Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (11 August 1584 in

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-l ...

– 29 January 1628 in

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), was Count 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 was the fourth son of Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1546–1610), who later became regent of the county of

and his wife

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(1547–1643). He served in the

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army until he inherited the Dutch from his uncle, Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. When his father died in 1610, he and his brothers Georg Friedrich (1569–1647) and Kraft (1582–1641) divided the inheritance. Georg Friedrich received

; Kraft received Neuenstein and Philip Ernest received the Lordship of

. He immediately began the construction of Langenburg Castle. He spent much of his time in the

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, until he was relieved of his duties as a

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by the States-General. He died in 1628, at the age of 44, in Weikersheim, of a "stone disease". He was buried, together with his wife, in the crypt of the church in Langenburg. A stone monument commemorating the couple can be found behind the altar.

Marriage and issue

On 15 January 1609, he married 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 ...

(1585–1634), the daughter of Count Otto of Solms-Sonnewalde. They had the following children: * Wolfgang Otto (1611–1632) * Philip Ernest (1612–1612) * Louis Kraft (1613–1632) * Philip Maurice (1614–1635) * George Frederick (1615–1616) * Anna Magdalena (1617–1671), married George Louis, Burgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Hachenbach (d. 1686) * Dorothea (b. 1618) * Joachim Albert (1619–1675), Count of

Hohenlohe-Kirchberg Hohenlohe-Kirchberg was a German County and later Principality located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Kirchberg. It was ruled by a Protestant branch of the House of Hohenlohe. The county of Kirchberg was located between the ...

* Eva Christine (1621–1681), married Count Wolfgang of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (1617–1658) * Maria Juliana (1623–1695), married: *# John William, Arch-Cupbearer and Count of Limpurg (d. 1655) *# Francis, Arch-Cupbearer and Count of Limpurg (d. 1673) * Henry Frederick (1625–1699), Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, married: *# in 1652 with Countess Eleonore Magdalene of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1635–1657) *# in 1658 with Countess Juliana Dorothea of

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(1640–1706) Counts of Hohenlohe House of Hohenlohe People from Langenburg 1584 births 1628 deaths 16th-century German nobility 17th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub