Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern- Hechingen ( born September 20, 1663 Hechingen, † November 14, 1735 in Hechingen ) was the fourth prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen and imperial field marshal lieutenant.
Life
Frederick William was the eldest son of the Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen Philipp (1616-1671) from his marriage to Marie Sidonie (1635-1686), daughter of Margrave Hermann of Baden- Fortunat Rodemachern. He succeeded his father as Prince still a minor, so his mother first took over the guardianship. This sent the prince to Baden, where he was further educated. He completed his military training from increasingly later in Vienna. The end of 1681 he took the reins of the government in Hohenzollern - Hechingen.
Friedrich Wilhelm was in the imperial service Generalfeldmarschalleutnant and opened his own cuirassiers with his name. In 1682 he was involved in the suppression of a popular uprising in Hungary and took glorious 1692 at the Battle of Slankamen part. In the same year by the Emperor Leopold I, the granting of permits for Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and all his heirs and descendants. He came in 1702 when Friedlingen in captivity, from which he was able to extricate themselves. Two years later, he fought victoriously in the battle of Blenheim, and was then under Field Marshal Heister turn against insurgent Hungary in use.
The prince compared himself with imperial confirmation because of the Castle county Nuremberg with the Electorate of Brandenburg, and was one of the first carriers of the Prussian Black Eagle.
Marriages and descendants
Frederick William was married twice. He completed his first marriage on January 22, 1687 in Vienna with Maria Ludovica Leopoldina ( 1666-1709 ), daughter of Count Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf, with whom he had the following children:
- Friedrich Ludwig (1688-1750), Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen
- Ernestine Friederike Luise (1690-1720)
- Charlotte ( * / † 1692 )
- Christine Eberhardine Friederike (1695-1754), abbess of Munster Bilsen
- Sophie Friederike Johanna (1698-1754), abbess of Munster Bilsen
- Friedrich Karl ( * / † 1697 )
His second wife was on September 7, 1710 in Hechingen Baroness Magdalena Maximiliane of Lützau ( 1690-1755 ), the. , Emperor Charles VI was raised as " Countess von Homburg " as an equal. From this marriage he had two children:
- Eberhard Hermann Friedrich (1711-1726), Count of Hohenzollern
- Maria Maximiliana (1713-1743)