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Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe Langenburg

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Noble family
  
House of Hohenlohe

Name
  
Albert Count

Spouse(s)
  
Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Father
  
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Mother
  
Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen

Born
  
6 July 1659 Langenburg (
1659-07-06
)

Died
  
April 17, 1715, Langenburg, Germany

Parents
  
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Children
  
Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Grandchildren
  
Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Grandparents
  
Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde

Great-grandparents
  
Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg

Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 6 July 1659 in Langenburg; died: 17 April 1715 in Langenburg) was the oldest child of Count Henry Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1625–1699) and his second wife Countess Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen (1640–1706).

He was head of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and introduced primogeniture in Langenburg in 1699. This meant the oldest son would inherit the entire county, and younger sons would only inherit if the oldest were to die childless. From then on, younger sons would mostly embark on military careers, for example, in the imperial army, or in friendly nations.

Marriage and issue

On 22 August 1686 he married Countess Sophia Amalia (1666–1736), daughter of Count Gustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrucken. They had the following children:

  • Eleonora Juliana (1687–1701)
  • Frederick Louis (1688-1688)
  • Sophie Charlotte (1690–1691)
  • Philip (1692–1699)
  • Christiana (1693–1695)
  • Louis (1696–1765), married Countess Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrucken (1707–1769)
  • Charlotte (1697–1743)
  • Christian (1699–1719)
  • Albertina (1701–1773), married Prince Philip Henry of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1702–1781)
  • Sophie Friederike (1702–1734)
  • Henrietta (1704–1709)
  • Charles Frederick (1706–1718)
  • References

    Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Wikipedia