He was head of the house of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and added the bell tower to the town church of Langenburg, which supports four bells, and still stands today. The count worked hard and successfully to rebuild his county, which suffered badly during the Thirty Years' War. He also managed to reduce the county's public debt.
On 25 January 1652 he married Countess Eleonore Magdalene of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1635–1657), daughter of his uncle George Frederick of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1569–1647). She died in 1657, after only five years of marriage. They had four children:
Sophia Maria * (* / † 1653)
Philip Albert * (* / † 1654)
Maria Magdalena (* / † 1655)
Ernest Eberhard Frederick (1656–1671)
In 1658, he married Countess Juliana Dorothea zu Castell-Remlingen (1640–1706). They had the following children:
Eleonora Juliana (1669–1730), married Count Johann Ernst of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1670–1702)
Mary Magdalene (1670–1671)
Eberhard Frederick (1672–1737), married firstly, in 1701, Friederike Albertine of Erbach-Fürstenau (1683–1709), and secondly, in 1709, Auguste Sophie of Württemberg (1691–1743). He was the founder of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg line.
