Heinrich August (Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen-Öhringen)

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Heinrich August von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (born July 10, 1715 at Hermersberg Castle near Niedernhall , † February 13, 1796 in Ingelfingen ) was Count zu Gleichen, Lord of Langenburg and Cranichenburg and senior of the Hohenlohe family and administrator of the feudal lords. He was director of the Reichsgräflichen-Frankischen Kollegium , General-Feldmarschall and Feldzeugmeister of the Franconian Reichskreis and chief of the Franconian District Infantry Regiment No. 2 .

Life

origin

His parents were Christian Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1668–1743) and his wife Maria Katharina von Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach (1680–1761).

Career

Heinrich August was trained by private tutors and then came to Geneva for a few years to complete his training. During his cavalier tour he visited different farms. He then entered the Saxon military service, but soon switched to Franconian. There he rose to become Feldzeugmeister and commanding general. For the empire he was appointed field marshal . He then took part in the campaign on the Rhine in 1740. With the death of his father, he and his brothers became the (co-) ruling Duke of Hohenlohe. In the Seven Years' War he was part of the Imperial Army . When the Saxons were defeated in Pirna , he was included as commandant of Leipzig . There he had to capitulate to the Prussians. Then he was interned with his family in Magdeburg . Even a daughter was born there. After the Peace of Hubertusburg he returned to Ingelfingen. For his loyalty he was made imperial princes by Emperor Franz I and his brothers. These died without an heir and so he became the sole heir of the country in 1781. There he introduced the primogeniture in the family.

family

He married Wilhelmine Eleonora von Hohenlohe-Oehringen in 1743 (* February 20, 1717, † July 30, 1794). The couple had the following children:

  • Sophie Friederike (May 11, 1747 - December 21, 1762)
  • Caroline Henriette Albertine (born September 11, 1748 - † November 6, 1762)
  • Luise Charlotte Amalie (June 20, 1750 - August 18, 1754)
  • Friedrich Karl Wilhelm (born February 26, 1752 - † June 16, 1815), KuK Feldmarschall-Lieutenant
  • Christian Friedrich August (March 17, 1755 - April 11, 1761)
  • Georg Friedrich Heinrich (November 10, 1757 - December 11, 1803), Prussian Major General ∞ Julie Polyxene von Klüchtzner (September 7, 1776 - April 30, 1807)
  • Sophie Christiane Luise (October 10, 1762 - April 29, 1831)
  • Friedrich Ludwig (born January 31, 1764; † February 15, 1818), Prussian lieutenant general ∞ Amalie Luise Marianne von Hoym zu Droyssig (born October 6, 1763; † April 20, 1840)

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SURNAME Heinrich August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Heinrich August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reich General Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermersberg Castle
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1796
Place of death Ingelfingen