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Karl Friedrich | |
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Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | |
Reign | 1769–1785 |
Predecessor | Joseph Friedrich |
Successor | Anton Aloys |
Born | Sigmaringen | 9 January 1724
Died | 20 December 1785 Krauchenwies | (aged 61)
Spouse | Johanna of Hohenzollern-Bergh |
Issue | Anton Aloys Johanna Franziska, Princess of Salm-Kyburg Maria Kreszentia, Lady of Holzen and Countess of Treuberg. |
House | House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
Father | Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
Mother | Maria Franziska of Oettingen-Spielberg |
Karl Friedrich (9 January 1724 – 20 December 1785) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Lord of Haigerloch and Wehrstein from 1769 until his death.
Born in Sigmaringen, he was the eldest son of Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his first wife, Maria Franziska Louise of Oettingen-Spielberg. From the nine children that his father produced in his first and second marriage, only Karl Friedrich and a young full-sister, Maria Johanna (who became a nun) survived to adulthood.