The County of Kirchberg was a territory, mainly south of Ulm, on the right and left of the Iller, ruled by the House of Kirchberg, a wealthy Swabian aristocratic family.
Friedrich William, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg was born in Kirchberg, Hohenlohe, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany) on 2 December 1732.