Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 September 1625 in

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– 2 June 1699 ibid) was the youngest child of Count Philip Ernest of

Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located around Langenburg in what is now northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Starting in medieval times and continuing until 1806, this smal ...

and his wife Countess

Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde Anna Maria, Countess of Solms-Sonnewalde (24 January 1585 in Sonnewalde – 20 November 1634 in Ottweiler) was Countess of Solms-Sonnewalde by birth and by marriage Countess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Life Anna Maria was born as the third daug ...

. He was head of the house of

and added the

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to the town church of Langenburg, which supports four bells, and still stands today. The count worked hard and successfully to rebuild his county, which suffered badly during the

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. He also managed to reduce the county's public debt.

Marriage and issue

On 25 January 1652 he married Countess Eleonore Magdalene of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1635–1657), daughter of his uncle George Frederick of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1569–1647). She died in 1657, after only five years of marriage. They had four children: * Sophia Maria * (* / † 1653) * Philip Albert * (* / † 1654) * Maria Magdalena (* / † 1655) * Ernest Eberhard Frederick (1656–1671) In 1658, he married Countess Juliana Dorothea zu

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(1640–1706). They had the following children: * Albert Wolfgang (1659–1715), married Countess Sophia Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1666–1736) * Christina Juliana (* / † 1661) * Christian Louis (1662–1663) * Philip Frederick (1664–1666) * Sophia Christiana Dorothea (* / † 1666) * Louise Charlotte (1667–1747), married Count Louis Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1668–1728) * Christian Kraft (1668–1743), married Countess Maria Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1680–1761). He was the founder of

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line * Eleonora Juliana (1669–1730), married Count Johann Ernst of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1670–1702) * Mary Magdalene (1670–1671) * Eberhard Frederick (1672–1737), married firstly, in 1701, Friederike Albertine of Erbach-Fürstenau (1683–1709), and secondly, in 1709, Auguste Sophie of

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(1691–1743). He was the founder of

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line. * Johanna Sophia (1673–1743), married Count Frederick Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1655–1728) * Maria Christiana (1675–1718), a nun in Gandersheim * Maurice Louis (1676–1679) * Augusta Dorothea (1678–1740), married Count Henry XI of

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(1669–1726) * Philippine Henriette (1679–1751), married Count Louis Crato of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1663–1713) * Ernestine Elizabeth (1680–1721) Counts of Hohenlohe House of Hohenlohe People from Langenburg 1625 births 1699 deaths 17th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub