Georg Friedrich (Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim)
Count Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (born September 5, 1569 in Neuenstein , † July 7, 1645 in Langenburg ) was an officer and an occasional poet. He was the son of Count Wolfgang von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein from the Hohenlohe family and his wife Magdalena von Nassau-Dillenburg .
Life
At the age of seventeen Georg Friedrich went to the University of Geneva in 1586 and studied there until 1588. He was probably the last student of Professor Franciscus Hotomanus . He then moved to France to study and later to Italy , where he matriculated in Siena and Padua .
After his studies he fought against the Catholic League in 1591 under Henry IV . In the war against the Turks in 1595 he was promoted to colonel. In 1605 he was able to put down an uprising as an imperial sergeant general in Hungary .
On June 18, 1607, he married Eva von Waldstein , through whom he came to rule Grulich in Eastern Bohemia. Through this marriage he became a Bohemian gentleman and thus also involved in the class uprising in Bohemia against King Ferdinand II . As lieutenant general of the estates he was responsible for entourage and in the battle of the White Mountain he commanded a cavalry corps.
On January 22, 1621, Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted him into the Fruit-Bringing Society . He gave him the company name “the faithful” and the motto “strengthens the man” . As an emblem he was given "the herb called Mannstreu" ( field man litter ). Count Georg Friedrich's entry can be found in the Koethener society register under number 44. Perhaps the emblem can be interpreted to the effect that Count Georg Friedrich remained loyal to the winter king Friedrich V until the end .
Having succumbed to general ostracism in 1621, Count Georg Friedrich was able to make his peace with the emperor. With imperial approval he was even able to exercise his rule in Weikersheim , which he had already had in 1610 when his father died.
His wife Eva died on May 24, 1631. On August 17, 1633, he married Maria Magdalena von Öttingen-Öttingen , who died on May 29, 1636 after barely three years of marriage.
In 1632 Count Georg Friedrich was appointed the Swedish governor of the Swabian Circle in the Heilbronn Federation . When he accepted this post, the emperor so angry that he immediately ostracized Count Georg Friedrich. In addition, the Teutonic Order received the rule of Weikersheim by imperial decree with immediate effect. Weikersheim was returned to the Hohenlohe family only after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 .
Because of the ban, Georg Friedrich was excluded from the Peace of Prague . But after a personal conversation in 1637 the emperor forgave him. Count Georg Friedrich settled in Langenburg in 1639 and from then on renounced any kind of political activity. Here in Langenburg, Count Georg Friedrich was also active in literature. He mainly composed prayers and poems.
On August 7, 1645, Count Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim died at the age of 76 in Langenburg.
Works
- Spiritual psalms and church chants (1648)
literature
- Bossert .: Hohenlohe, Georg Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 686-690.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hohenlohe, Georg Friedrich Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1863, p. 201 ( digital copy ).
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Georg Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenlohe, Georg Friedrich Count of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersdorf, Bohemian nobleman, officer and occasional poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1569 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1645 |
| Place of death | Langenburg |