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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 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 commanded a Dragoon 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 Franco-Dutch War, 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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in
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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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, 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 an expansion of
Sigmaringen Castle Sigmaringen Castle (German: ''Schloss Sigmaringen'') was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Situated in the Swabian ''Alb'' region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, this castle dominates the s ...
.


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 (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


See also

*
House of Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenbu ...


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.


External links


Entry at Geneall.net
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