Anton Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (also known as ''Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch''; 4 December 1692 – 23 July 1750) was a German nobleman. He was a various times canon of different

cathedral chapter According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics ( chapter) formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese during the vacancy. In ...

s and first minister of the

Electorate of Cologne The Electorate of Cologne (), sometimes referred to as Electoral Cologne (), was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 10th to the early 19th century. It consisted of the Hochstift—the temporal posses ...

under Elector Clemens August. From 1702 until his death, he was the ruling Count of

Hohenzollern-Haigerloch Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was a small county in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. It became part of the neighboring Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1767. History The more famous younger Fran ...

Life

He was the son of Count Franz Anton and his wife Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf, and was born in

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, ...

. In 1706, he joined the

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. From 1714 to 1726, he was also

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. In 1725, he was appointed canon in

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. In Cologne, he was

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from 1724 to 1727. In 1727, he became vice dean, and 1731, cathedral dean. In 1733, he succeeded Ferdinand of Plettenberg as prime minister of the

. However, he had much less political influence than his predecessor. In 1745, he voted on behalf of Cologne in the election of Emperor Francis I. He died at Brühl Palace in 1750, and was buried in the

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (, , officially , English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archd ...

. He was unmarried and childless. He was succeeded as Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch by his younger brother Franz Christoph Anton.

References

* F. E. von Mering: ''Clemens August, Herzog von Baiern, Kurfürst und Erzbischof zu Köln. Biographischer Versuch'', Heberle, Cologne, 1851, p. 8
Online
* Rudolf Lill (ed.): ''Kurfürst Clemens August. Landesherr und Mäzen des 18. Jahrhunderts'', DuMont Schauberg, Cologne, 1961, p. 169

External links

Entry at Geneall.net
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch People from the Electorate of Cologne House of Hohenzollern 1692 births 1750 deaths Cathedral deans of Cologne {{Germany-noble-stub