Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Spouse(s) Marie Sidonie of Baden-Rodemachern
Noble family House of Hohenzollern
Father Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Mother Frenciska of Salm-Neufville
Born (1616-06-24)24 June 1616
Hechingen
Died 24 January 1671(1671-01-24) (aged 54)
Hechingen

Philipp Christoph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (24 June 1616 in Hechingen 24 January 1671 in Hechingen) was a German nobleman. He was the third prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.

Life

Philipp was the youngest son of Prince Johann Georg (1577–1623) from his marriage with Franziska (d. 1619), a daughter of Duke Friedrich I of Salm, Wild- and Rhinegrave in Neufville. As a younger son, Philipp was destinined for the church. He was a canon in Cologne and Strasbourg. He was considered a learned jurist and was the head of an imperial diplomatic mission to Spain.

When his eldest brother Eitel Friedrich V died in 1661, Philipp inherited the principality. Pope Alexander VII allowed him to revert to the lay state, in exchange for a payment of 4000 scudi. Strictly speaking, when the Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen were raised to Princes, only the firstborn sons had been given the right to inherit the princely title. However, because of everything the rulers of Hohenzollern-Hechingen had done while they were in the imperial service, Emperor Leopold I, extended the right to this title to Philipp. The Pope also gave the 50-year-old Philipp the dispensation he neede to marry in Baden-Baden on 12 November 1662 to Princess Marie Sidonie (1635–1686), a daughter of Margrave Herman Fortunatus of Baden-Rodemachern.

During his reign, Philipp suffered from a frail health, and in his later years, he was completely paralyzed. The principality had been financially and economically ruined by the Thirty Years' War and was slowly recovering, due in part to Philipp's modest court and the dowry his wife brought in. During his reign, industry, agriculture, trade, churches and schools began to blossom again.

Issue

Philipp and Marie Sidonie had the following children:

References

Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Born: 24 June 1616 Died: 24 January 1671
Preceded by
Eitel Friedrich V
Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1661–1671
Succeeded by
Friedrich Wilhelm
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