Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Mhmrodrigues (talk | contribs) at 20:58, 9 January 2025 (→Literature). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The following is a list of rulers of Hohenlohe. The territory was, since the medieval period, ruled by one single family: the House of Hohenlohe.

History

The first known member of the family mentioned in the territory was Conrad, Lord of Weikersheim. This town was, then, where the family had the right of escorting travellers and goods and charging customs (Geleitrecht), along the Tauber river on the trading route between Frankfurt and Augsburg until the 14th century. The sources of the Imperial Abbey of Lorch led Hansmartin Decker-Hauff to question if there was a close relationship between the Hohenlohe family and the House of Hohenstaufen, but, according to historian Klaus Graf, the link cannot be proved. That didn't top the family, however, of later boasting this possible kinship with the Imperial family.

The name of the family, Hohenlohe was first mentioned in 1178, honouring the Hohlach Castle, near Simmershofen in Middle Franconia. The name was also adopted for the land the family ruled, because, while Weikersheim was a fiefdom of the Comburg monastery, Hohlach was then more valuable, as it was an imperial fiefdom, and as so, its owners were granted the status of imperial knight. Despite Hohlach having its advantages, such as securing the Rothenburg−Ochsenfurt road, it soon lost its importance, as the family's property was expanding directly from their ancestral town of Weikersheim. However, the lands, castles and estates the family held as a whole borrowed the name from the imperial fiefdom, Hohenlohe.

Mediatization

On 12 July 1806, the principalities became parts of the kingdoms of Bavaria and of Württemberg by the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine. Therefore, the region of Hohenlohe is presently located for the most part in the north eastern part of the State of Baden-Württemberg (forming the counties of Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall and the southern part of Main-Tauber-Kreis), with smaller parts in the Bavarian administrative districts of Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. The Hohenlohisch dialect is part of the East Franconian German dialect group and the population still values its traditional distinct identity.

Rulers

House of Hohenlohe

Partitions of Hohenlohe under Hohenlohe rule

Table of rulers

Ruler		Born	Reign	Ruling part	Consort	Death	Notes
Henry		1144 Son of Conrad of Weikersheim	1192 – 1212	Lordship of Hohenlohe	Adelaide of Langenberg/ Gundelfingen (d.1230) six children	1212 aged 67-68	First confirmed member of the family who held the lordship.
Godfrey I		1190 First son of Henry and Adelaide of Langenberg/ Gundelfingen	1212 – 1255	Lordship of Weikersheim	Richeza of Bocksberg six children	1255 aged 64-65	Children of Henry, divided the land. Conrad was also count at Molise and Romagna.
Conrad I		c.1195 Second son of Henry and Adelaide of Langenberg/ Gundelfingen	1212 – 1250	Lordship of Brauneck	Petrissa of Büdingen five children	c.1250 aged 54-55
Godfrey I		1232 First son of Conrad I and Petrissa of Büdingen	1250 – 1306	Lordship of Brauneck	Willibirg (d.1272/78) c.1265 six children Elisabeth of Falkenstein c.1279 six children	1312 aged 31-32	Children of Conrad I, divided the land. It's possible that a Godfrey that supposedly died in 1273 is this one who died in 1312. Godfrey abdicated in 1306.
Henry		c.1235 Second son of Conrad I and Petrissa of Büdingen	1250 – 4 October 1267	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Unknown three children	4 October 1267 aged 31-32
Albert I		c.1240 First son of Godfrey I and Richeza of Bocksberg	1255 – 1269	Lordship of Uffenheim	Kunigunde of Henneberg May 1240 two children Udelhild of Berg-Schelklingen 1257 (d.1271) two children	1269 aged 28-29	Children of Godfrey I, divided the land.
Crato I		1242 Second son of Godfrey I and Richeza of Bocksberg	1255 – 19 September 1313	Lordship of Weikersheim	Willibirg of Wertheim (d.8 January 1279) three children Margaret of Truendingen (d.11 November 1294) 1280 six children Agnes of Württemberg (d.27 September 1305) 1295 two children	19 September 1313 aged 70-71
Conrad I		c.1245 Third son of Godfrey I and Richeza of Bocksberg	1255 – 30 July 1277	Lordship of Weikersheim (at Röttingen)	Kunigunde (d.1268) three children	30 July 1277 aged 31-32
Gebhard		c.1250? Son of Henry	4 October 1267 – 3 November 1300	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Adelaide of Taufers (d.1300) c.1275 six children	3 November 1300 aged 49-50
Godfrey II		c.1240 Son of Albert I and Kunigunde of Henneberg	1269 – 1290	Lordship of Uffenheim	Elisabeth of Nuremberg c.1280 six children	1290 Erfurt aged 49-50	Children of Albert I, divided the land, but it was mostly and rapidly united again: Schelklingen reunited with Uffenheim after Albert's death; Wernsberg joined in the next generation.
Frederick		c.1260 First son of Albert I and Udelhild of Berg-Schelklingen	1269 – 1290	Lordship of Uffenheim (at Wernsberg)	Sophia of Henneberg (d.1313) four children	1290 aged 29-30
Albert (II)		c.1260 Second son of Albert I and Udelhild of Berg-Schelklingen	1269 – 16 April 1338	Lordship of Uffenheim (at Schelklingen)	Unknown two children Hedwig of Castell 1309 (d.1331) no children	16 April 1338 aged 77-78
Schelklingen reabsorbed in Uffenheim
Godfrey II		c.1260 Son of Conrad I and Kunigunde	30 July 1277 – 6 August 1290	Lordship of Weikersheim (at Röttingen)	Elisabeth of Wertheim (d.6 February 1335) one child	6 August 1290 aged 29-30
Albert II		c.1270 Son of Godfrey II and Elisabeth of Nuremberg	1290 – 30 November 1312	Lordship of Uffenheim	Adelaide of Berg-Schelklingen (d.18 September 1338) 7 November 1289 seven children	30 November 1312 aged 41-42
Henry		c.1280 Son of Frederick and Sophia of Henneberg	1290 – 25 October 1329	Lordship of Uffenheim (at Wernsberg)	Elisabeth of Henneberg (d.29 November 1329) 1300 no children	25 October 1329 aged 48-49	After his death Wernsberg reunited with Uffenheim.
Wernsberg reabsorbed in Uffenheim
Regency of Crato I, Lord of Weikersheim (1290)							After Conrad's death, Rottingen returned to Weikersheim.
Conrad II		c.1280 Son of Godfrey II and Elisabeth of Wertheim	6 August – 8 December 1290	Lordship of Weikersheim (at Röttingen)	Unmarried	8 December 1290 aged 9-10?
Röttingen reabsorbed to Weikersheim
Ulrich I		c.1270? Son of Gebhard and Adelaide of Taufers	3 November 1300 – 1332	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Matilda of Weinsberg (c.1300? – 1332) 3 April 1284 eight children	1332 aged 61-62
Godfrey II		c.1293 Son of Godfrey I and Willibirg	1306 – 1354	Lordship of Brauneck	Margaret (d.c.1335) two children	1354 aged 64-65?	Teutonic Knight, eventually succeeded in the lordship.
Louis		c.1290 Son of Albert II and Adelaide of Berg-Schelklingen	30 November 1312 – 1356	Lordship of Uffenheim	Elisabeth of Southern Nassau 1326 eight children	1356 aged 65-66
Conrad		c.1270 Son of Crato I and Willibirg of Wertheim	19 September 1313 – 1330	Lordship of Weikersheim	Unknown two children	1330 aged 59-60	Children of Crato I, ruled jointly.
Crato II		c.1280 Son of Crato I and Margaret of Truendingen	19 September 1313 – 8 May 1344		Adelaide Matilda of Württemberg (1295/1300 – 13 September 1342) 1306 two children	8 May 1344 aged 63-64
Ulrich II		c.1300? Son of Ulrich I and Matilda of Weinsberg	1332 – 1347	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Unknown six children Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim 1 June 1337 no children	1347 aged 46-47
Crato III		1315 Son of Crato II and Adelaide Matilda of Württemberg	8 May 1344 – 16 November 1371	Lordship of Weikersheim	Anna of Leuchtenberg c.1340 nine children	16 November 1371 aged 55-56
Ulrich III		c.1320 Son of Ulrich II	1347 – 17 February 1367	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Elisabeth of Merenberg (d.1375) 1345 one child	17 February 1367 aged 46-47
Godfrey III		1320 Son of Godfrey II and Margaret	1354 – 1368	Lordship of Brauneck	Agnes of Castell (d.14 September 1395) 1334 five children	1368 aged 47-48
Godfrey III		1344 First son of Louis and Elisabeth of Southern Nassau	1356 – 1387	Lordship of Uffenheim	Anna of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 27 Jul 1385/1388) 1369 three children	1387 aged 42-43	Children of Louis, divided the inheritance. After Gerlach's death, Entze returned to Uffenheim.
Gerlach		c.1345 Second son of Louis and Elisabeth of Southern Nassau	1356 – 27 January 1392	Lordship of Uffenheim (at Entze)	Margaret of Bavaria 1356 no children	27 January 1392 aged 46-47
Entze reabsorbed in Uffenheim
Ulrich IV		c.1350? Son of Ulrich III and Elisabeth of Merenberg	17 February 1367 – 19 April 1381	Lordship of Haltenbergstetten	Unmarried	19 April 1381 aged 30-31	Left no descendants. After his death Haltenbergstetten returned to Brauneck domain.
Haltenbergstetten reannexed in Brauneck
Conrad II		c.1340 Son of Godfrey III and Agnes of Castell	1368 – 7 August 1390	Lordship of Brauneck	Anna of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim 15 March 1388 one child	7 August 1390 aged 49-50	Left no male descendants. After his death Brauneck was annexed to Weikersheim.
Brauneck annexed to Weikersheim
Crato IV		1351 First son of Crato III and Anna of Leuchtenberg	16 November 1371 – 24 November 1399	Lordship of Weikersheim	Agnes of Ziegenhain c.1365/70 no children Elisabeth of Sponheim (d.1381) 1374 two children	24 November 1399 aged 48-49	Children of Crato III, ruled jointly. In 1379 Godfrey resigned and was replaced by his brother Ulrich.
Godfrey III		c.1360 Second son of Crato III and Anna of Leuchtenberg	16 November 1371 – 1379		Unmarried	13 September 1413 aged 52-53
Ulrich		c.1360 Third son of Crato III and Anna of Leuchtenberg	1379 – 6 December 1407			6 December 1407 aged 46-47
John		1370 Son of Godfrey III and Anna of Henneberg-Schleusingen	1387 – 24 October 1412	Lordship of Uffenheim	Unmarried	24 October 1412 near Kremmen aged 41-42	Left no descendants. After his death Uffenheim (with exceptions) re-merged in Weikersheim.
Uffenheim (with exceptions) re-merged in Weikersheim
Anna		c.1370 Daughter of Crato IV and Elisabeth of Sponheim	24 November 1399 – 11 October 1410	Lordship of Weikersheim (at Kirchheimbolanden and Stauf)	Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 1385 one child	11 October 1410 aged 39-40	Inherited some lands from her father, which, by marriage, came to the House of Nassau.
Kirchheimbolanden and Stauf were inherited by the House of Nassau
Albert I		1371 Fifth son of Crato III and Anna of Leuchtenberg	6 December 1407 – 16 June 1429	Lordship of Weikersheim	Elisabeth of Hanau 1413 seven children	16 June 1429	Younger brother of Crato IV and Ulrich.
Elisabeth		c.1370 Daughter of Godfrey III and Anna of Henneberg-Schleusingen	24 October 1412 – 1445	Lordship of Uffenheim (at Speckfeld)	Frederick III Schenk of Limpurg 1394 eleven children	1445 aged 74-75	Heir of her brother. After her death, her part of the inheritance went to her children.
Speckfeld annexed to the Schenk von Limpurg family
Regency of Elisabeth of Hanau (1429–1431)							Children of Albert I, divided their inheritance. After Albert's death, Neuenstein was reabsorbed by Waldenburg.
Crato V		1416 First son of Albert I and Elisabeth of Hanau	16 June 1429 – 31 March 1472	Lordship of Weikersheim (until 1450) County of Weikersheim (from 1450) (at Waldenburg)	Margaret of Oettingen 1431 seven children	31 March 1472 55-56
Albert II		1419 Second son of Albert I and Elisabeth of Hanau	16 June 1429 – 4 September 1490	Lordship of Weikersheim (until 1450) County of Weikersheim (from 1450) (at Neuenstein)	Unmarried	4 September 1490 70-71
Godfrey IV		c.1440 First son of Crato V and Margaret of Oettingen	31 March 1472 – 4 October 1497	County of Weikersheim	Hippolyta of Wilhelmsdorf 1478 six children	4 October 1497 aged 56-57	Children of Crato V, divided their inheritance. In 1490 Crato VI inherited also the part of the inheritance of his uncle, Albert II.
Crato VI		1445 Neuenstein Second son of Crato V and Margaret of Oettingen	31 March 1472 – 2 August 1503	County of Waldenburg	Helena of Württemberg 26 February 1476 Waldenburg seventeen children	2 August 1503 Neuenstein aged 50-51
John		c.1470 Son of Godfrey IV and Hippolyta of Wilhelmsdorf	4 October 1497 – 1509	County of Weikersheim	Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (d.4 May 1516) 14 November 1491 four children	1509 Schillingsfürst aged 38-39
Albert III		1478 Neuenstein First son of Crato VI and Helena of Württemberg	2 August 1503 – 19 August 1551	County of Neuenstein	Wandelberta of Hohenzollern (1484–1553) 15 March 1507 Rothenburg no children	19 August 1551 Neuenstein aged 73-74	Children of Crato VI, divided thir inheritance.
George I		17 January 1488 Neuenstein Fifth son of Crato VI and Helena of Württemberg	2 August 1503 – 16 March 1551	County of Waldenburg	Praxedis of Sulz (1495 – 14 April 1521) 1514 six children Helena of Waldburg-Zeil 1 February 1529 eight children	16 March 1551 Waldenburg aged 63
Wolfgang I		c.1490 Son of John and Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg	1509 – 24 December 1545	County of Weikersheim	Walpurga of Henneberg-Schleusingen 18/19 November 1534 Schleusingen no children	24 December 1545 aged 54-55	Left no descendants. Weikersheim reverted to Waldenburg.
Weikersheim was re-absorbed in Waldenburg
Louis Casimir		12 January 1517 Öhringen Son of George I and Praxedis of Sulz	19 August 1551 – 24 August 1568	County of Neuenstein	Anna of Solms-Lauch-Lich 20 November 1554 Heuchlingen six children	24 August 1568 Neuenstein aged 51	Children of George I, divided their inheritance.
Eberhard		11 October 1535 Son of George I and Helena of Waldburg-Zeil	19 August 1551 – 10 March 1570	County of Waldenburg	Agatha of Tübingen 1529 eight children	10 March 1570 Waldenburg aged 35
Wolfgang II		14 June 1546 Waldenburg Second son of Louis Casimir and Anna of Solms-Lauch-Lich	24 August 1568 – 28 March 1610	County of Weikersheim	Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg 27 January 1567 Dillenburg fourteen children	28 March 1610 Weikersheim aged 63	Children of Louis Casimir, divided the land, but it was quickly reunited under Weikersheim line, as Philip and Frederick didn't have surviving male children.
Philip		17 February 1550 Third son of Louis Casimir and Anna of Solms-Lauch-Lich	24 August 1568 – 6 March 1606	County of Neuenstein	Maria of Orange-Nassau (12 November 1522 – 9 May 1594) 20 November 1554 Buren one child	6 March 1606 aged 56
Frederick		27 June 1553 Neuenstein Fourth son of Louis Casimir and Anna of Solms-Lauch-Lich	24 August 1568 – 12 April 1590	County of Langenburg	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (19 October 1565 – 17 July 1621) 12 May 1685 Celle one child	12 April 1590 Langenburg aged 36
Regency of Agatha of Tübingen (1570–1577)
George Frederick I the Elder		30 April 1562 Waldenburg Son of Eberhard and Agatha of Tübingen	1570 – 22 October 1600	County of Waldenburg	Dorothea Reuss of Gera (1570–1631) 21 August 1586 Waldenburg six children	22 October 1600 Waldenburg aged 38
Regency of Dorothea Reuss of Gera (1600–1615)							Children of George Frederick I, divided their inheritance.
Louis Eberhard		19 January 1590 Waldenburg First son of George Frederick I and Dorothea Reuss of Gera	22 October 1600 – 3 November 1650	County of Pfedelbach	Dorothea of Erbach 28 October 1610 Waldenburg eight children	3 November 1650 Pfedelbach aged 60
Philip Henry		3 January/June 1591 Waldenburg Second son of George Frederick I and Dorothea Reuss of Gera	22 October 1600 – 25 March 1644	County of Waldenburg	Dorothea Walpurga of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 7 May 1615 Neuenstein eleven children	20/25 March 1644 Waldenburg aged 52-53
George Frederick II the Younger		16 June 1595 Waldenburg Third son of George Frederick I and Dorothea Reuss of Gera	22 October 1600 – 20 September 1635	County of Schillingsfürst	Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms 7 April 1616 Butzbach sixteen children	20 September 1635 Frankfurt am Main aged 40
George Frederick		5 September 1569 Neuenstein First son of Wolfgang II and Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg	28 March 1610 – 7 July 1645	County of Weikersheim	Eva of Waldstein (d.24 May 1631) no children Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Oettingen 23 April 1620 Oettingen one child	7 July 1645 Langenburg aged 75	Children of Wolfgang, divided the land once more. Weikersheim went once more to Neuenstein, after George Frederick's death without male descendants.
Crato VII		14 November 1582 Langenburg Third son of Wolfgang II and Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg	28 March 1610 – 11 September 1641	County of Neuenstein	Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 17 March 1615 Neuenstein fourteen children	11 September 1641 Regensburg aged 58
Philip Ernest		11 August 1584 Langenburg Fourth son of Wolfgang II and Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg	28 March 1610 – 29 January 1628	County of Langenburg	Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde 15 January 1609 Sonnewalde eleven children	29 January 1628 Weikersheim aged 43
Regency of Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde (1628–1639)							Children of Philip Ernest, divided their inheritance, but it was quickly reunited after Joachim Albert's death.
Joachim Albert		3 August 1619 First son of Philip Ernest and Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde	29 January 1628 – 15 July 1675	County of Langenburg (at Kirchberg)	Unmarried	15 July 1675 aged 55
Henry Frederick		7 September 1625 Langenburg Second son of Philip Ernest and Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde	29 January 1628 – 2 June 1699	County of Langenburg (at Langenburg proper)	Eleanor Magdalena of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (22 March 1635 – 14 November 1657) 25 January 1652 four children Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen 5 July 1658 sixteen children	2 June 1699 Langenburg aged 73
Regency of Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms (1635–1660)							Children of George Frederick II, divided their inheritance.
Christian		31 August 1627 Schillingsfürst Fifth son of George Frederick II the Younger and Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms	20 September 1635 – 13 June 1675	County of Bartenstein	Lucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen (1634/35 – 30 May 1716) 18 February 1658 Haltenbergstetten nine children	13 June 1675 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz aged 47
Louis Gustav		8 June 1634 Schillingsfürst Eighth son of George Frederick II the Younger and Dorothea Sophia of Solms-Hohensolms	20 September 1635 – 21 February 1697	County of Schillingsfürst	Maria Eleanor of Hatzfeld (1632 – 13 June 1667) 18 February 1658 Haltenbergstetten seven children Anna Barbara of Schönborn (18 December 1648 – 6 March 1721) 15/17 July 1668 Mainz eight children	21 February 1697 Frankfurt am Main aged 62
John Frederick I		31 July 1617 NeuensteinFirst son of Crato VII and Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	11 September 1641 – 1702	County of Ohringen	Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg (15 January 1642 – 11 June 1685) 28 August 1665 Neuenstein thirteen children	17 October 1702 Öhringen aged 85	Children of Crato VII, divided the land once more. Siegfried inherited his portion later than his brothers, as his uncle and then possessor of his feud was still alive by the time of the partition of the brothers. Weikersheim, Neuenstein and Kunzelsau, again without heirs, were all annexed to the newly created county of Ohringen.
Siegfried		2 August 1619 NeuensteinThird son of Crato VII and Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	11 September 1641 – 26 April 1684	County of Weikersheim	Maria of Kaunitz (1620 – 13 February 1674) 1662 Neuenstein no children Sophia Amalia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1678 Meisenheim no children	26 April 1684 Weikersheim aged 64
Wolfgang Julius		3 August 1622 NeuensteinFourth son of Crato VII and Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	11 September 1641 – 26 December 1698	County of Neuenstein	Sophie Eleanor of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1 August 1644 – 22 January 1689) 25 August 1666 Neuenstein fourteen children Barbara Franziska of Welz-Wilmersdorf 4 September 1689 Wilhermsdorf no children	26 December 1698 Frankfurt am Main aged 76
John Louis		1 June 1625 NeuensteinFifth son of Crato VII and Sophia of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	11 September 1641 – 15 August 1689	County of Neuenstein (at Kunzelsau)	Magdalena Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen 15 March 1681 Neuenstein no children	15 August 1689 Neuenstein aged 64
Neuenstein, Kunzelsau and Weikersheim annexed to Ohringen
Wolfgang Frederick		17 April 1617 Waldenburg First son of Philip Henry and Dorothea Walpurga of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	25 March 1644 – 28 March 1658	County of Waldenburg	Eva Christina of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 24 June 1646 Waldenburg nine children	28 March 1658 Waldenburg aged 40	Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his brother.
Frederick Crato		27 November 1623 Pfedelbach First son of Louis Eberhard and Dorothea of Erbach	3 November 1650 – 7 April 1681	County of Pfedelbach	Floriana Ernestina of Württemberg-Wiltingen 18 May 1657 Leonberg five children	7 April 1681 Pfedelbach aged 57	Left no descendants, and was succeeded by his brother.
Philip Godfrey		6 June 1618 Waldenburg Second son of Philip Henry and Dorothea Walpurga of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	28 March 1658 – 14 December 1679	County of Waldenburg	Anna Christina of Limburg-Sontheim (5 December 1618 – 28 May 1685) 2 September 1649 six children	14 December 1679 Waldenburg aged 61	Brother of the childless Wolfgang Frederick, left no male descendants. His daughter became the heiress.
Regency of Lucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen and Louis Gustav, Count of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1675–1686)
Philip Charles		28 September 1668 Schillingsfürst Son of Christian and Lucia of Hatzfeld and Gleichen	13 June 1675 – 15 January 1729	County of Bartenstein	Sophia Maria Anna of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1673 – 17 August 1698) 17 May 1695 Frankfurt am Main one child Sophia Leopoldina of Hesse-Wanfried 12 June 1700 Altenberg eight children	15 January 1729 Wetzlar aged 61
Dorothea Elisabeth		12 October 1650 Waldenburg Daughter of Philip Godfrey and Anna Christina of Limburg-Sontheim	14 December 1679 – 29 November 1711	County of Waldenburg	Hezekiah, Count of Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach 27 May 1666 Waldenburg ten children	29 November 1711 Ingelfingen aged 61	Heiress of half of Waldenburg, which was inherited by Pfedelbach; the other part was inherited by Schillingsfurst.
Waldenburg divided between Pfedelbach and Schillingsfürst
Hezekiah		8 September 1631 Pfedelbach Second son of Louis Eberhard and Dorothea of Erbach	7 April 1681 – 6 February 1685	County of Pfedelbach	Dorothea Elisabeth, Countess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 27 May 1666 Waldenburg ten children	6 February 1685	Brother of his predecessor, Frederick Crato. Married the heiress of Waldenburg.
Louis Godfrey		6 December 1668 Pfedelbach Son of Hezekiah and Dorothea Elisabeth, Countess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	6 February 1685 – 18 September 1728	County of Pfedelbach	Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (25 April 1667 – 25 August 1747) 27 October 1689 Langenburg no children	18 September 1728 Pfedelbach aged 59	Left no descendants. The county was annexed to Bartenstein.
Pfedelbach annexed to Bartenstein
Philip Ernest		29 December 1663 Schillingsfürst Son of Louis Gustav and Maria Eleanor of Hatzfeld	21 February 1697 – 29 November 1759	County of Schillingsfürst (until 1744) Principality of Schillingsfürst (from 1744)	Barbara Franziska of Welz-Wilmersdorf 22 June 1701 Wilhermsdorf four children Maria Anna of Oettingen-Wallerstein (28 August 1680 – 8 September 1749) 6 January 1719 Wallerstein one child	29 November 1759 Schillingsfürst aged 96
Albert Wolfgang		6 July 1659 Langenburg First son of Henry Frederick and Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen	2 June 1699 – 17 April 1715	County of Langenburg	Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken 22 August 1686 Langenburg twelve children	17 April 1715 Langenburg aged 55	Children of Henry Frederick, divided the land.
Christian Crato		15 July 1668 Langenburg Fourth son of Henry Frederick and Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen	2 June 1699 – 2 October 1743	County of Ingelfingen	Maria Catharina Sophia of Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach 6 December 1701 Pfedelbach seventeen children	2 October 1743 Ingelfingen aged 75
Frederick Eberhard		24 November 1672 Langenburg Fifth son of Henry Frederick and Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen	2 June 1699 – 23 August 1737	County of Kirchberg	Frederica Albertina of Erbach-Fürstenau 18 January 1702 Pfedelbach four children Augusta Sophia of Württemberg (24 September 1691 – 1 March 1743) 5 December 1709 Neuenstadt am Kocher one child	23 August 1737
Frederick Crato		22 February 1667 Öhringen First son of John Frederick I and Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg	17 October 1702 – 23 August 1709	County of Ohringen (until 1764) Principality of Ohringen (from 1764)	Christina Elisabeth of Erbach-Fürstenau 29 September 1695 Fürstenau no children	23 August 1709 Weikersheim aged 41-42	Children of John Frederick I, divided the land (Weikersheim was briefly revived), but Ohringen was quickly reunited after John Frederick's brothers deaths with no surviving descendants.
John Ernest		24 March 1670 Ohrdruf Second son of John Frederick I and Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg	17 October – 16 November 1702		Eleonora Juliana of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ( 1 October 1669 – 11 April 1750) 12 January 1699 Langenburg no children	16 November 1702 Basel aged 32
John Frederick II		22 July 1683 Öhringen Fourth son of John Frederick I and Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg	17 October 1702 – 24 August 1765		Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt 13 February 1710 Darmstadt seven children	24 August 1765 Öhringen aged 82
Charles Louis		23 September 1674 Ohrdruf Third son of John Frederick I and Louise Ammonna of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg	17 October 1702 – 5 May 1756	County of Weikersheim	Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 7 August 1711 Wefferlingen no children Elisabeth Friederika Sophia of Oettingen-Oettingen 11 November 1713 Oettingen two children	5 May 1756 Weikersheim aged 81
Weikersheim reabsorbed in Öhringen
Louis		20 October 1696 Langenburg Son of Albert Wolfgang and Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken	1715 – 16 January 1765	County of Langenburg (until 1764) Principality of Langenburg (from 1764)	Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken 25 January 1723 Sonnewalde thirteen children	16 January 1765 Langenburg aged 68
Charles Philip Francis		12 July 1702 Wanfried Son of Philip Charles and Sophia Leopoldina of Hesse-Wanfried	1729 – 1 March 1763	County of Bartenstein (until 1744) Principality of Bartenstein (from 1744)	Sophia Frederica of Hesse-Homburg 26 September 1727 Strasbourg four children	1 March 1763 Wetzlar aged 60
Charles August		6 April 1707 Kirchberg an der Jagst Son of Frederick Eberhard and Frederica Albertina of Erbach-Fürstenau	23 August 1737 – 17 May 1767	County of Kirchberg (until 1764) Principality of Kirchberg (from 1764)	Charlotte Amalia of Wolfstein (19 June 1706 – 24 October 1729) 4 January 1728 Salzburg one child Susanna Margaretha Louise of Auersperg (17 February 1712 – 12 September 1748) 1 June 1730 Nuremberg nine children Caroline Sophia von Hohenlohe-Ohringen (8 January 1715 – 21 August 1770) 21 January 1749 Hildburghausen two children	17 May 1767 Kirchberg an der Jagst aged 60
Philip Henry		10 September 1702 Ingelfingen First son of Christian Crato and Maria Catharina Sophia of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	2 October 1743 – 5 April 1781	County of Ingelfingen (until 1764) Principality of Ingelfingen (from 1764)	Albertina of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (29 January 1701 – 5 November 1773) 4 March 1727 Langenburg six children	5 April 1781 Ingelfingen aged 78	His heir predecesed him, and the principality was inherited by his brother.
Charles Albert I		22 January 1719 Son of Philip Ernest and Maria Anna of Oettingen-Wallerstein	1759 – 25 January 1793	Principality of Schillingsfürst	Sophia Wilhelmina Maria of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 August 1721 – 29 September 1749) 7 February 1740 Vienna five children Maria Josepha of Salm-Salm (7 August 1721 – 29 September 1749) 7 February 1740 Senones (Vosges) no children	25 January 1793 aged 74
Louis Leopold		15 November 1731 Siegen Son of Charles Philip Francis and Sophia Frederica of Hesse-Homburg	1763 – 14 June 1799	Principality of Bartenstein	Frederika Polyxena of Limburg-Styrum (28 October 1738 – 26 February 1798) 6 May 1757 Schillingsfürst seven children	14 June 1799 Kleinheubach aged 67
Louis Frederick Charles		23 May 1723 Öhringen Son of John Frederick II and Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt	1765 – 27 July 1805	County of Ohringen	Amalie of Saxe-Hildburghausen 28 January 1749 Hildburghausen one child	27 July 1805 Öhringen aged 82	After his death with no heirs, Ohringen was annexed to Ingelfingen.
Ohringen annexed to Ingelfingen
Christian Albert		27 March 1726 Langenburg Son of Louis and Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken	16 January 1765 – 4 July 1789	Principality of Langenburg	Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern 13 May 1761 Gedern seven children	4 July 1789 Ludwigsruhe aged 63
Christian Frederick		19 October 1729 Kirchberg an der Jagst Son of Charles August and Charlotte Amalia of Wolfstein	17 May 1767 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Kirchberg	Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 December 1732 – 5 August 1777) 4 June 1760 Langenburg two children Philippina Sophia Ernestina of Isenburg-Philippseich (1 November 1744 – 6 October 1819) 9 October 1778 Philippseich six children	18 August 1819 Kirchberg an der Jagst aged 89	In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Kirchberg absorbed into Württemberg
Henry August		10 July 1715 Hermersberg Castle Fifth son of Christian Crato and Maria Catharina Sophia of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	1781 – 13 February 1796	Principality of Ingelfingen	Wilhelmina Eleonora of Hohenlohe-Ohringen (20 February 1717 – 30 July 1794) 26 September 1743 Ohringen eight children	13 February 1796 Ingelfingen aged 80	Brother of Philip Henry.
Charles Louis		10 September 1762 Langenburg Son of Christian Albert and Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern	4 July 1789 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Langenburg	Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth 30 January 1789 Kliczków Castle thirteen children	4 April 1825 Langenburg aged 62	In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed into Württemberg.
Langenburg absorbed into Württemberg
Charles Albert II		21 February 1742 Schillingsfürst Son of Charles Albert I and Sophia Wilhelmina Maria of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort	25 January 1793 – 14 June 1796	Principality of Schillingsfürst	Leopoldina of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (28 December 1739 – 9 June 1765) 19 May 1761 Horazdiowitz two children Judith Anna Franziska Rewicki de Revisnier (8 September 1753 – 16 November 1836) 15 August 1773 Kazmir thirteen children	14 June 1796 Schillingsfürst aged 54
Frederick Louis		31 January 1746 Ingelfingen Son of Henry August and Wilhelmina Eleonora of Hohenlohe-Ohringen	1796 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Ingelfingen	Amalia Louise Mariana of Hoym-Droyssig (6 October 1763 – 20 April 1840) 8 April 1782 Gleina (annulled 1799) eight children	15 January 1818 Sławięcice aged 71	In 1806, by German mediatisation, all Hohenlohe lands were absorbed (mediatised) into Württemberg.
Ingelfingen absorbed into Württemberg
Charles Albert III		28 February 1776 Vienna Son of Charles Albert II and Judith Reviczky de Revisnye	14 June 1796 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Schillingsfürst	Maria Elisabeth Augusta of Isenburg-Birstein (8 September 1779 – 1 April 1803) 11 July 1797 Munich three children Maria Leopoldina of Fürstenberg (4 September 1791 – 10 January 1844) 130 May 1813 Heiligenberg four children	15 June 1843 Bad Mergentheim aged 67
Schillingsfurst absorbed into Württemberg
Louis Aloysius		12 December 1766 Bartenstein Son of Louis Leopold and Frederika Polyxena of Limburg-Styrum	14 June 1799 – 12 July 1806	Principality of Bartenstein	Franziska Wilhelmina of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (13 March 1770 – 26 August 1789) 18 November 1786 one child Maria Crescentia of Salm-Reifferscheid (29 August 1768 – 4 April 1826) 19 January 1790 Bedburg two children	31 May 1829 Lunéville aged 62
Bartenstein absorbed into Württemberg

See also

• Hohenlohe, for the page concerning the family itself.

References

1. Klaus Graf, Staufer-Überlieferungen aus Kloster Lorch (Traditions of the Hohenstaufen from Lorch Monastery), in: Sönke Lorenz et al. (Ed.): Von Schwaben bis Jerusalem. Facetten staufischer Geschichte. Sigmaringen (From Swabia to Jerusalem. Facets of Staufer history). Sigmaringen 1995, pp. 209–240. See also: "Hohenlohe 1".
2. Karl Schumm: Hohenlohe, zu. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 484
3. Vgl. Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. Neue Folge, Band XVII. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1998, Tafel 1.
4. P. Stälin, Hohenlohe, Gottfried von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 690-691
5. Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 52, p. 36.
6. Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 127, p. 72.
7. Margaret appears on the marriage contract of her son, dated 29 June 1334, according to Wittmann (1890), 335, p. 148.
8. Sigmund Ritter von Riezler, Hohenlohe, Hohenlohe, Kraft II. von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 692-693
9. Wittmann (1890), 377, p. 170.
10. Cyriacus Spangenberg: Hennebergische Chronica. Straßburg, 1599, S. 203
11. Gustav Bossert, Hohenlohe, Johann von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 691-692
12. Gisela Kornrumpf: Schenk von Limburg (Limpurg). In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2, S. 673 f.
13. Hohenlohe-Waldenburg: Hohenlohe. Pictures from the history of house and country. Öhringen, 1983, p. 16.
14. Pieter Lodewijk Müller, Hohenlohe, Philipp von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 693-694
15. Johann Justus Herwig, Entwurf einer genealogischen Geschichte des hohen Hauses Hohenlohe. Printed by Schell, Schillingsfürst, 1796, p. 105

Literature

• Adolf Fischer, Geschichte des Hauses Hohenlohe, volume 2.2, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1871, p. 36
• Hermann Grote: Stammtafeln. Mit Anhang: Calendarium medii aevi (= Münzstudien. Bd. 9). Hahn, Leipzig 1877, (Digitalisat), p.86-87
• Klaus Graf, Staufer-Überlieferungen aus Kloster Lorch (Traditions of the Hohenstaufen from Lorch Monastery), in: Sönke Lorenz et al. (Ed.): Von Schwaben bis Jerusalem. Facetten staufischer Geschichte. Sigmaringen (From Swabia to Jerusalem. Facets of Staufer history). Sigmaringen 1995, p. 209-240. See also: "Hohenlohe 1".
• John Morby, Uwe Ludwig, Handbuch der deutschen Dynastien. Artemis und Winkler, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-538-07228-0, p.127-136
• Karl Schumm, Hohenlohe, zu. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7
• Gerhard Taddey: «Stammtafeln des Hauses Hohenlohe». In: Handbuch der baden-württembergischen Geschichte, Fünfter Band, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2, p. 401-411
• K. Weller, Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch 1153–1350, Stuttgart, 1899–1901
• Max Wilberg, Regenten-Tabellen, Eine Zusammenstellung der Herrscher von Ländern aller Erdteile bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, Beholtz, Frankfurt (Oder), 1906, p. 79–82.
• Constantin von Wurzbach: Hohenlohe, altes Herrengeschlecht in Franken. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 9. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, p. 200

External links

• Media related to Rulers of Hohenlohe at Wikimedia Commons
• Haus Hohenlohe, genealogy.euweb.cz

• Hohenlohe
• Lists of German nobility
• House of Hohenlohe