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Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen

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Name
  
Maximilian Prince

Spouse(s)
  
Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg

Father
  
Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Mother
  
Anna Marie of Torring at Seefeld

Born
  
20 January 1636 (
1636-01-20
)

Died
  
August 13, 1689, Sigmaringen, Germany

Parents
  
Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Children
  
Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Grandchildren
  
Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Grandparents
  
Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Great-grandparents
  
Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Noble family
  
House of Hohenzollern

Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 January 1636 – 13 August 1689 in Sigmaringen) was a German nobleman. He was the third ruling Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; he ruled from 1681 until his death.

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Life

Maximilian was the son of Prince Meinrad I (1605-1681) from his marriage to Anna Marie (1613-1682), daughter of Ferdinand Baron of Törring at Seefeld. He was named after Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria, whom his father was serving at the time of his birth.

He joined the Imperial army, together with his younger brother Francis Anthony. He command a Dragoon regiment and, like his cousins in the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line, fought under Emperor Leopold I in the Fourth Austro-Turkish War. During the Franco-Dutch War, he commanded the imperial army on the Rhine. After the Peace of Nijmegen of 1675, Maximilian returned to Vienna.

Maximilian married Maria Clara in Boxmeer on 12 January 1666. She was a daughter of Count Albert of Berg-'s-Heerenberg. After the death of her brother Oswald III in 1712, she inherited the County of 's-Heerenberg, which thus fell to the House of Hohenzollern. Among his Dutch possessions were the Lordships of Boxmeer, Bergh, Diksmuide, Gendringen, Etten, Wisch, Pannerden and Millingen.

In 1681, his father died. Maximilian divided the inheritance with his brother. Francis Anthony received the County of Haigerloch; Maximilian received the original County of Sigmaringen. He initiated various construction projects in the town of Sigmaringen, among them and expansion of Sigmaringen Castle.

Marriage and issue

From his marriage to Maria Clara, he following children:

  • Anna Maria (1666-1668)
  • Maria Magdalena Clara (1668-1725), a nun in Gnadenthal Abbey
  • Cleopha Maria Theresa (1669-1731), a nun in Buchau Abbey
  • Meinrad II Charles Anthony (1673-1715), Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, married in 1700 to Countess Catherina Johanna of Montfort (1678-1759)
  • Francis Albert Oswald (1676-1748), a canon in Cologne
  • Francis Henry (1678-1731), a canon in Cologne and Augsburg
  • Charles Anthony (1679-1684)
  • Anthony Sidonius (1681-1719), fell in battle, married in 1712 to Countess Maria Josepha of Verdenberg and Namiest (1687-1745)
  • John Francis Anthony (1683-1733) fell in battle, married:
    1. in 1712 to Maria Barbara Everhardt of Lightemhaag
    2. Maria Antonia of Frauenberg (b. 1705)
  • Maximilian Froben Maria (1685-1734), a monk
  • Charles (1687-1689)
  • Friederike Christiane Maria (1688-1745), married in 1718 to Sebastian, Count of Montfort-Tettnang (1684-1728)

    • References

    Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Wikipedia
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