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Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (September 5, 1569 – July 7, 1645) was an

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and an amateur

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Biography

Born in Neuenstein, Georg Friedrich was the son of

Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (14 June 1546 in Waldenburg – 28 March 1610 in Weikersheim) was the first Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim. He was the son of Louis Casimir of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, who styled himself ''Count of Neuenst ...

and his wife Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg. At the age of 17, in 1586 Count Georg Friedrich went to the

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and studied there until 1588. He was probably the last student of Professor

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. Subsequently, for the purpose of study, Count Georg Friedrich went to

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and later to

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, where he enrolled at the universities of

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and

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. After finishing his studies, in 1591 he fought under

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against the Catholic League. In the war against the

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in 1595, he was promoted to

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. In 1605, as imperial field commander, he put down an uprising in

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. On June 18, 1607, Friedrich married Eva von Waldstein. Through this marriage he became a member of the Bohemian Estates and thereby also became involved in the resistance against King ( Holy Roman Emperor) Ferdinand II. As General commander of the Estates, he was responsible for organization and in the

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he commanded a cavalry unit. On January 22, 1621, he was accepted as a member of the ''

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'' by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen. In 1621,

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proclaimed Frederick V of the Palatinate and others to be traitors. The others included Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim. In spite of having fallen under the proclamation of

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ishment in 1621, Count Georg Friedrich was able to achieve peace with the

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and with imperial approval was even able to exercise his lordship in

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, which had fallen to him at the death of his father in 1610. His wife Eva died May 24, 1631. On August 17, 1633, he married Maria Magdalena von Oettingen-Oettingen, who however died on May 29, 1636, after a barely three-year-long marriage. In 1632, Count Georg Friedrich was installed as the

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of the

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. When he accepted this post, he infuriated the emperor to the point that he immediately outlawed him again. Additionally, the

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immediately, by imperial decree, received the lordship of Weikersheim. This was only returned to the House of Hohenlohe after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Due to his outlawry, Georg Friedrich was excluded from the Peace of Prague

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Nevertheless, during a personal conversation in 1637, the emperor forgave him. Count Georg Friedrich settled in

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and avoided every form of political activity. Here in Langenburg he was also active in literature. He wrote primarily

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s and

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s. Count Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim died on August 7, 1645, at the age of 76 years, in

Works

* ''Geistliche Psalmen und Kirchengesänge'' ("Spiritual Psalms and Church Songs", 1648) {{DEFAULTSORT:Georg Friedrich Of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim Counts of Hohenlohe Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1569 births 1645 deaths Military personnel of the Holy Roman Empire