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Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

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Ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Sigmaringen
Age
44 years
Family
Father:
Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Children:
Ferdinand Leopold Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Francis Christopher Anton Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Biography

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.

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:

  • Ferdinand Leopold Anton (1692-1750), clergy and prime minister of Cologne
  • Anna Maria (1694-1732), married in 1714 to Ludwig Xaver Fugger, Count of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn (1688-1746)
  • Maria Franziska (1697-1767), married in 1720 to Count Franz Hugo of Koenigsegg-Rothfels (1698-1772)
  • Franz Christoph Anton (1699-1767), clergy and prime minister of Cologne

Footnotes and references


Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
House of Hohenzollern
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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