Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 January 1636 – 13 August 1689, in

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) was a German nobleman. He was the third ruling Prince of

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; 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

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. 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

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. He commanded a

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regiment and, like his cousins in the

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line, fought under Emperor Leopold I in the Fourth Austro-Turkish War. During the

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, he commanded the imperial army on the Rhine. After the

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of 1675, Maximilian returned to

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. Maximilian married

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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

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, which thus fell to the

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Among his Dutch possessions were the Lordships of

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, Etten, Wisch,

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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 an expansion of

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Marriage and issue

From his marriage to Maria Clara, the 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 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 H ...

(1678-1759) * Francis Albert Oswald (1676-1748), a

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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: *# in 1712 to Maria Barbara Everhardt of Lightemhaag *# 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

Footnotes

References

* * 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
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* Günter Schmitt: ''Sigmaringen'', in: Günter Schmitt: ''Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb'', vol. 3: ''Donautal. Wandern und entdecken zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen'', Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach, 1990, , p. 41–62.

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