Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Spouse(s) Johanna Catharina of Montfort
Noble family House of Hohenzollern
Father Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Mother Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg
Born (1673-11-01)1 November 1673
Sigmaringen
Died 20 October 1715(1715-10-20) (aged 41)
Sigmaringen

Meinrad II Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1 November 1673 in Sigmaringen 20 October 1715 in Sigmaringen) was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1689 until his death.

Life

Meinrad was a son of Prince Maximilian I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636–1689) from his marriage to Maria Clara (1635–1715), the daughter of Count Albert of Berg-s'-Heerenberg. He was still a minor when he succeeded his father in 1689 and initially, he stood under the guardianship of his mother and his uncle Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.

He studied at the University of Ingolstadt and embarked on a military career. He fought in the Battle of Vienna, the Hungarian rebellion and the Nine Years' War. In 1692, Emperor Leopold I raised the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern to Imperial Princes, under the condition that they would practice primogeniture in the future, i.e. they were not allowed to increase the number of imperial princes by further subdividing their principalities. In 1695, Meinrad II concluded a treaty of inheritance with the Elector of Brandenburg: if either the Swabian or the Brandenburg line of Hohenzollern were to die out, then the other line would inherit their territories.

In 1702, Meinrad's uncle Francis Anthony died. Both his sons had joined the clergy, so Hohenzollern-Haigerloch fell back to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

In 1708, Meinrad founded a blast furnace works in Laucherthal (now part of Sigmaringendorf), which is now owned by Zollern GmbH, a company which is still partially owned by the descendants of the Princes of Hohenzollern.

Marriage and issue

On 22 November in Sigmaringen, he married Johanna Catharina, (1678–1759), a daughter of Count John Anthony I of Montfort-Tettnang. They had the following children:

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Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Born: 1 November 1673 Died: 20 October 1715
Preceded by
Maximilian I
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1689-1715
Succeeded by
Joseph Friedrich Ernst
Preceded by
Franz Anton
Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
1702-1715
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