Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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Coat of arms of the Princes Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1764

The House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg is a German- Austrian branch of the noble family of those von Hohenlohe .

history

Langenburg Castle

The original territory of Hohenlohe extended over the Hohenlohe plain, later named after them, between Kocher, Tauber and Jagst. Despite repeated partitions in the 13th and 15th centuries and donations to the Teutonic Order (1219), Hohenlohe was able to form an almost closed territory. The Lords of Hohenlohe were raised to the status of imperial counts in 1450, and the area and its rulers became princely from the middle of the 18th century.

The Neuensteiner line split in 1586–1590 under Count Friedrich into the Langenburg side line.

The Langenburg Castle with the associated rule had fallen from 1232 to 1235 by the noble free men of Langenburg to the Lords of Hohenlohe Langenburg and 1253 finally extinct. However, the castle was only used as the seat of a bailiff until 1568. Tierberg Castle , which was given to feudal people and was sold to two lords of Stetten in 1387 , also belonged to the Langenburg rule ; Due to an agreed repurchase, the so-called Tierberg feud arose from 1475 and was only settled in court in 1495. Tierberg then remained in the possession of Hohenlohe-Langenburg until it was sold in 1974. It was not until 1568 that Langenburg became the seat of the sub-county and later the principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg when Count Wolfgang (1546–1610) moved his court to the castle. Under his successor, Count Philipp Ernst (1584–1628), the castle was converted into a Renaissance castle and the town was fortified. The Reformation was introduced in the entire county by 1556 .

As one of the 16 mediatized royal houses, the family had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .

The Princely Hohenlohee House and Phoenix Order was awarded by the head of the house to deserving people.

The members of the house are buried in the princely cemetery in Langenburg. The mausoleum of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg family used as a chapel is also located there .

coat of arms

1764 : A squared shield with a red heart shield , a blue grafted point and a red shield base . The heart shield is covered with a red princely hat and has a silver shield base. In the first golden field of the main shield a double-headed black eagle ; in the second blue three silver lilies , placed two to one; in the third silver one the two black leopards , and in the fourth black one above the lion below the golden rhombuses. In the grafted blue tip is a silver, gold-crowned lion with two silver and one blue ostrich feathers, because of equals. The shield is occupied by five helmets . On the middle golden one with a red and silver blanket on the right, a black and gold one on the left, on a red pillow with gold tassels a blue princely hat with three gold brackets and decorated with three red ostrich feathers, topped with a silver lily. To the helmet on the right with a red and silver blanket a growing silver eagle with red wing feathers and a golden beak; the one on the left, a stinging helmet with a black and gold cover, is provided with two silver pointed horns, each of which is studded with four golden linden stems. On the fourth, crowned helmet on the right with a red and silver cover, two red and silver buffalo horns above , each with a red and silver flag in the mouth, and the fifth, crowned one on the left with a black and gold cover, shows the golden lion growing between two black buffalo horns . Shield holder : on the right a golden double-tailed lion with the blue princely hat on its head, in its paws holding the silver flag with the three golden flames, and on the left a black, gold-crowned leopard, holding a black storm flag with two striding gold-crowned lions. Both sign holders stand on a red ribbed band with a white border and the golden motto: "EX FLAMMIS ORIOR". The whole shield is surrounded by a red princely coat with a princely hat.

Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

  • Ludwig (1696–1765), Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; was raised to the rank of imperial prince in 1764
  • Christian Albrecht (1726–1789), Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Dutch Lieutenant General
  • Karl Ludwig (1762–1825), Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • Ernst I (1794–1860), Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • Karl (1829–1907), Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, ancestor of the Princes of Weikersheim
  • Hermann (1832–1913), Prince of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
  • Ernst II. (1863–1950), regent of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1905

Heads of the house after 1918

Other members of the house

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leonhard Dorst von Schatzberg : Württembergisches Wappenbuch or the arms of the immatriculated nobility in the Kingdom of Württemberg, published in color print , Verlag Ch. Graeger, Halle an der Saale 1846, p. 3f.