Background
When his father died in 1610, he and his brothers George Frederick (1569-1647) and Kraft (1582-1641) divided the inheritance.
When his father died in 1610, he and his brothers George Frederick (1569-1647) and Kraft (1582-1641) divided the inheritance.
George Frederick received Weikersheim. Kraft received Neuenstein and Philip Ernest received the Lordship of Langenburg. He immediately began the construction of Langenburg Castle.
He spent much of his time in the Netherlands, until he was relieved of his duties as a colonel by the States-General.
He died in 1628, at the age of 44, in Weikersheim, of a "stone disease". A stone monument commemorating the couple can be found behind the altar.
