Hermann Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Hermann Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born January 11, 1665 in Hechingen , † January 23, 1733 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and an imperial field marshal .

Life

Hermann Friedrich was the second 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 .

He was first a canon in Strasbourg and Cologne, but left the canonries and performed as a captain in the Austrian military service, where he was in the wars against the Turks distinguished. On May 19, 1704 he was promoted to Sergeant General , on April 2, 1708 to Lieutenant Field Marshal , on May 10, 1716 to Feldzeugmeister and finally to Field Marshal on October 14, 1723 .

Later he was governor of Freiburg im Breisgau and resided primarily in Arberg .

Marriages and offspring

Hermann Friedrich was married twice. He concluded his first marriage on September 8, 1704 with Princess Eleonore Magdalene von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1673–1711), daughter of Margrave Christian Ernst von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , with whom he had a daughter:

• Eleonore Elisabeth Auguste (1705–1762), canoness in Hall in Tirol

His second wife was Josepha (1694–1738), daughter of Count Franz Albrecht von Oettingen zu Spielberg on May 27, 1714 in Oettingen . From this marriage he had the following children:

• Maria Christina (1715–1749)

⚭ 1733 Count Johann Joseph Anton von Thun and Hohenstein (1711–1788)

• Sophie (* / † 1716)
• Josef Friedrich Wilhelm (1717–1798), Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

⚭ 1. 1750 Maria Theresia Folch de Cardona y Silva (1732–1750)

⚭ 2. 1751 Countess Maria Theresia von Waldburg zu Zeil and Wurzach (1732–1802)

• Hermann Friedrich (1719–1724)
• Franz Xaver (1720–1765)

⚭ 1748 Countess Anna von Hoensbroech (1729–1798)

• Maria Anna (1722–1806), nun in Buchau
• Amadeus (1724–1753), canon in Cologne
• Friedrich Anton (1726-1812)

⚭ 1774 Countess Ernestine Josepha von Sobeck and Kornitz (1753–1825)

• Maria Franziska Josepha (1728–1801)

⚭ 1747 Prince Franz Wenzel von Clary and Aldringen (1706–1788)

• Maria Sidonia Theresia (1729-1815)

⚭ 1749 Prince Franz Ulrich Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau (1726–1792)

• Meinrad Joseph (1730–1823), Canon in Constance
• Johann Nepomuck Karl (1732–1803), Prince-Bishop of Warmia

literature

• EG Johler: History, geography and local studies of the sovereign German principalities of Hohenzollern, Hechingen and Sigmaringen , 1824, p. 60 f.
• 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 , F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 236 f.
• Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial and Royal Generals 1618–1815. Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006 p. 45m (PDF; 453 kB)