Since 1721 he owned Wetzdorf Castle, which he inherited from his aunt Duchess Magdalena Sophie Eleonora von Schleswig-Holstein (1664–1720), abbess in Quedlinburg. Since 1723 he was also heir to Rohrbach. On 25 June 1723, he acquired from his father for 110,000 thaler, Wiesenburg Castle with the associated lands. Already on 24 January 1725, he sold it for 126,400 thaler to August II of Saxony. He then went to Vienna, where he was a member of the Imperial council at the court of Charles VI.[1]
Marriage and children
Leopold converted to the Catholic faith and married on 3 May 1715 with Princess Maria Elisabeth von Liechtenstein (1683–1744), daughter of Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein