Wolfgang Julius of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (3 August 1622, Neuenstein – 26 December 1698) was a German

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and the last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. He was the son of Kraft III of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (14 November 1582,

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– 11 September 1641,

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) and Sophie of Birkenfeld (29 March 1593,

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, a ...

– 16 November 1676, Neuenstein), a daughter of

Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (4 September 1560 – 16 December 1600), Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim was the Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld from 1569 until 1600. Life Charles was born in Neu ...

Life

During the

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the Hohenlohe Family had fled to

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. In 1637, when he was 15 years old, Wolfgang Julius was stopped by a patrol and wounded in the face through a glancing shot. In 1643 he went on his

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. To earn money, he entered the regiment of the Imperial Marshal Josias Rantzau, where he was involved in a

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, which earned him seven months imprisonment. He returned home in 1657. There he became

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of the troops of the

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, which were set up to defend against the Turks in the

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. Wolfgang Julius was stationed in

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. From 1664, he fought in

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and

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. He distinguished himself at the sieges of

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and Novi Zrin Castle which failed because the army was not unanimous. After the successful Battle of Mogersdorf he became

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, and returned to Hohenlohe with 800 men from the original 6500. He bought the lordship of

Wilhermsdorf Wilhermsdorf is a municipality in the district of Fürth in Bavaria in Germany. As of 2020 it has a population of 5,479. It is twinned with Feld am See in Austria and Jahnsdorf, also in Germany. Neighboring municipalities Wilhermsdorf borders * ...

, near

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, and retired there. Since both his marriages were childless, his inheritance passed to his brother, John Frederick I of Hohenlohe-Oehringen.

Marriage

He married twice. On 25 August 1666 he married Sophie Eleanor of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1 August 1644,

Plön Plön (; Holsatian: ''Plöön'') is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on ...

– 22 January 1689, Neuenstein), daughter of

Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön Joachim Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (29 August 1595 – October 5, 1671), also ''Joachim Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön'', was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, which emerged from a division of the Duchy ...

(1622–1671). After her death he married on 4 September 1689 in Wilhermsdorf Countess

Barbara Franziska of Welz-Wilmersdorf Franziska Barbara of Welz-Wilmersdorf (4 August 1666 – 3 April 1718 in Wilhermsdorf) was baroness of Wilhermsdorf. She was the daughter of Francis of Welz-Eberstein (1635–1674), Count of Welz, Baron of Eberstein, and Anna Barbara de Gun (1 ...

(4 August 1666 – 3 April 1718, Wilhermsdorf).

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