Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Born	20 January 1636
Died	13 August 1689 (aged 53); Sigmaringen
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg
Father	Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother	Anna Marie of Törring at Seefeld

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.

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.[1] 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 Johanna Katharina von 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)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

16. Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

8. Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

17. Anna of Baden-Durlach

4. Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

18. Frederick V, Count of Oettingen-Wallerstein

9. Countess Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein

19. Countess Eufrosine of Oettingen-Wallerstein

2. Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

20. Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

10. Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern

21. Anna of Baden-Durlach

5. Countess Johanna of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

22. Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern

11. Countess Sibylle of Zimmern

23. Kunigunde of Eberstein

1. Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

24. Baron Georg VI of Törring-Seefeld

12. Baron Eustach of Törring-Seefeld

25. Helene of Almb

6. Count Ferdinand I of Törring at Seefeld

26. Count Conrad of Bemelberg

13. Countess Catharina of Bemelberg-Hohenburg

27. Catherine of Helfenstein

3. Baroness Anna Marie of Törring at Seefeld

28. Count Otto Heinrich I of Schwarzenberg

14. Count Wolfgang Jacob of Schwarzenberg

29. Elisabeth of Puchberg

7. Countess Renata of Schwarzenberg

30. Markus Fugger

15. Anna Sibylla of Fugger-Nordendorff

31. Countess Sibylla of Eberstein

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Footnotes

Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, insbesondere die Alte Erzdiözese Köln, DuMont-Schauberg, Cologne, 1862, p. 174 (Online)

References

Otto Hintze (1982), Die Hohenzollern und ihr Werk 1415-1915. (in German), Solingen: Verlag A. Steiger, ISBN 3921564182
Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen, Fleischer, Leipzig, 1843, p. 247 ff, Online
Günter Schmitt: Sigmaringen, in: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, vol. 3: Donautal. Wandern und entdecken zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen, Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach, 1990, ISBN 3-924489-50-5, p. 41–62.

External links

Entry at Geneall.net

Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Hohenzollern Born: 20 January 1636 Died: 13 August 1689
Preceded by Meinrad I	Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1681-1689	Succeeded by Meinrad II

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[1] Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, insbesondere die Alte Erzdiözese Köln, DuMont-Schauberg, Cologne, 1862, p. 174 (Online)