Anton Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (also known as ''Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch''; 4 December 1692 in

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– 23 July 1750 at Brühl Palace) was a German nobleman. He was a various times canon of different

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s and first minister of the

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under Elector Clemens August. From 1702 until his death, he was the ruling Count of

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Life

He was the son of Count

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and his wife Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf. In 1706, he joined the

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. From 1714 to 1726, he was also

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. In 1725, he was appointed canon in

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. In Cologne, he was chorbishop from 1724 to 1727. In 1727, he became vice dean, and 1731, cathedral dean. In 1733, he succeeded

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as prime minister of the

. However, he had much less political influence than his predecessor. In 1745, he voted on behalf of Cologne in the election of Emperor

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. He died in 1750, and was buried in the

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. He was unmarried and childless. He was succeeded as Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch by his younger brother Franz Christoph Anton.

References

* F. E. von Mering: ''Clemens August, Herzog von Baiern, Kurfürst und Erzbischof zu Köln. Biographischer Versuch'', Heberle, Cologne, 1851, p. 8
Online
* Rudolf Lill (ed.): ''Kurfürst Clemens August. Landesherr und Mäzen des 18. Jahrhunderts'', DuMont Schauberg, Cologne, 1961, p. 169

External links

Entry at Geneall.net
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch People from the Electorate of Cologne House of Hohenzollern 1692 births 1750 deaths Cathedral deans of Cologne {{Germany-noble-stub