Albert Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (6 July 1659 in
Langenburg – 17 April 1715 in Langenburg) was the oldest child of Count
Henry Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1625–1699) and his second wife Countess Juliana Dorothea of
Castell-Remlingen (1640–1706).
He was head of the House of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg and introduced
primogeniture
Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn Legitimacy (family law), legitimate child to inheritance, inherit all or most of their parent's estate (law), estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some childre ...
in Langenburg in 1699. This meant the oldest son would inherit the entire county, and younger sons would only inherit if the oldest were to die childless. From then on, younger sons would mostly embark on military careers, for example, in the
imperial army, or in friendly nations.
Marriage and issue
On 22 August 1686 he married Countess Sophia Amalia (1666–1736), daughter of Count
Gustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken. They had the following children:
* Eleonora Juliana (1687–1701)
* Frederick Louis (1688-1688)
* Sophie Charlotte (1690–1691)
* Philip (1692–1699)
* Christiana (1693–1695)
*
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
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(1696–1765), married Countess Eleonore of
Nassau-Saarbrücken (1707–1769)
* Charlotte (1697–1743)
* Christian (1699–1719)
* Albertina (1701–1773), married Prince Philip Henry of
Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a German County of the House of Hohenlohe, located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Ingelfingen. Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a scion of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. It was raised from a County to a Principality i ...
(1702–1781)
* Sophie Friederike (1702–1734)
* Henrietta (1704–1709)
* Charles Frederick (1706–1718)
Counts of Hohenlohe
House of Hohenlohe
Counts of the Holy Roman Empire
People from Langenburg
1659 births
1715 deaths
17th-century German nobility
18th-century German people
References
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