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Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg

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Noble family
  
House of Hohenlohe

Name
  
Ludwig, of

Spouse(s)
  
Eleanor of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Father
  
Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Mother
  
Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Born
  
20 October 1696 Langenburg (
1696-10-20
)

Died
  
January 16, 1765, Langenburg, Germany

Parents
  
Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Children
  
Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Grandchildren
  
Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Grandparents
  
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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

Ludwig of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 October 1696, in Langenburg – 16 January 1765, in Langenburg) was a Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. On 7 January 1764, he was elevated to Imperial Prince by Emperor Francis I.

He was a son of Count Albert Wolfgang of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrucken.

During Ludwig's reign some modifications to Langenburg Castle were made: the east wing was provided with its present form and further modifications in the Baroque style took place. He also built, as his sommer residence, the Lustschloss Ludwigsruhe on the land of the former hamlet of Lindenbronn, next to the hunting park created in 1588.

Marriage and issue

On 23 January 1723 he married his cousin, Countess Eleanor of Nassau-Saarbrucken (1707–1769), daughter of Count Louis Crato of Nassau-Saarbrucken and his wife Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (a sister of his father).

The marriage produced thirteen children:

  • Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1726–1789)
  • Friedrich Karl (1728–1728)
  • Sophie Henriette (1729–1735)
  • Auguste Caroline (1731–1736)
  • Luise Charlotte (1732–1777), married Prince Frederick Christian of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
  • Eleonore Juliane (1734–1813), married Prince Albert of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
  • Wilhelm Friedrich (1736–1753)
  • Philipp Karl (1738–1805)
  • Friedrich August (1740–1810)
  • Ludwig Gottfried (1742–1765)
  • Christiane Henriette (1744–1744)
  • Caroline Christiane (1746–1750)
  • Friedrich Ernst (1750–1794), married Magdalena Adriana van Haren
  • References

    Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Wikipedia