HOHENLOHE, a German princely family, who took their name from the territory of Hobenlohe in Franconia, which, originally a courtship and afterwards a principality, lost its independence in 180G, and is now included partly in Wiirteinherg and partly in Bavaria. They are first mentioned as possessing in the 12th century the castle of Holloch near Uffenheim. At an early period they extended their influence into several of the Franconian valleys, including those of the Kocher, the Jagst, the Tauber, and the Gotlach. The first count of the name was Gottfried, who was on terms of intimacy with the emperor Henry VI., and whose sons founded the lines of Holienlobe-Bruneek and Hohenlohe-Holloch. The former became extinct in the fourth generation, and the latter in 1340 divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and HolienloheSpeckfeld. Of these the former became extinct in 1412, after the most of the possessions had been alienated through the marriage of the female heir ; and the latter in 1551 divided into the present lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Wald-enburg, which were elevated, the former in