Rulers of Hohenlohe

The following is a list of rulers of Hohenlohe. The territory was, since the medieval period, ruled by one single family: the House of Hohenlohe.

History

Castle of Weikersheim.

The first known member of the family mentioned in the territory was Conrad, Lord of Weikersheim. This town was, then, where the family had the right of escorting travellers and goods and charging customs (Geleitrecht), along the Tauber river on the trading route between Frankfurt and Augsburg until the 14th century. The sources of the Imperial Abbey of Lorch led Hansmartin Decker-Hauff to question if there was a close relationship between the Hohenlohe family and the House of Hohenstaufen, but, according to historian Klaus Graf, the link cannot be proved.[1] That didn't top the family, however, of later boasting this possible kinship with the Imperial family.

The name of the family, Hohenlohe was first mentioned in 1178, honouring the Hohlach Castle, near Simmershofen in Middle Franconia. The name was also adopted for the land the family ruled, because, while Weikersheim was a fiefdom of the Comburg monastery, Hohlach was then more valuable, as it was an imperial fiefdom, and as so, its owners were granted the status of imperial knight. Despite Hohlach having its advantages, such as securing the RothenburgOchsenfurt road, it soon lost its importance, as the family's property was expanding directly from their ancestral town of Weikersheim. However, the lands, castles and estates the family held as a whole borrowed the name from the imperial fiefdom, Hohenlohe.

Mediatization

On 12 July 1806, the principalities became parts of the kingdoms of Bavaria and of Württemberg by the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine. Therefore, the region of Hohenlohe is presently located for the most part in the north eastern part of the State of Baden-Württemberg (forming the counties of Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall and the southern part of Main-Tauber-Kreis), with smaller parts in the Bavarian administrative districts of Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia. The Hohenlohisch dialect is part of the East Franconian German dialect group and the population still values its traditional distinct identity.

Rulers

Partitions of Hohenlohe under Hohenlohe rule

Lordship of Hohenlohe
(1192–1209)
Lordship of Brauneck
(1209–1390)
      
Lordship of Weikersheim
(1209–1450)
Raised to:
County of Weikersheim
(1st creation)
(1450–1545)
Lordship of
Uffenheim

(1255–1412)
Lordship of
Haltenbergstetten

(1268–1368)
      
      
      
      
             
      
             
County of Waldenburg
(1472–1679)
(called Catholic branch
since 1667[2])
County of Langenburg
(1st creation)
(1568–1590)
County of Weikersheim
(2nd creation)
(1568–1684)
County of Neuenstein
(1st creation)
(1503–1606)
(Protestant branch)
                           
      
County of Langenburg
(2nd creation)
(1610–1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Langenburg
(1764–1806)
             
       County of Neuenstein
(3rd creation)
(1610–1698)
County of
Pfedelbach

(1600–1728)
       County of
Schillingsfürst

(1600–1744)
Raised to:
Principality of Schillingsfürst
(1744–1806)
      
County of
Kirchberg

(1699–1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Kirchberg
(1764–1806)
              County of Ohringen
(1641–1805)
County of
Bartenstein

(1635–1744)
Raised to:
Principality of Bartenstein
(1744–1806)
County of Ingelfingen
(1699–1764)
Raised to:
Principality of Ingelfingen
(1764–1806)
      
(mediatized to Württemberg in 1806)

Table of rulers

See also

  • Hohenlohe, for the page concerning the family itself.

References

  1. ^ Klaus Graf, Staufer-Überlieferungen aus Kloster Lorch (Traditions of the Hohenstaufen from Lorch Monastery), in: Sönke Lorenz et al. (Ed.): Von Schwaben bis Jerusalem. Facetten staufischer Geschichte. Sigmaringen (From Swabia to Jerusalem. Facets of Staufer history). Sigmaringen 1995, pp. 209–240. See also: "Hohenlohe 1".
  2. ^ Karl Schumm: Hohenlohe, zu. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 484
  3. ^ Vgl. Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. Neue Folge, Band XVII. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1998, Tafel 1.
  4. ^ P. Stälin, Hohenlohe, Gottfried von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 690-691
  5. ^ Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 52, p. 36.
  6. ^ Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch, Band I, 127, p. 72.
  7. ^ Margaret appears on the marriage contract of her son, dated 29 June 1334, according to Wittmann (1890), 335, p. 148.
  8. ^ Sigmund Ritter von Riezler, Hohenlohe, Hohenlohe, Kraft II. von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 692-693
  9. ^ Wittmann (1890), 377, p. 170.
  10. ^ Cyriacus Spangenberg: Hennebergische Chronica. Straßburg, 1599, S. 203
  11. ^ Gustav Bossert, Hohenlohe, Johann von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 691-692
  12. ^ Gisela Kornrumpf: Schenk von Limburg (Limpurg). In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2, S. 673 f.
  13. ^ A. Fischer, Geschichte des Hauses Hohenlohe. Part 1, Stuttgart 1866, p. 134
  14. ^ a b Friedrich Karl zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, Hohenlohe. Bilder aus der Geschichte von Haus und Land.. 4th edition. Familienverband des Fürstlichen Hauses Hohenlohe, Öhringen 1983. p. 15.
  15. ^ a b John E. Morby, Uwe Ludwig: Handbuch der deutschen Dynastien. Artemis & Winkler. Artemis & Winkler. Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-538-07228-0 , p. 131.
  16. ^ Hohenlohe-Waldenburg: Hohenlohe. Pictures from the history of house and country. Öhringen, 1983, p. 16.
  17. ^ Adolf Fischer, Geschichte des Hauses Hohenlohe, 2.1, 1868, p. 87.
  18. ^ Kurt Futter, Wolfgang II., Graf von Hohenlohe 1546–1610. In: Lebensbilder aus Schwaben und Franken. Volume 7, 1960, pp. 62–69.
  19. ^ Pieter Lodewijk Müller, Hohenlohe, Philipp von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 693-694
  20. ^ Johann Justus Herwig, Entwurf einer genealogischen Geschichte des hohen Hauses Hohenlohe. Printed by Schell, Schillingsfürst, 1796, p. 105
  21. ^ Nickname given to him by the Fruitbearing Society.
  22. ^ Adolf Fischer, Geschichte des Hauses Hohenlohe, Volume 2.1, Stuttgart 1868, p. 235.
  23. ^ Constantin von Wurzbach: "Hohenlohe, Wolfgang Julius Graf." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria).  Part 9 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, p. 201 (digitalised).
  24. ^ Karl Ruland, Graf Wolfgang Julius von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. Geb. den 3. Aug. 1622. † 26. Dec. 1698. Ein biographischer Versuch. In: Archiv für Hohenlohische Geschichte. Volume 2 (1870), p. 271–290 (Digital copy).
  25. ^ For more information on Frederick Eberhard of Hohenlohe, see the following links:
  26. ^ When the noble Count and Lord Johann Friedrich (II.), Count of Hohenlohe-Oehringen (=Öhringen) and Gleichen, Lord of Langenburg and Kranichfeld etc., sent God, the Lord of life, for the happy return of his birthday (...) all Neuenstein church servants in the city and in the country wanted to (...) testify to their heartfelt and humble joy. Anno 1722, July 22nd.
  27. ^ Jürgen Kniep, Mindermächtig, selbstbewusst. Zum 250. Todestag des Grafen Carl Ludwig von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, in Schwäbische Heimat, volume 57 (2006), Nr. 2, p. 136–141 ([1]).
  28. ^ Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, Christian Friedrich Karl; Fürst von
  29. ^ a b c d e Hohenlohe wird württembergisch. (Hohenlohe becomes part of Württemberg). A picture book, published by the House of History of Baden-Württemberg by Karin Wohlschlegel, Jan Thorbecke Verlag , Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-0387-0 , p. 169.
  30. ^ Constantin von Wurzbach: "Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Heinrich August Fürst." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria).  Part 9 Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, p. 195 (digitalised).
  31. ^ Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Carl Ludwig Fürst zu. Hessische Biografie. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  32. ^ For more on Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe, see the following links:

Literature

  • Adolf Fischer, Geschichte des Hauses Hohenlohe, volume 2.2, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1871, p. 36
  • Hermann Grote: Stammtafeln. Mit Anhang: Calendarium medii aevi (= Münzstudien. Bd. 9). Hahn, Leipzig 1877, (Digitalisat), p. 86–87
  • Klaus Graf, Staufer-Überlieferungen aus Kloster Lorch (Traditions of the Hohenstaufen from Lorch Monastery), in: Sönke Lorenz et al. (Ed.): Von Schwaben bis Jerusalem. Facetten staufischer Geschichte. Sigmaringen (From Swabia to Jerusalem. Facets of Staufer history). Sigmaringen 1995, p. 209–240. See also: "Hohenlohe 1".
  • John Morby, Uwe Ludwig, Handbuch der deutschen Dynastien. Artemis und Winkler, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-538-07228-0, p. 127–136
  • Karl Schumm, Hohenlohe, zu. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7
  • Gerhard Taddey: «Stammtafeln des Hauses Hohenlohe». In: Handbuch der baden-württembergischen Geschichte, Fünfter Band, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2, p. 401–411
  • K. Weller, Hohenlohisches Urkundenbuch 1153–1350, Stuttgart, 1899–1901
  • Max Wilberg, Regenten-Tabellen, Eine Zusammenstellung der Herrscher von Ländern aller Erdteile bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, Beholtz, Frankfurt (Oder), 1906, p. 79–82.
  • Constantin von Wurzbach: Hohenlohe, altes Herrengeschlecht in Franken. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 9. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1863, p. 200