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| name = Eitel Friedrich IV of Hohenzollern
| image = Eitelivs Fridericvs Comes Zollerensis.jpg
| caption = Eitel Friedrich IV
| noble family = [[House of Hohenzollern]]
| father = [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern]]
| mother = Anna of [[Magraviate of Baden-Durlach|Baden-Durlach]]
| spouse = Veronika of [[Imperial County of Ortenburg|Ortenburg]]<br/>Sibylle of [[Von Zimmern|Zimmern]]<br/>Johanna of [[County of Eberstein|Eberstein]]
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1545|9|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sigmaringen]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1605|1|16|1545|9|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hechingen]]
| burial_place = Church of the St. Luzen monastery
}}
[[File:Convent Church St. Luzen, Hechingen (2019).jpg|thumb|265px|Monastery Church St. Luzen in [[Hechingen]]]]
Count '''Eitel Friedrich IV of Hohenzollern''' (7 September 1545 in [[Sigmaringen]] &ndash; 16 January 1605 in [[Hechingen]]) was the founder and first Count of the line [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] as '''Eitel Friedrich I'''.
[[File:Hechingen - Klosterkirche St. Luzen15.jpg|thumb|{{lang|la|Ubi thesaurus meus, ibi cor meum}}, bronze grave plate in the monastery church of St. Luzen]]
== Early life ==
Eitel Friedrich was the eldest surviving son of Count [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Karl I]] of Hohenzollern (1516–1576) from his marriage to Princess Anna of [[Margraviate of Baden-Durlach|Baden-Durlach]] (1512–1579), daughter of the [[Margrave]] [[Ernst, Margrave of Baden-Durlach|Ernst of Baden-Durlach]].
== Biography ==
After his father's death in 1576, Hohenzollern was divided.  Eitel Friedrich became the founder of the [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] line; his brother [[Karl II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Karl]] founded the [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] line, and his brother [[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Christoph]] founded the Hohenzollern-Haigerloch line.  Hohenzollern-Hechingen included the original [[County of Zollern]], with the town of [[Hechingen]] and monasteries at [[Rangendingen]], St. Luzen and Stetten.<ref>Gerhard Köbler: ''Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder: die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart'', C. H. Beck, 2007, p. 294</ref>
Eitel Friedrich reorganized the administration of the county, which his predecessors had neglected.  He issued strict hunting and forestry regulation, which led to several uprisings.
In Hechingen, he built a [[Renaissance]] style residence, named the [[Friedrichsburg (Hechingen)|Friedrichsburg]], from which the [[New Castle (Hechingen)|New Castle]] later evolved.  In 1585, he and his wife founded the [[Franciscan]] monastery of St. Luke in Hechingen.<ref>''Archiv für die Geistlichkeit der Oberrheinischen Kirchenprovinz'', [In der] Herder['schen Kunst- und Buchhandlung], 1838, p. 293 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=lxMqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA293 Digitalisat])</ref>  He initiated other construction projects as well, including the St. Lucerne abbey church, the hospital and the lower tower.  His residence became a center of culture and music, earning him the nickname ''the Magnificent''.
He died in 1605 and was buried in the church of the St. Luzen monastery.  In 1609 a bronze grave plate was added to his grave, covering his heart.  It bears the inscription {{lang|la|Ubi thesaurus meus, ibi cor meum}}, "Where my treasure lies, there lies my heart" (compare {{Bibleverse||Luke|12|34}}).
== Marriages and issue ==
Eitel Friedrich married three times:
1. He married firstly on 22 June 1568 to Countess Veronika of [[Imperial County of Ortenburg|Ortenburg]] († 1573), the daughter of Count Karl I of Ortenburg (1501–1552) and his wife, Maximiliana von [[Fraunberg|Fraunberg-Haag]] (d. 1559). The marriage remained childless.
2. On 14 November 1574 in [[Meßkirch]], he married secondly Countess Sibylle von [[Von Zimmern|Zimmern]] (1558–1599), daughter of Count [[Froben Christoph of Zimmern]] and his wife, Countess Kunigunde of [[County of Eberstein|Eberstein]] (1528–1585).  They had the following children:
* Ernst (born: 1575; died young)
* [[Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Johann Georg]] (1577–1623), Prince of [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
: married in 1598 Countess Franziska of [[House of Salm|Salm]], Wild- and Rhinegravine of Neufville (d. 1619)
* Maximiliane (1580–1633)
* Johanna (1581–1634)
: married in 1602 with [[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (1578–1638)
3. On 1 March 1601 he was married for the third time, to Countess Johanna of [[County of Eberstein|Eberstein]] (1570–1633), the daughter of Count Otto of Eberstein-Boldrungen  (1533–1576) and his wife, Baroness Felicitas [[Colonna family|Colonna von Völs]] (b. 1535). This marriage also remained childless. After Eitel Friedrich's death Johanna married [[Freiherr|Baron]] Johann Friedrich of [[Königsegg-Aulendorf]] (d. 1622).
== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
*{{NDB|9|501|502|Eitel Friedrich IV.}}
* ''Allgemeine deutsche Real-encyklopädie für die gebildeten Stände'', vol. 7, Brockhaus, 1845, p.&nbsp;249, ([https://books.google.com/books?id=flHOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA248 Online])
== External links ==
* [http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=108175 Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101021120558/http://www.hechingen.de/default.php?content=723 Info]
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