Johanna Katharina Victoria, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (née Countess Johanna Katharina Victoria von Montfort-Tettnang (9 October 1678 - 26 January 1759) was a German noblewoman and consort of Meinrad II. She served as the regent of

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on behalf of her son,

Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Prince Joseph Ernst Friedrich Karl Anton Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (24 May 1702 in Sigmaringen – 8 December 1769 at Haag Castle, Haigerloch) was the fifth Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He ruled from 1715 to 1769. Life J ...

, from 1715 until 1720.

Biography

Johanna Katharina von Montfort was born on 9 October 1678 to Count Johann Anton I of Montfort-Tettnang and Countess Maria Viktoria von Spaur und Flavon. On 22 November 1700 she married

Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Meinrad II Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 November 1673 in Sigmaringen – 20 October 1715 in Sigmaringen) was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1689 until his death. Life Meinrad was a son of Prince Maximilian I of Ho ...

. They had four children: * Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1702-1769) * Prince Franz William Nikolaus of Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen, Count of Hohenzollern-Berg (1704-1737) * Princess Maria Anna Elisabeth of Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen (1707-1783) * Prince Karl Wolfgang Ludwig Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmarigen (1708-1709) In 1707 during the

War of Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...

, Johanna Katharina fled with her children from

Sigmaringen Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district. Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen ...

to the family's residence in Vienna. They returned to Sigmaringen after the end of the war. After her husband's death in 1715, their son Joseph Friedrich Ernst succeeded him as the

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a principality in Southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the senior Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. The Swabian Hohenzollerns were elevated to princes in 1623. The small sovereign state with the cap ...

. She served as regent over Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for her son from 1715 until 1720, when he came of age. As regent she entrusted the Bistervelde estate to Prussian War Commissary Dozem zu Kleve in 1718. Johanna Katharina was a

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of the

Order of the Starry Cross The Order of the Starry Cross (or Order of the Star Cross/Star Cross Order; German: ''Sternkreuz-Orden'') is an imperial Austrian dynastic order for Catholic noble ladies, founded in 1668. The order still exists under the House of Habsburg-Lorrain ...

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