Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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.

On 22 November 1700 in Sigmaringen, he married Johanna Katharina von Montfort, (1678–1759), a daughter of Count John Anthony I of Montfort-Tettnang. They had the following children:

• Joseph Friedrich Ernst (1702–1769), his successor, married:
• # in 1722 to Countess Marie of Oettingen-Spielberg (1703–1737)
• # in 1738 to Countess Judith of Closen (1718–1743)
• # in 1743 to Countess Maria Theresa of Waldburg-Trauchburg (1696–1761)
• Anna Maria (1707–1783)
• Franz Wilhelm (1704–1737), married in 1724 to Countess Marie Catharina of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (1702–1739)
• Charles Wolfgang (1708–1709)

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|3= 3. Countess Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg

|4= 4. Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

|5= 5. Baroness Anna Marie of Törring at Seefeld

|6= 6. Count Albert of Berg ’s-Heerenberg

|7= 7. Madeleine de Cusance

|8= 8. Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

|9= 9. Countess Johanna of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

|10= 10. Count Ferdinand I of Törring at Seefeld

|11= 11. Renata zu Schwarzenberg

|12= 12. Frederik van den Bergh

|13= 13. Françoise de Ravenel, Beroness de Renty

|14= 14. Claude Francois de Cusance

|15= 15. Ernestine of Wittheim-Sebourg-Bautershem

|16= 16. Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

|17= 17. Countess Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein

|18= 18. Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern

|19= 19. Countess Sibylle of Zimmern

|20= 20. Baron Eustach of Toerring-Seefeld

|21= 21. Countess Catharina of Bemelberg-Hohenburg

|22= 22. Wolfgang Jacob of Schwarzenberg

|23= 23. Anna Sibylla of Fugger-Nordendorff

|24= 24. Willem IV van den Bergh

|25= 25. Maria of Nassau

|26= 26. François de Ravenel, seigneur de Rentigny

|27= 27. Marie de Renty, dame de Brouay

|28= 28. Evandelin Simon de Cusance, Count de Champlitte

|29= 29. Countess Beatrix de Vergy

|30= 30. Johan IV Corsselaar van Wittem

|31= 31. Maria Margaretha van Merode

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• House of Hohenzollern

• Gustav Schilling: Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen. Fleischer, Leipzig, 1843, p. 279, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10428461?page=299 Online]
• Günter Schmitt: Sigmaringen, in: Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, vol. 3: Donautal. Wandern und entdecken zwischen Sigmaringen und Tuttlingen, Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach, 1990, {{ISBN|3-924489-50-5}}, p. 41-62

• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102075520/http://www.hohenzollern.com:80/schloss-sigmaringen/schloss/stammbaum.php |date=January 2, 2008 |title=Hohenzollern family tree on the site of Hohenzollern.com }}

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