Wolfgang Julius (Hohenlohe-Neuenstein)
Wolfgang Julius von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (born August 3, 1622 in Neuenstein ; † December 26, 1698 ibid) was a German field marshal and the last Count of Hohenlohe -Neuenstein. He was the son of Kraft III. von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (born November 14, 1582 in Langenburg; † September 11, 1641 in Regensburg) and Sophie von Birkenfeld (born March 29, 1593 in Ansbach; † November 16, 1676 in Neuenstein).
During the Thirty Years' War the von Hohenlohe family fled to Ohrdruf . In 1637, however, the 15-year-old was caught by a patrol and injured in the face by a graze. In 1643 he went on his cavalier tour to France. To earn money, he joined the regiment of Reichsmarschall Rantzau . He got caught in court intrigues that brought him seven months' imprisonment.
He did not return home until 1657. There he became lieutenant general of the troops of the Rhine Confederation , which were set up to repel the Turks in the Balkans. Wolfgang Julius was relocated to Styria . From 1664 he and others fought in Croatia and Hungary . He distinguished himself in the sieges of Fünfkirchen and Neu-Zrin (Neuserin) , both of which failed because there was no agreement in the army.
After the successful battle of Mogersdorf he became field marshal and returned to Hohenlohe with 800 of the original 6,500 men. He bought the Wilhermsdorf estate near Nuremberg . There he allowed Jewish printers to produce religious writings in order to secure sales for his paper mill, in 1669 the Prague printer Isaak ben Jehuda Löb Kohn, also known as Isaak Jüdel.
family
He was married twice. On August 25, 1666 he married Sophie Eleonore von Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (born August 1, 1644 in Plön; † January 22, 1688/89 in Neuenstein), daughter of Joachim Ernst von Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1622–1671) .
After her death, he married Countess Franziska Barbara zu Welz-Wilmersdorf on September 4, 1689 in Wilhermsdorf (* August 4, 1666; † April 3, 1718 in Wilhermsdorf). Since both marriages remained childless, the inheritance fell to his brother Johann Friedrich I von Hohenlohe-Öhringen . His widow later married Philipp Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1663–1759).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hohenlohe, Wolfgang Julius Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1863, p. 201 ( digital copy ).
Web links
- biography
- Worldroots ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Single receipts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfgang Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Wolfgang Julius von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Field Marshal General and last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1622 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1698 |
| Place of death | Neuenstein |