Noble family House of Hohenzollern Name Ferdinand Count | Buried Cologne Cathedral | |
Father Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch Mother Anna Maria Eusebia of Konigsegg-Aulendorf Born 4 December 1692
Sigmaringen ( 1692-12-04 ) Died July 23, 1750, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Bruhl, Germany Parents Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch Place of burial Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany Grandparents Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Great-grandparents Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen People also search for Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch | ||
Anton Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (also known as Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch; 4 December 1692 in Sigmaringen – 23 July 1750 at Bruhl Palace) was a German nobleman. He was a various times canon of different cathedral chapters and first minister of the Electorate of Cologne under Elector Clemens August. From 1702 until hist death, he was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
Life
He was the son of Count Franz Anton and his wife Anna Maria Eusebia of Konigsegg-Aulendorf.
In 1706, he joined the cathedral chapter in Cologne. From 1714 to 1726, he was also canon in Speyer. In 1725, he was appointed canon in Strasbourg. In Cologne, he was chorbishop from 1724 to 1727. In 1727, he became vice dean, and 1731, cathedral dean. In 1733, he succeeded Ferdinand of Plettenberg as prime minister of the Electorate of Cologne. However, he had much less political influence than his predecessor. In 1745, he voted on behalf of Cologne in the election of Emperor Francis I.
He died in 1750, and was buried in the Cologne Cathedral. He was unmarried and childless. He was succeeded as Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch by his younger brother Franz Christoph Anton.