Maria Clara von Berg-s'Heerenberg

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Maria Clara von Berg-s'Heerenberg (born April 27, 1635 in Boxmeer , † July 15, 1715 in Sigmaringen ) was a Dutch heiress and princess and regent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .

Life

Maria Clara was a member of the family of Counts von dem Berg , more precisely a daughter of Count Albert von Berg's-Heerenberg (1607-1656) from his second marriage to Madeleine (1616-1689), daughter of Claude François de Cusance .

She married the future Prince Maximilian von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636–1689) in Boxmeer Castle on January 12, 1666 . After his death, she and her brother-in-law Count Franz Anton von Hohenzollern-Haigerloch were regent for their underage son. During this time she closed in Nuremberg in 1695 as guardian together with Elector Friedrich III. of Brandenburg the union of heirs through the succession of the Kurhaus in the Principality of Hohenzollern.

Maria Clara's older brother Count Oswald III died on June 20, 1712. von Berg-s'Heerenberg, with whom the house de Leck died out. In addition to the county of Berg-s'Heerenberg, Maria Clara also inherited the Lords of Boxmeer , Bergh , Diksmuide , Gendringen , Etten , Wisch , Pannerden and Millingen from her brother on the condition that the ownership and name of the house should pass to her grandson Franz Wilhelm who ruled as Count von Berg from 1712.

progeny

She married the future Prince Maximilian von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636–1689) in Boxmeer Castle on January 12, 1666 . The following children are from their marriage:

⚭ 1700 Countess Johanna Katharina von Montfort (1678–1759)
  • Franz Albert Oswald (1676–1748), Canon in Cologne
  • Franz Heinrich (1678–1731), canon in Cologne and Augsburg
  • Karl Anton (1679–1684)
  • Anton Sidonius (1681–1719), fallen
⚭ 1712 Countess Maria Josepha von Verdenberg and Namiest (1687–1745)
  • Johann Franz Anton (1683–1733), fallen
⚭ 1. 1712 Maria Barbara Everhardt von Lichtenhaag
⚭ 2. Maria Antonia from and to Fraunberg (* 1705)
  • Maximilian Froben Maria (1685–1734), monk
  • Karl (1687–1689)
  • Friederike Christiane Maria (1688–1745)
⚭ 1718 Count Sebastian von Montfort-Tettnang (1684–1728)

literature

  • Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, in particular the Old Archdiocese of Cologne: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, in particular the Old Archdiocese of Cologne. DuMont-Schauberg, Cologne, 1862, p. 174

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also: 1644, which seems more realistic, but the author also calls her sister of Albert, P. Liehner, The historical relationships of the Princely House of Hohenzollern to the Netherlands , 1867, p.12 but also RW Tadama, Verslag over het oude grafelijk- Bergsche archief te 's-Heerenberg , p.12
  2. ↑ Theodor von Mörner : Kurbrandenburgs state contracts from 1601 to 1700. G. Reimer, 1867, p. 607
personal data
SURNAME Maria Clara von Berg-s'Heerenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria Clara of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1635
PLACE OF BIRTH Boxmeer
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1715
Place of death Sigmaringen