Charles II (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)

Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born January 22, 1547 in Sigmaringen ; † April 8, 1606 there ) was the first count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1576 to 1606 .

Life

Karl II. Was the second surviving son of Count Karl I von Hohenzollern (1516–1576) from his marriage to Anna (1512–1579), daughter of Margrave Ernst von Baden-Durlach . He was educated first in Vienna and later in Freiburg im Breisgau and studied law with his older brother Eitel Friedrich . He then worked at the Reichshofrat in Vienna, where his father served as president. Here he earned the trust and friendship of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria , a son of Emperor Ferdinand I.He went into the service of the Archduke, which led him from Vienna to Tyrol . Karl was able to establish good connections with the Austrian imperial family. For this reason, it was 1570 Supreme captain and bailiff in Alsace . Two years later, Karl took over the guardianship of Count Jakob von Geroldseck .

Under the father Karl I, the possessions of the County of Zollern in the narrower sense and Sigmaringen, County of Veringen , Haigerloch and Wehrstein were still united. The three sons entitled to inheritance received, according to an inheritance contract, economically equivalent parts. In 1576 the parent company in Hohenzollern was divided into the Hechinger , Haigerlocher and Sigmaringer lines. Charles II became the progenitor of the Sigmaringer line and received the county of Sigmaringen with the monasteries Hedingen and Inzigkofen and the county of Veringen. Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen had to pay feudal burdens to Austria and the Holy Roman Empire , but Hochenzollern-Hechingen did not have to bear such burdens. This was taken into account when dividing the estate. A ruling by the Reich Chamber of Commerce in 1588 stated that the county of Sigmaringen was an imperial fief . However, this assessment was called into question until 1806.

Karl chose Sigmaringen as his residence and had Sigmaringen Castle rebuilt. Between 1576 and 1606 he had the vaulting of the castle entrance built and ordered the new building of the church next to the castle. In 1589 he acquired the Schlössle Ratzenhofen in Sigmaringendorf . In 1595 he bought the village of Krauchenwies , which since then has remained closely connected to the County of Sigmaringen and only became Prussian when the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was ceded to Prussia in 1850.

Marriages and offspring

Karl was married twice and had a total of 25 children.

His first wife was Euphrosyne (1552–1590), daughter of Count Friedrich V von Oettingen-Wallerstein, with whom he had the following children:

Ferdinand (* / † 1571)
Anna Marie (1573–1598)

⚭ 1589 Count Markus Fugger zu Kirchheim (1564–1614)

Marie Magdalene (1574–1582)
Barbara Marie (1575–1577)
Marie Jakobe (1577-1650)

⚭ 1595 Count Heinrich von Waldburg-Wolfegg (1568–1637)

Johann (1578–1638), Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

⚭ 1602 Countess Johanna von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1581–1634)

Karl (1579–1585)
Euphrosyne (1580–1582)
Eitel Friedrich (1582–1625), Bishop of Osnabrück, cardinal
Maria Maximiliane (1583–1649)

⚭ 1598 Baron Joachim Ulrich von Neuhaus (1579–1604)

⚭ 1605 Baron Adam von Sternberg († 1623)

Ernst Georg (1585-1625)

⚭ 1611 Baron Marie Jakobe von Raitenau († 1663)

Marie Eleonore (1586–1668)

⚭ 1605 Johann the Elder Fugger, Count of Kirchberg (1583–1633)

Marie Sabine (1587–1590)
Jakob Friedrich (* / † 1589)
Marie (* / † 1590)

He concluded his second marriage on October 13, 1591 with Elisabeth (1567-1620), daughter and heir of Floris I van Pallant , Count of Culemborg, and widow of Margrave Jacob III. von Baden , with whom he had the following children:

Elisabeth (1592-1659)

⚭ 1. 1608 Count Johann Christoph von Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1586–1620)

⚭ 2. 1624 Count Karl Ludwig Ernst von Sulz (1595–1648)

Georg Friedrich (* / † 1593)
Marie Salome (* / † 1595)
Marie Juliane (1596–1669)
Philipp Eusebius (1597–1601)
Christian (* / † 1598)
Marie Cleopha (1599–1685)

⚭ 1. 1618 Johann Jakob von Bronckhorst-Batenburg (1582–1630)

⚭ 2. 1632 Philippe Charles de Ligne , prince d'Arenberg, comte d'Arschot (1587–1640)

Maria Christiane (1600–1634)
Marie Katharine (1601-1602)
Marie Amalie (* / † 1603)

literature

Otto Hintze : The Hohenzollern and their work 1415-1915. Verlag A. Steiger, Solingen 1982, ISBN 3-921564-18-2 .
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, 263 ff.
Günter Schmitt : Sigmaringen. In: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb. Volume 3: Danube Valley. Hiking and discovering between Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5 , pp. 41-62.
Eduard Vehse : History of the German Courts since the Reformation. Volume 40 = Section 6: History of the Small German Courts. Volume 6. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1856, p. 80 f.

Web links

Works by and about Charles II in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 293.

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl I. ( Count of Hohenzollern )	Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1576–1606	Johann

personal data
SURNAME	Charles II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Karl II. Von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1606
Place of death	Sigmaringen

[1] Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 293.