Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

Memorial plaque at the cemetery in Weil am Rhein: Here Field Marshal-Lieutenant Franz Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen died a heroic death on 14 October 1702 in the battle against the French built by Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern for his ancestor 1902
Born (1657-12-02)2 December 1657
Sigmaringen Castle
Died 14 October 1702(1702-10-14) (aged 44)
Friedlingen
Buried Weil am Rhein
Noble family House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s) Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf
Father Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother Anna Marie of Törring at Seefeld

Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (2 December 1657 at Sigmaringen Castle 14 October 1702 in Friedlingen), was a reigning Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.

Life

Franz Anton was the youngest son of Prince Meinrad I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1605-1681) from his marriage to Anna Marie (1613-1682), the daughter of Baron Ferdinand of Törring at Seefeld.

He served in the imperial army and reached the rank of Field Marshal-Lieutenant. Under the terms of the family's elevation to the rank of Prince, his eldest brother inherited the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Franz Anton only inherited the County of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. In 1692, Emperor Leopold I again confirmed that the Princes of Swabina branch of the House of Hohenzollern held the rank of Imperial Princes, he explicitly made an exception for the Haigerloch line.[1]

Franz Anton fell in the Battle of Friedlingen, during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Marriage and issue

Franz Anton married on 5 February 1687 to Anna Maria Eusebia (1670-1716), the daughter of Count Anton Eusebius of Königsegg-Aulendorf. The couple had the following children:

See also

Footnotes

  1. Allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopädie für die gebildeten Stände: Conversations-Lexikon, vol. 8, p. 18, Brockhaus, 1853, (Online)

References

Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Born: 2 December 1657 Died: 14 October 1702
Preceded by
Meinrad I
as Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
1681-1702
Succeeded by
Ferdinand Leopold Anton
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