Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Frederick Louis | |
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| Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | |
Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | |
| Father | Heinrich August, 1.Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen |
| Mother | Countess Wilhelmine Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Oehringen |
Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (
Early life
Frederick Louis was the eldest son of Henry August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1715-1796) and his wife, Wilhelmine Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (1717-1794). His grandfather, Christian Kraft, was a younger son of Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg[2]
Biography
He began his military career as a boy, serving against the Prussians in the last years of the
Frederick Louis was at this time the most popular soldier in the Prussian army.
The prince displayed his usual personal bravery in the battle, and managed to rally a portion of his corps near Erfurt, whence he retreated into Prussia. But the pursuers followed him up closely and Marshal Joachim Murat intercepted his corps at Prenzlau.[3] On the morning of 28 October, a fortnight after Jena and three weeks after the beginning of hostilities, Hohenlohe refused two French demands that he surrender. However, the initial fighting went against the Prussians in the Battle of Prenzlau. Massenbach, who had gone to negotiate with the French, suddenly turned up with the news that the French completely surrounded them, which was untrue. Influenced by his chief of staff and assured by Murat "on his honour" that 100,000 French had encircled his forces, Hohenlohe capitulated with 10,000 men (in fact, Murat had no more than 12,000 near Prenzlau, including only 3,000 infantry).[3]
Frederick Louis's former popularity and influence in the army had now the worst possible effect, for the commandants of garrisons everywhere lost heart and followed his example.
After two years spent as a
Marriage and issue
On 8 April 1782 in Gleina, he married Countess Marie Amalie Christiane Charlotte Luise Anna von Hoym (1763-1840), daughter Count Julius Gebhard von Hoym (d. 1769) and his wife, Christiane Charlotte von Dieskau, later Princess von der Osten-Sacken (1733-1811). They had:[4]
- Prince August of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen; he married Louise of House of Württemberg (1789-1851) and had issue
- Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1787-1858), she married Prince Georg Ludwig Moritz of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1786-1836), no issue
- Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1788-1859), she married Count Albrech August Ludwig of Erbach-Fürstenau (1787-1851) and had issue
- Prince Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1789-1790)
- Princess Auguste of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1793-1821), she married Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and had issue
- Prince Ludwig Karl of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1794-1794)
- Prince Adolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, married Princess Luise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg(1799-1881) and had issue
- Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1798-1829)
Death
Frederick Louis died in
Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.
- ^ "Hohenlohe 3".
- ^ a b c d e f g Phillips & Atkinson 1911, p. 572.
- ^ "Friedrich Ludwig, 2.Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen : Genealogics".
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Phillips, Walter Alison; Atkinson, Charles Francis (1911). "Hohenlohe". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 572–575.
External links
- Richard von Meerheimb (1880), "Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Friedrich Ludwig Fürst von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 685–686