Ludwig Friedrich of Saxony-Hildburghausen
Ludwig Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (born September 11, 1710 in Hildburghausen , † June 10, 1759 in Nijmegen ) was Prince of Sachsen-Hildburghausen .
Life
Ludwig Friedrich was the younger son of Duke Ernst Friedrich I of Saxony-Hildburghausen and his wife, Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach . In his youth he entered the imperial military service and was trained by Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff . Since 1738 Major General, one year later he was involved in the campaign against the Turks in Hungary and in 1739 was appointed Sergeant General. Two years later he gave up the imperial service and joined the Bavarian army, where he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession . In 1742 he became Lieutenant General Field Marshal in Bavaria. Emperor Charles VII handed him the “Holnstein” infantry regiment and in 1743 appointed him General Feldzeugmeister. As commander of the besieged town of Braunau am Inn , he had tin coins and leaden emergency cliffs minted in 1743 to cover the needs.
Elector Maximilian III. promoted him in 1745 to commander in chief of all Bavarian troops. In Holland he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession from 1746–1748 and owned his own regiment “Hildburghausen”. In 1748 he said goodbye to Bavarian service and went to his hometown.
The prince married on May 4, 1749 in Weikersheim Christiane Luise (1713–1778), daughter of Duke Joachim Friedrich von Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and widow of Count Albrecht Ludwig von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim. The marriage remained childless. Thanks to financial donations from the House of Hohenlohe , Ludwig Friedrich was able to rebuild the Hellingen manor , which he restored at great expense. Persecuted by creditors, he returned to active service in Holland and died in 1759 as governor of Nijmegen.
literature
- Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: The dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992
- Oliver Heyn: Military prestige and financial security. The Dukes of Saxony-Hildburghausen in the service of the United Netherlands (1680-1760) , in: Zeitschrift für Thüringische Geschichte 71 (2017), pp. 45–72.
- Rudolf Armin Human: Chronicle of the city of Hildburghausen Hildburghausen 1886
- Michael Ranft: New genealogical-historical news , S. 188, digitized
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| SURNAME | Ludwig Friedrich of Saxony-Hildburghausen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Saxony-Hildburghausen and Dutch general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1710 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildburghausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1759 |
| Place of death | Nijmegen |