen)

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1663–1735)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born September 20, 1663 in Hechingen , † November 14, 1735 in Hechingen) was the fourth prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and imperial field marshal lieutenant .

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm was the eldest son of Prince Philipp von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1616–1671) from his marriage to Marie Sidonie (1635–1686), daughter of Margrave Hermann Fortunat von Baden-Rodemachern . It was named after the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg .

Friedrich Wilhelm followed his father as a prince when he was still a minor, which is why his mother initially assumed the guardianship. This sent the prince to Baden, where he was further educated. He completed his later increasingly military training in Vienna. At the end of 1681 he himself took over the government in Hohenzollern-Hechingen.

Friedrich Wilhelm was a Lieutenant General Field Marshal and owner of his own cuirassier regiment bearing his name. In 1682 he was involved in the suppression of a popular uprising in Hungary and took part gloriously in the Battle of Slankamen in 1692 . In the same year, Emperor Leopold I granted the title of prince to Friedrich Wilhelm and all his heirs and descendants. He was captured near Friedlingen in 1702 , from which he was able to free himself. Two years later he fought victoriously in the battle of Höchstädt and was then again deployed against rebel Hungarians under Field Marshal Heister .

The prince compared himself with the imperial confirmation because of the burgraviate of Nuremberg with the electorate of Brandenburg and was one of the first bearers of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle .

Marriages and offspring

Friedrich Wilhelm was married twice. His first marriage was on January 22nd, 1687 in Vienna with Maria Leopoldine Ludovika (1666–1709), daughter of Count Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf , with whom he had the following children:

⚭ 1713 Prince Franz Anton von Lamberg (1678–1759)
  • Charlotte (* / † 1692)
  • Christine Eberhardine Friederike (1695–1754), Abbess of Münsterbilsen
  • Sophie Johanna Friederike (1698–1754), Abbess of Münsterbilsen
  • Friedrich Karl (* / † 1697)

His second wife was on September 7, 1710 in Hechingen Freiin Maximiliane Magdalena von Lützau (1690–1755), who was led by Emperor Karl VI. as "Countess of Homburg" was raised as an equal. From this marriage he had two children:

  • Eberhard Hermann Friedrich (1711–1726), Count of Hohenzollern
  • Maria Maximiliana (1713–1743)
⚭ 1741 Count Innozenz Künigl zu Ehrenburg (1714–1764)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Schilling: History of the House of Hohenzollern in genealogically continuous biographies of all its rulers from the oldest to the most recent times, according to documents and other authentic sources. Fleischer, Leipzig 1843, p. 238

literature

  • EG Johler: History, geography and local studies of the sovereign German principalities of Hohenzollern, Hechingen and Sigmaringen. 1824, p. 56 ff. ( Digitized version )
  • Gustav Schilling: History of the House of Hohenzollern, in genealogical continuous biographies of all its rulers from the oldest to the most recent times, according to documents and other authentic sources. F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 238 ff.
predecessor Office successor
Philip Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1671–1735 		Friedrich Ludwig
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Friedrich Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Hechingen
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1735
Place of death Hechingen