Philipp Ludwig (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg)

Philipp Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

Philipp Ludwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (born October 27, 1620 in Beck , † March 10, 1689 in Schneeberg ) was the first Duke of and founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg line . His family branch of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg renamed itself after near Zwickau lying Wiesenburg Castle .

Life

Philipp Ludwig was the youngest son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1573–1627) from his marriage to Dorothea (1579–1639), daughter of Count Johann Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

Philipp Ludwig initially lived at various courts in Hesse. In 1663 he acquired the rule of Wiesenburg with the castle as well as the town of Kirchberg and 20 villages from the Saxon elector Johann Georg II , with whom he had a very good relationship . Wiesenburg Castle became the seat of the duke and gave his line its name.

In 1668 he ordered Johann Winckler to bring up his sons in Wiesenburg. By promoting mining in Schneeberg and Neustädtel , Philipp Ludwig became wealthy and had Wiesenburg Castle extensively renovated and rebuilt.

Under the company name Der Wohlgeartete he was accepted as a member of the Fruitful Society .

Until 1672 Philipp Ludwig was an imperial field marshal lieutenant in a cuirassier regiment. In 1675 he sold the Wiesenburg castle and office to his eldest son. Philipp Ludwig acquired Oberkotzau in 1686 and lived with his friend Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Schneeberg before his death .

Marriages and offspring

His first marriage was on November 15, 1643 in Lemgo with Catharina (1612–1649), daughter of Count Christian von Waldeck-Wildungen. The marriage had two children:

• Child (* / † 1645)
• Dorothea Elisabeth (1645-1725)

⚭ 1. 1661 Count Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf (1616–1681)

⚭ 2. 1682 Count Ludwig von Rabutin (1642–1717)

On May 5, 1650 he married in Homburg his second wife Anna Margarete (1629-1686), the daughter of the Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg . He had the following children with her:

• Friedrich , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1651–1724), Imperial Field Marshal

⚭ 1672 (divorced 1680) Princess Charlotte of Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau (1652–1707)

• Georg Wilhelm (* / † 1652)
• Sophie Elisabeth (1653–1684)

⚭ 1676 Duke Moritz of Saxony-Zeitz (1619–1681)

• Karl Ludwig (1654–1690)
• Eleonore Margarete (1655–1702)

⚭ 1674 Prince Maximilian II von und zu Liechtenstein (1641–1709)

• Christine Amalie (1656–1666)
• Anna Wilhelmine (* / † 1657)
• Johann Georg (* / † 1658)
• Leopold Georg (* / † 1660)
• Wilhelm Christian (1661-1711)
• Friederike Luise (1662–1663)
• Magdalene Sophie (1664-1720)
• Anna Friederike Philippine (1665–1748)

⚭ 1702 Duke Friedrich Heinrich of Saxony-Zeitz (1668–1713)

• Child (* / † 1666)
• Johanne Magdalene Luise (1668–1732)

For the third time he married Magdalene Christine (1652-1697), daughter of Count Heinrich I von Reuss zu Obergreiz, in Greiz on July 28, 1688. This marriage remained childless.

literature

• Philipp Ludwig . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 93 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
• Claudia Tietz: Johann Winckler (1642–1705) . P. 68 ff.