House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)

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Zollern, from 1218 Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Later its capital was Hechingen.

The Hohenzollerns named their estates after Hohenzollern Castle in the Swabian Alps. The Hohenzollern Castle lies on an 855 meters high mountain called Hohenzollern. It still belongs to the family today.

The dynasty was first mentioned in 1061. According to the medieval chronicler Berthold of Reichenau, Burkhard I, Count of Zollern (de Zolorin) was born before 1025 and died in 1061.{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC&dq=%22The+Hohenzollern+dynasty+is%22&pg=PA364| title = Jeep, John. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia| isbn = 9780824076443| last1 = Jeep| first1 = John M.| year = 2001| publisher = Psychology Press}}

In 1095, Count Adalbert of Zollern founded the Benedictine monastery of Alpirsbach, situated in the Black Forest.

The Zollerns received the Graf title from Emperor Henry V in 1111.

As loyal vassals of the Swabian Hohenstaufen dynasty, they were able to significantly enlarge their territory. Count Frederick III ({{Circa|1139|1200}}) accompanied Emperor Frederick Barbarossa against Henry the Lion in 1180, and through his marriage was granted the Burgraviate of Nuremberg by Emperor Henry VI in 1192. In about 1185, he married Sophia of Raabs, the daughter of Conrad II, Burgrave of Nuremberg. After the death of Conrad II who left no male heirs, Frederick III was granted Nuremberg as Burgrave Frederick I.

In 1218, the burgraviate passed to Frederick's elder son Conrad I, he thereby became the ancestor of the Franconian Hohenzollern branch, which acquired the Electorate of Brandenburg in 1415.{{clear left}}

• until 1061: Burkhard I
• before 1125: Frederick I
• between {{Circa|1125}} and 1142: Frederick II, eldest son of Frederick I{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6ZY4AAAAYAAJ |quote=schmid zollern. |title=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg|last1=Schmid |first1=Ludwig |year=1862 |work=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Anhang. Historisch-topographische Zusammenstellung der Grafschaft und Besitzungen des Hauses Zollern-Hohenberg |publisher=Gebrüder Scheitlin|location=Google Books|access-date=February 1, 2013}}{{rp|XLI}}
• between {{Circa|1143}} and 1150–1155: Burkhard II, 2nd oldest son of Frederick I{{rp|XLI}}
• between {{Circa|1150}}–1155 and 1160: Gotfried of Zimmern, 4th oldest son of Frederick I{{rp|XLI}}
• before 1171 – {{Circa|1200}}: Frederick III/I (son of Frederick II, also Burgrave of Nuremberg)

After Frederick's death, his sons partitioned the family lands between themselves:

• Conrad I received the county of Zollern and exchanged it for the Burgraviate of Nuremberg with his younger brother Frederick IV in 1218, thereby founding the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. Members of the Franconian line eventually became the Brandenburg-Prussia branch and later converted to Protestantism.
• Frederick IV received the burgraviate of Nuremberg in 1200 from his father and exchanged it for the county of Zollern in 1218 with his brother, thereby founding the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, which remains Catholic.

The senior Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186–1261).

The family supported the Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire during the 12th to 15th centuries, being rewarded with several territorial grants. Beginning in the 16th century, this branch of the family became Protestant and decided on expansion through marriage and the purchase of surrounding lands.

In the first phase, the family gradually added to their lands, at first with many small acquisitions in the Franconian region of Germany:

• Ansbach in 1331
• Kulmbach in 1340

In the second phase, the family expanded their lands further with large acquisitions in the Brandenburg and Prussian regions of Germany and present-day Poland:

• Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1417
• Duchy of Prussia in 1525

These acquisitions eventually transformed the Franconian Hohenzollerns from a minor German princely family into one of the most important dynasties in Europe.

From 8 January 1701 the title of Elector of Brandenburg was attached to the title of King in Prussia and, from 13 September 1772, to that of King of Prussia.

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• 1192–1200/1204: Frederick I (also count of Zollern as Frederick III)
• 1204–1218: Frederick II (son of, also count of Zollern as Frederick IV)
• 1218–1261/1262: Conrad I/III (brother of, also count of Zollern)
• 1262–1297: Frederick III ({{Circa|1220}}–1297), son of
• 1297–1300: John I (c. 1279–1300), son of
• 1300–1332: Frederick IV (1287–1332), brother of
• 1332–1357: John II (c. 1309–1357), son of
• 1357–1397: Frederick V (before 1333–1398), son of

At Frederick V's death on 21 January 1398, his lands were partitioned between his two sons:

• 1397–1420: John III/I (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
• 1397–1427: Frederick VI/I/I, (brother of, also Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach)

After John III/I's death on 11 June 1420, the margraviates of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach were briefly reunited under Frederick VI/I/I. He ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach after 1398. From 1420, he became Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. From 1411 Frederick VI became governor of Brandenburg and later Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I. Upon his death on 21 September 1440, his territories were divided among his sons:

• Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
• Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg and Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
• John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

In 1427 Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg sold Nuremberg Castle and his rights as burgrave to the Imperial City of Nuremberg. The territories of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach remained possessions of the family, once parts of the Burgraviate of Nuremberg.

File:Nürnberger Burg im Herbst 2013.jpg|Nuremberg Castle (the Emperor's castle, left, and the Burgrave's castle, right)

File:Cadolzburg-burg-wseite-gesamt-v-nw.jpg|Cadolzburg Castle near Nuremberg (from 1260 seat of the Burgraves)

File:Münster (Heilsbronn).jpg|Heilsbronn Abbey, which the Hohenzollerns used as the family burial place

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• 1398–1440: Frederick I (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
• 1440–1486: Albert I/I/III Achilles (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1486–1515: Frederick II/II (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
• 1515–1543: George I/I the Pious (son of, also Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf)
• 1543–1603: George Frederick I/I/I/I (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Regent of Prussia)
• 1603–1625: Joachim Ernst (1583–1625), son of John George of Brandenburg
• 1625–1634: Frederick III (1616–1634), son of
• 1634–1667: Albert II, brother of
• 1667–1686: John Frederick (1654–1686), son of
• 1686–1692: Christian I Albrecht, son of
• 1692–1703: George Frederick II/II (brother of, later Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
• 1703–1723: William Frederick (before 1686–1723), brother of
• 1723–1757: Charles William (1712–1757), son of
• 1757–1791: Christian II Frederick (1736–1806) (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia.

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• 1398–1420: John I (c. 1369–1420), son of Frederick V of Nuremberg
• 1420–1440: Frederick I (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
• 1440–1457: John II (1406–1464), son of
• 1457–1486: Albert I/I/III Achilles (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1486–1495: Siegmund (1468–1495), son of
• 1495–1515: Frederick II/II, brother of (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
• 1515–1527: Casimir (1481–1527), son of
• 1527–1553: Albert II Alcibiades (1522–1557), son of
• 1553–1603: George Frederick I/I/I/I (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Regent of Prussia)
• 1603–1655: Christian I (1581–1655), son of John George, of Brandenburg
• 1655–1712: Christian II Ernst (1644–1712), son of Erdmann August
• 1712–1726: George I William (1678–1726), son of
• 1726–1735: George Frederick II/II (previously Margrave of Kulmbach)
• 1735–1763: Frederick IV (1711–1763), son of
• 1763–1769: Frederick V Christian (1708–1769), son of Christian Heinrich
• 1769–1791: Charles Alexander (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)

On 2 December 1791, Charles Alexander sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia.

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The Duchy of Jägerndorf (Krnov) was purchased in 1523.

• 1541–1543: George I the Pious (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
• 1543–1603: George Frederick I (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Regent of Prussia)
• 1603–1606: Joachim I (also Regent of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1606–1621: Johann Georg von Brandenburg

The duchy of Jägerndorf was confiscated by Emperor Ferdinand III in 1622.

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In 1411, Frederick VI, Burgrave of the small but wealthy Nuremberg, was appointed governor of Brandenburg in order to restore order and stability. At the Council of Constance in 1415, King Sigismund elevated Frederick to the rank of Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I. In 1417, Elector Frederick purchased Brandenburg from its then-sovereign, Emperor Sigismund, for 400,000 Hungarian guilders.

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The short-lived Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin was set up as a secundogeniture of the House of Hohenzollern.

• 1535–1571: John the Wise, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (son of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg). He died without issue. The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin was absorbed in 1571 into Brandenburg.

{{main|Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt|l1=Brandenburg-Schwedt}}

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Although recognized as a branch of the dynasty since 1688, the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt remained subordinate to the electors, and was never an independent principality.

• 1688–1711: Philip William, Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1731–1771: Frederick William, Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (son of)
• 1771–1788: Frederick Henry, Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg Schwedt (brother of)

{{main|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=Dukes of Prussia}}

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In 1525, the Duchy of Prussia was established as a fief of the King of Poland. Albert of Prussia was the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and the first Duke of Prussia. He belonged to the Ansbach branch of the dynasty. The Duchy of Prussia adopted Protestantism as the official state religion.

• 1525–1568: Albert I
• 1568–1618: Albert II Frederick co-heir (son of)
• 1568–1571: Joachim I/II Hector co-heir (also Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1578–1603: George Frederick I/I/I/I (Regent, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf)
• 1603–1608: Joachim I/I/III Frederick (Regent, also Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1608–1618: John Sigismund (Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1618–1619: John Sigismund (Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg, after 1618 Brandenburg-Prussia)
• 1619–1640: George William I/I (son of, also Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1640–1688: Frederick I/III William the Great Elector (son of, also Elector of Brandenburg)
• 1688–1701: Frederick II/IV/I (also Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia)

From 1701, the title of Duke of Prussia was attached to the title of King in and of Prussia.

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In 1701, the title of King in Prussia was granted, without the Duchy of Prussia being elevated to a Kingdom within Poland but recognized as a kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor, theoretically the highest sovereign in the West. From 1701 onwards the titles of Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title of King in Prussia. The Duke of Prussia adopted the title of king as Frederick I, establishing his status as a monarch whose royal territory lay outside the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire, with the assent of Emperor Leopold I: Frederick could not be "King of Prussia" because part of Prussia's lands were under the suzerainty of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. In Brandenburg and the other Hohenzollern domains within the borders of the empire, he was legally still an elector under the ultimate overlordship of the emperor. By this time, however, the emperor's authority had become purely nominal over the other German princes outside the immediate hereditary lands of the emperor. Brandenburg was still legally part of the empire and ruled in personal union with Prussia, though the two states came to be treated as one de facto. The king was officially Margrave of Brandenburg within the Empire until the Empire's dissolution in 1806. In the age of absolutism, most monarchs were obsessed with the desire to emulate Louis XIV of France with his luxurious palace at Versailles.

In 1772, the Duchy of Prussia was elevated to a kingdom.

{{See also|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=List of monarchs of Prussia}}

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Frederick William's successor, Frederick the Great gained Silesia in the Silesian Wars so that Prussia emerged as a great power. The king was strongly influenced by French culture and civilization and preferred the French language.

In the 1772 First Partition of Poland, the Prussian king Frederick the Great annexed neighboring Royal Prussia, i.e., the Polish voivodeships of Pomerania (Gdańsk Pomerania or Pomerelia), Malbork, Chełmno and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia, thereby connecting his Prussian and Farther Pomeranian lands and cutting the rest of Poland from the Baltic coast. The territory of Warmia was incorporated into the lands of former Ducal Prussia, which, by administrative deed of 31 January 1772 were named East Prussia. The former Polish Pomerelian lands beyond the Vistula River together with Malbork and Chełmno Land formed the province of West Prussia with its capital at Marienwerder (Kwidzyn) in 1773. The Polish Partition Sejm ratified the cession on 30 September 1772, whereafter Frederick officially went on to call himself King "of" Prussia. From 1772 onwards the titles of Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title King of Prussia.

In 1871, the Kingdom of Prussia became a constituent member of the German Empire, and the King of Prussia gained the additional title of German Emperor.

{{See also|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=List of monarchs of Prussia}}

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In 1871, the German Empire was proclaimed. With the accession of William I to the newly established imperial German throne, the titles of King of Prussia, Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title of German Emperor.

Prussia's Minister President Otto von Bismarck convinced William that German Emperor instead of Emperor of Germany would be appropriate. He became primus inter pares among other German sovereigns.

William II intended to develop a German navy capable of challenging Britain's Royal Navy. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 set off the chain of events that led to World War I. As a result of the war, the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires ceased to exist.

In 1918, the German empire was abolished and replaced by the Weimar Republic. After the outbreak of the German revolution in 1918, both Emperor William II and Crown Prince William signed the document of abdication.

File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|William I (1871–1888)

File:Emperor Friedrich III.png|Frederick III (1888)

File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|William II (1888–1918)

The official religion of the state was "bi-confessional". John Sigismund's most significant action was his conversion from Lutheranism to Calvinism, after he had earlier equalized the rights of Catholics and Protestants in the Duchy of Prussia under pressure from the King of Poland. He was probably won over to Calvinism during a visit to Heidelberg in 1606, but it was not until 25 December 1613 that he publicly took communion according to the Calvinist rite. The vast majority of his subjects in Brandenburg, including his wife Anna of Prussia, remained deeply Lutheran, however. After the Elector and his Calvinist court officials drew up plans for mass conversion of the population to the new faith in February 1614, as provided for by the rule of Cuius regio, eius religio within the Holy Roman Empire, there were serious protests, with his wife backing the Lutherans. This was doubly important as Anna brought with her the duchy of Prussia into the Brandenburg line of the house and the nascent Brandenburg-Prussian state. Resistance was so strong that in 1615, John Sigismund backed down and relinquished all attempts at forcible conversion. Instead, he allowed his subjects to be either Lutheran or Calvinist according to the dictates of their own consciences. Henceforward, Brandenburg-Prussia would be a bi-confessional state, with the ruling Hohenzollern house staying Calvinist.Christopher Clark The Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 (Penguin, 2007) pp. 115–121

This situation persisted until Frederick William III of Prussia. Frederick William was determined to unify the Protestant churches to homogenize their liturgy, organization, and architecture. The long-term goal was to have fully centralized royal control of all the Protestant churches in the Prussian Union of churches. The merging of the Lutheran and Calvinist (Reformed) confessions to form the United Church of Prussia was highly controversial. Angry responses included a large and well-organized opposition. The crown's aggressive efforts to restructure religion were unprecedented in Prussian history. In a series of proclamations over several years, the Church of the Prussian Union was formed, bringing together the majority group of Lutherans and the minority group of Reformed Protestants. The main effect was that the government of Prussia had full control over church affairs, with the king himself recognized as the leading bishop.{{cite journal|author=Christopher Clark|title=Confessional policy and the limits of state action: Frederick William III and the Prussian Church Union 1817–40|journal=Historical Journal|volume= 39|issue=4 |year=1996|pages= 985–1004|jstor=2639865 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X00024730|s2cid=159976974 }}

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In June 1926, a referendum on expropriating the formerly ruling princes of Germany without compensation failed and as a consequence, the financial situation of the Hohenzollern family improved considerably. A settlement between the state and the family made Cecilienhof property of the state but granted a right of residence to Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie. The family also kept the ownership of Monbijou Palace in Berlin, Oleśnica Castle in Silesia, Rheinsberg Palace, Schwedt Palace and other property until 1945.

Since the abolition of the German monarchy, no Hohenzollern claims to imperial or royal prerogatives are recognized by Germany's Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany of 1949, which guarantees a republic.

The communist government of the Soviet occupation zone expropriated all landowners and industrialists; the House of Hohenzollern lost almost all of its fortune, retaining a few company shares and Hohenzollern Castle in West Germany. The Polish government appropriated the Silesian property and the Dutch government seized Huis Doorn, the Emperor's seat in exile.

After German reunification, however, the family was legally able to reclaim their portable property, namely art collections and parts of the interior of their former palaces. Negotiations on the return of or compensation for these assets are not yet completed.

The Berlin Palace, home of the German monarchs, was rebuilt in 2020. The Berlin Palace and the Humboldt Forum are located in the middle of Berlin.

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The head of the house is the titular King of Prussia and German Emperor. He also bears a historical claim to the title of Prince of Orange. Members of this line style themselves princes of Prussia.

Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, the current head of the royal Prussian House of Hohenzollern, was married to Princess Sophie of Isenburg on 27 August 2011. On 20 January 2013, she gave birth to twin sons, Carl Friedrich Franz Alexander and Louis Ferdinand Christian Albrecht, in Bremen. Carl Friedrich, the elder of the two, is the heir apparent.{{cite web|title=Official Website of the House of Hohenzollern: Prinz Georg Friedrich von Preußen|url=http://www.preussen.de/de/familie/prinz_georg_friedrich_von_preussen.html|access-date=2014-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218083041/http://www.preussen.de/de/familie/prinz_georg_friedrich_von_preussen.html|archive-date=2014-02-18|url-status=dead}}

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A01=Conrad I
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1218–1261
{{Circa|1186}}–1261}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick IV
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1218–1255}}
Frederick II
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1204–1218
c. 1188–1255}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Frederick III
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1261–1297
{{Circa|1220}}–1297}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick V, Count of Zollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1255–1289
?–1289}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John I
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1297–1300
{{Circa| 1279}}–1300}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick IV
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1300–1332
1287–1332}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A03=Frederick VI, Count of Zollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1289–1298
?–1298}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1332–1357
c. 1309–1357}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick VII
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1298–1309
?–1309}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A03=Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1309–1333
?–1333}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Frederick V
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1357–1397
1333–1398}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1333–1377/9
?–1377/9}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A03=Frederick
{{Small|Count of Strasbourg}}}}

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A01=House of Hohenzollern#Brandenburg-Prussian branch|boxstyle_A01=border-width:0px}}

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A01=John III
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1397–1420}}
John I
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1398–1420
c. 1369–1420}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|

A02=Frederick I
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1415–1440}}
Frederick VI
{{Small|Burgrave of
Nuremberg
r. 1397–1427
1371–1440}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Frederick X, Count of Hohenzollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1377/9–1412
?–1412}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A04=Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1377/9–1401
?–1401}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1440–1457
Margrave of
Brandenburg
r. 1426–1440
1406–1464}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1440–1470
1413–1471}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Albrecht III
Achilles
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1471–1486
1414–1486}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Eitel Frederick I
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1426–1439
c. 1384–1439}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A05=Frederick XII
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1401–1426
before 1401–1443}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John II Cicero
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1486–1499
1455–1499}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Frederick II
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1486–1536
Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1495–1515
1460–1536}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Siegmund
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1486–1495
1468–1495}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Jobst Nicholas I
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1433–1488
1433–1488}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Joachim I
Nestor
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1499–1535
1484–1535}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Casimir
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1515–1527
1481–1527}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=George
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1536–1543
1484–1543}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Albert
{{Small|Duke of Prussia
r. 1525–1568
1490–1568}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|

A05=Eitel Frederick II
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1488–1512
c. 1452–1512}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Joachim II
Hector
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1535–1571
1505–1571}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=John
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Küstrin
r. 1535–1571
1513–1571}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Albert II
Alcibiades
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1527–1553
1522–1557}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=George
Frederick
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1543–1603
Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Kulmbach
r. 1553–1603
1539–1603}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=Albert
Frederick
{{Small|Duke of Prussia
r. 1568–1618
1553–1618}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|

A06=Eitel Frederick III
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1512-1525
1494–1525}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John George
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1571–1598
1525–1598}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Charles I
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern
r. 1525–1576
1516–1576}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Hohenzollern-Hechingen|boxstyle_A01=border-width:0px|

A02=Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|boxstyle_A02=border-width:0px|

A03=Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|boxstyle_A03=border-width:0px}}

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A01=Joachim
Frederick
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1598–1608
1546–1608}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Christian
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1603–1655
1581–1655}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Joachim Ernest
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1603–1625
1583–1625}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Eitel Frederick IV
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1576–1605
1545–1605}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A05=Charles II
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
r. 1576–1606
1547–1606}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A06=Christopher
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1576–1592
1552-1592}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=John
Sigismund
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1608–1619
Duke of Prussia
r. 1618–1619
1572–1619}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Erdman
Augustus
{{Small|1615–1651}}|

A03=George Albert
{{Small|1619–1666}}|

A04=Frederick III
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1625–1634
1616–1634}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=Albert II
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1634–1667
1620–1667}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A06=John George
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1605–1623
Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1623
1577–1623}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A07=John
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
r. 1606–1623
Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
r. 1623–1638
Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1634–1638
1578–1638}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A08=John
Christopher
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1592–1623
1586–1623}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=George
William
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
Duke of Prussia
r. 1619–1640
1595–1640}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=Christian
Ernest
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1655–1712
1644–1712}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Christian Henry
{{Small|1661–1708}}|

A04=John
Frederick
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1667–1686
1654–1686}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=Eitel Frederick V
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1623–1661
1601–1661}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A06=Philip
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1661–1671
1616–1671}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A07=Meinrad I
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1638–1681
1605–1681}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A08=Charles
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1623–1634
1588–1634}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
Duke of Prussia
r. 1640–1688
1620–1688}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A02=George
William
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1712–1726
1678–1726}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=George Frederick
Charles
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1726–1735
1688–1735}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Frederick
Christian
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1763–1769
1708–1769}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=Frederick
William
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1671–1735
1663–1735}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A06=Herman Frederick|

A07=Maximilian I
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
r. 1681–1689
1636–1689}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A08=Francis
Anthony
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1681–1702
1657–1702}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=House of Hohenzollern#Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1688–1788)|boxstyle_A01=border-width:0px}}

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A01=Frederick I of Prussia
{{Small|Duke of Prussia
r. 1688–1701
King in Prussia
r. 1701–1713}}
Frederick III
{{Small|Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1688–1713
1657–1713}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|

A02=Philip
William
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Schwedt
r. 1688–1711
1669–1711}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Frederick
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Bayreuth
r. 1735–1763
1711–1763}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Christian
Albert
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1686–1692
1675–1692}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1692–1703
1678–1703}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A06=William
Frederick
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1703–1723
1686–1723}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A07=Frederick
Louis
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1730–1750
1688–1750}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A08=Joseph
Frederick William
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Hechingen
r. 1750–1798
1717–1798}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A09=Francis Xavier|

A10=Meinrad II
{{Small|Prince of
Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringen
r. 1689–1715
Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1702–1715
1673–1715}}|boxstyle_A10=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A11=Ferdinand
Leopold
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1702–1750
1692–1750}}|boxstyle_A11=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|

A12=Francis
Christopher
Anthony
{{Small|Count of
Hohenzollern-
Haigerloch
r. 1750–1767
1699–1767}}|boxstyle_A12=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Frederick William I of Prussia
{{Small|King in Prussia
Elector of
Brandenburg
r. 1713–1740
1688–1740}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|

A02=Frederick
William
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Schwedt
r. 1731–1771
1700–1771}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A03=Frederick
Henry
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Schwedt
r. 1771–1788
1709–1788}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A04=Charles William
Frederick
{{Small|Margrave of
Brandenburg-
Ansbach
r. 1723–1757
1712–1757}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|

A05=Herman
{{Small|Prince of
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Frederick
Ernest
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Alois
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Anthony
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Bold signifies heads of the house and numbers shown indicate the pretense to the kingship of Prussia and the German Empire:

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• 15px William I (1797–1888)
• 15px Frederick III (1831–1888)
• 15px Wilhelm II (1859–1941)
• 15px Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882–1951)
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
• 15px Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907–1994)
• Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1939–2015), married non-dynastically and had issue
• Prince Michael of Prussia (1940–2014), twice married non-dynastically and had issue
• Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia (born 1942), married Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg (1936–2017) and has issue
• Princess Kira of Prussia (1943–2004), married Thomas Liepsner and had issue
• Louis Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Prussia (1944–1977)', married Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen and had issue
• 15px Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (born 1976)
• (1) Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Prussia (born 2013)
• (2) Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 2013)
• Princess Emma Marie of Prussia (born 2015)
• (3) Prince Heinrich Albert of Prussia (born 2016)
• Princess Cornelie-Cécile of Prussia (born 1978)
• (4) Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia (born 1946)
• Princess Isabelle Alexandra of Prussia (born 1969)
• (5) Prince Christian Ludwig of Prussia (born 1986)
• Princess Irina of Prussia (born 1988)
• Princess Xenia of Prussia (1949–1992), married Per-Edvard Lithander and had issue
• Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909–1950)
• Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)
• Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (born 1946), married non-dynastically and has issue
• Prince Andreas of Prussia (born 1947), married non-dynastically and has issue
• Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (born 1952), married Philippe Alphonse Achache (born 1945) and has issue
• Prince Rupert of Prussia (born 1955), married non-dynastically and has issue
• Princess Antonia of Prussia (born 1955), married Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington (born 1945), and has issue
• Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980), unmarried without issue
• Princess Cecilie of Prussia (1917–1975), married Clyde Kenneth Harris (1918–1958) and had issue
• Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883–1942), married Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879–1964) without issue
• Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
• Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (1915)
• Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (1917–1981), married Kirby Patterson (1907–1984) and had issue
• ''Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (1919–1989)
• Princess Marie Louise of Prussia (born 1945), married Count Rudolf of Schönburg-Glauchau and has issue
• (6) Prince Adalbert of Prussia (born 1948)
• (7) Prince Alexander of Prussia (born 1984)
• (8) Prince Christian of Prussia (born 1986)
• (9) Prince Philipp of Prussia (born 1986)
• Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887–1949)
• Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia (1912–1985)
• Prince Stephan Alexander (1939–1993)
• Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888–1958)
• Prince Oskar of Prussia (1915–1939)
• Prince Burchard of Prussia (1917–1988), married Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen without issue
• Princess Herzeleide of Prussia (1918–1989), married Karl, Prince Biron von Courland (1907–1982), without issue
• Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia (1922–2007)
• Princess Donata of Prussia (born 1952)
• (10) Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia (born 1955)
• (11) Prince Oscar of Prussia (born 1959)
• (12) Prince Oskar of Prussia (born 1993)
• Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (born 1995)
• (13) Prince Albert of Prussia (born 1998)
• Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890–1920)
• Prince Karl Franz of Prussia (1916–1975)
• Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (born 1944), married Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (born 1953) and had issue and Nadia Nour El Etreby (born 1949) without issue
• Prince Friedrich Christian of Prussia (1943)
• (14) Prince Franz-Friedrich of Prussia (born 1944), married Gudrun Winkler (born 1949) without issue and Susann Genske (born 1964) without issue
• Princess Alexandra Maria of Prussia (born 1960), married Alberto Reboa and has issue
• Princess Désirée Anastasia of Prussia (born 1961), married Juan Carlos Gamarra y Skeels (born 1954) and has issue
• Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892–1980), married Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887–1953), and had issue
• Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860–1919), married Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1860–1919), and had issue
• ''Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
• Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945), married Princess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1895–1982) without issue
• Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)
• Princess Barbara of Prussia (1920–1994), married Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg (1912–1996) and had issue
• Prince Alfred of Prussia (1924–2013), married Maritza Farkas (1929–1996) without issue
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904)
• Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)
• Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866–1929), married Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859–1916) without issue and Alexander Zoubkoff without issue
• Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)
• Princess Sophia of Prussia (1870–1932), married Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923) and had issue
• Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872–1954), married Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940) and had issue
• Princess Louise of Prussia (1838–1923), married Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1851–1928), and had issue

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The cadet SwabianHeraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, Jiří Louda & Michael Maclagan, 1981, pp. 178–179. branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Frederick IV, Count of Zollern. The family ruled three territories with seats at, respectively, Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch. The counts were elevated to princes in 1623. The Swabian branch of the Hohenzollerns is Roman Catholic.

Affected by economic problems and internal feuds, the Hohenzollern counts from the 14th century onwards came under pressure by their neighbors, the Counts of Württemberg and the cities of the Swabian League, whose troops besieged and finally destroyed Hohenzollern Castle in 1423. Nevertheless, the Hohenzollerns retained their estates, backed by their Brandenburg cousins and the Imperial House of Habsburg. In 1535, Count Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512–1576) received the counties of Sigmaringen and Veringen as Imperial fiefs.

In 1576, when Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern died, his county was divided to form the three Swabian branches. Eitel Frederick IV took Hohenzollern with the title of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Karl II took Sigmaringen and Veringen, and Christopher got Haigerloch. Christopher's family died out in 1634.

• Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605)
• Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547–1606)
• Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)

In 1695, the remaining two Swabian branches entered into an agreement with the Margrave of Brandenburg, which provided that if both branches became extinct, the principalities should fall to Brandenburg. Because of the Revolutions of 1848, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen abdicated their thrones in December 1849. The principalities were ruled by the Kings of Prussia from December 1849 onwards, with the Hechingen and Sigmaringen branches obtaining official treatment as cadets of the Prussian royal family.

The Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct in 1869. A descendant of this branch was Countess Sophie Chotek, morganatic wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Lotharingen.

File:Sigmaringen Schloss 2015-04-29 15-52-34.jpg|Sigmaringen Castle

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File:Schlosskirche Haigerloch 2010.JPG|Haigerloch Castle

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In 1204, the County of Hohenzollern was established out of the fusion of the County of Zollern and the Burgraviate of Nuremberg. The Swabian branch inherited the county of Zollern and, being descended from Frederick I of Nuremberg, were all named "Friedrich" down through the 11th generation.{{cite book | title=L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome V – Hohenzollern-Waldeck | publisher=Laballery |author1=Huberty, Michel |author2=Giraud, Alain |author3=Magdelaine, F. |author4=B. | year=1989 | location=France | pages=30, 33| isbn=2-901138-05-5}} Each one's numeral is counted from the first Friedrich to rule his branch's appanage.

The most senior of these in the 14th century, Count Frederick VIII (d. 1333), had two sons, the elder of whom became Frederick IX (d. 1379), first Count of Hohenzollern, and fathered Friedrich X who left no sons when he died in 1412.

But the younger son of Friedrich VIII, called Friedrich of Strassburg, uniquely, took no numeral of his own, retaining the old title "Count of Zollern" and pre-deceased his brother in 1364/65. Prince Wilhelm Karl zu Isenburg's 1957 genealogical series, Europäische Stammtafeln, says Friedrich of Strassburg shared, rather, in the rule of Zollern with his elder brother until his premature death.

It appears, but is not stated, that Strassburg's son became the recognized co-ruler of his cousin Friedrich X (as compensation for having received no appanage and/or because of incapacity on the part of Friedrich X) and, as such, assumed (or is, historically, attributed) the designation Frederick XI although he actually pre-deceased Friedrich X, dying in 1401.

Friedrich XI, however, left two sons who jointly succeeded their cousin-once-removed, being Count Frederick XII (d. childless 1443) and Count Eitel Friedrich I (d. 1439), the latter becoming the ancestor of all subsequent branches of the Princes of Hohenzollern.

• 1204–1251/1255: Frederick IV, also Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick II until 1218

• 1251/1255–1289: Frederick V
• 1289–1298: Frederick VI (d. 1298), son of
• 1298–1309: Frederick VII (d. after 1309), son of
• 1309–1333: Frederick VIII (d. 1333), brother of
• 1333–1377: Frederick IX
• 1377–1401: Frederick XI
• 1401–1426: Frederick XII
• 1426–1439: Eitel Frederick I, brother of
• 1433–1488: Jobst Nicholas I (1433–1488), son of
• 1488–1512: Eitel Frederick II (c. 1452–1512), son of
• 1512–1525: Eitel Frederick III (1494–1525), son of
• 1525–1575: Charles I (1516–1576), son of

In the 12th century, a son of Frederick I secured the county of Hohenberg. The county remained in the possession of the family until 1486.

The influence of the Swabian line was weakened by several partitions of its lands. In the 16th century, the situation changed completely when Eitel Frederick II, a friend and adviser of the emperor Maximilian I, received the district of Haigerloch. His grandson Charles I was granted the counties of Sigmaringen and Vehringen by Charles V.

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The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was established in 1576 with allodial rights. It included the original County of Zollern, with the Hohenzollern Castle and the monastery at Stetten.

In December 1849, the ruling princes of both Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen abdicated their thrones, and their principalities were incorporated as the Prussian province of Hohenzollern. The Hechingen branch became extinct in dynastic line with Konstantin's death in 1869.

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The County of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was established in 1576 without allodial rights.

• 1576–1601 : Christopher (1552–1592), son of Charles I of Hohenzollern
• 1601–1623 : John Christopher (1586–1620), son of
• 1601–1634 : Charles (1588–1634)

Between 1634 and 1681, the county was temporarily integrated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

• 1681–1702: Francis Anthony, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
• 1702–1750: Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
• 1750–1767: Francis Christopher Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Upon the death of Francis Christopher Anton in 1767, the Haigerloch territory was incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

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The County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was established in 1576 with allodial rights and a seat at Sigmaringen Castle.

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In December 1849, sovereignty over the principality was yielded to the Franconian branch of the family and incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia, which accorded status as cadets of the Prussian Royal Family to the Swabian Hohenzollerns. The last ruling Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Karl Anton, would later serve as Minister President of Prussia between 1858 and 1862.

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The family continued to use the title of Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After the Hechingen branch became extinct in 1869, the Sigmaringen branch adopted title of Prince of Hohenzollern.

• 1849–1885: Karl Anton I (1811–1885)
• 1885–1905: Leopold I (1835–1905), son of
• 1905–1927: William I (1864–1927), son of
• 1927–1965: Frederick I (1891–1965), son of
• 1965–2010: Friedrich Wilhelm I (1924–2010), son of
• 2010–present: Karl Friedrich I (1952–), son of
• heir apparent: Alexander

In 1866, Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was chosen prince of Romania, becoming King Carol I of Romania in 1881.

Charles's elder brother, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, was offered the Spanish throne in 1870 after a revolt exiled Isabella II in 1868. Although encouraged by Bismarck to accept, Leopold declined in the face of French opposition. Nonetheless, Bismarck altered and then published the Ems telegram to create a casus belli: France declared war, but Bismarck's Germany won the Franco-Prussian War.

The head of the Sigmaringen branch (the only extant line of the Swabian branch of the dynasty) is Karl Friedrich, styled His Highness The Prince of Hohenzollern. His official seat is Sigmaringen Castle.

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The Principality of Romania was established in 1862, after the Ottoman vassal states of Wallachia and Moldavia had been united in 1859 under Alexandru Ioan Cuza as Prince of Romania in a personal union. He was deposed in 1866 by the Romanian parliament.

Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was invited to become reigning Prince of Romania in 1866. In 1881 he became Carol I, King of Romania. Carol I had an only daughter who died young, so the younger son of his brother Leopold, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, would succeed his uncle as King of Romania in 1914, and his descendants, having converted to the Orthodox Church, continued to reign there until the end of the monarchy in 1947.

{{See also|King of Romania|Romanian royal family}}

In 1947, the King Michael I abdicated and the country was proclaimed a People's Republic. Michael did not press his claim to the defunct Romanian throne, but he was welcomed back to the country after half a century in exile as a private citizen, with substantial former royal properties being placed at his disposal. However, his dynastic claim was not recognized by post-Communist Romanians.

On 10 May 2011, King Michael I severed the dynastic ties between the Romanian Royal Family and the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jAy5LQQa0jm53i6f42VFJEduimqQ?docId=6807983 |title=Romania's former King Michael ends ties with German Hohenzollern dynasty|publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=2011-05-11}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

After that the branch of the Hohenzollerns was dynastically represented only by the last king Michael, and his daughters. Having no sons, he declared that his dynastic heir, instead of being a male member of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen princely family to which he formerly belonged patrilineally and in accordance with the last Romanian monarchical constitution, should be his eldest daughter Margareta.{{cite web| url = https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adevarul.ro%2Flocale%2Fbucuresti%2FBucuresti-_Regele_Mihai_I_anunta_ruperea_tuturor_legaturilor_istorice_si_dinastice_cu_Casa_de_Hohenzollern_0_478152444.html| title = "King Michael I broke ties with historical and dynastic House of Hohenzollern" in Adevarul – News Bucharest, 10 May 2011}}

The royal house remains popular in RomaniaV.P. [https://www.economist.com/blogs/eastern-approaches/2011/10/romanias-ex-monarchy Long live the ex-king; The former King Michael is received warmly in parliament] economist.com October 25, 2011 and in 2014 Prime Minister Victor Ponta promised a referendum on whether or not to reinstate the monarchy if he were re-elected.

File:BurgHohenzollernInnenhof02.jpg|Hohenzollern Castle

File:Berlin Stadtschloss 1920er.jpg|Berlin Palace

File:Charlottenburg Hohenzollern 2.jpg|Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

File:Königsberg Castle courtyard.jpg|Königsberg Castle, Prussia

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 170-237, Potsdam, Stadtschloss vom Turm der Nikolaikirche.jpg|City Palace, Potsdam

File:Potsdam Sanssouci 07-2017 img4.jpg|New Palace, Potsdam

File:Schloss Sanssouci 2014.jpg|Sanssouci, Potsdam

File:Marmorpalais.jpg|Marmorpalais, Potsdam

File:Schloss Bellevue 2023.jpg|Bellevue Palace, Berlin

File:BabelsbergP1020137.jpg|Babelsberg Palace, Potsdam

File:Schloss Cecilienhof 2013.jpg|Cecilienhof Palace, Potsdam

File:Schloss Oranienburg - Jan 2013.jpg|Oranienburg Palace

File:Rheinsberg Castle.jpg|Rheinsberg Palace

File:Wrocław Kazimierza Wielkiego 35 sm.jpg|Wrocław Palace, Silesia

File:3273viki Zamek w Oleśnicy. Foto Barbara Maliszewska.jpg|Oels Castle, Silesia

File:Schloss Stolzenfels 01 Koblenz 2015.jpg|Stolzenfels Castle, Koblenz

File:Plassenburg oben.jpg|Plassenburg Castle at Kulmbach

File:Neues schloß bayreuth.JPG|The New Castle at Bayreuth

File:Ansbach - 2013 Mattes (73).JPG|Residenz Ansbach

File:Erlangen Schloss 006.JPG|Erlangen Castle

File:Neues Schloss (Hechingen).JPG|The New Castle at Hechingen

File:Muzeul National de Arta, Bucuresti.jpg|Royal Palace, Bucharest

File:Palatul Guarda.jpg|Elisabeta Palace, Bucharest

File:SavarsinPalaceBehind.jpg|Săvârșin Castle, Săvârșin

File:Castelul Peleș - vazut din fața.jpg|Peleș Castle, Sinaia

File:Pelisor Castle, Sinaia.jpg|Pelișor Castle, Sinaia

File:Castelul Bran2.jpg|Bran Castle, Bran

In 2014, Prince Georg Friedrich, Head of the House of Hohenzollern filed a claim on the property of the Huis Doorn, the manor that Kaiser Wilhelm II spent his last time after being abdication, but this was rejected by Dutch Minister Jet Bussemaker.{{cite web|url=https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/8056-brief-van-eversheds-inzake-teruggave-huis-doorn_676995_scan/ |title=Brief van Eversheds inzake teruggave Huis Doorn|author=Jet Bussemaker|date=26 September 2014|language=nl|access-date=9 January 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2112774/brieven-verschenen-van-familie-duitse-keizer-die-huis-doorn-claimde |title=Brieven verschenen van familie Duitse keizer die Huis Doorn claimde|website=RTV Utrecht|date=24 November 2020|access-date=9 January 2022|language=nl}}

In mid-2019, it was revealed that Prince Georg Friedrich had filed claims for permanent right of residency for his family in Cecilienhof, or one of two other Hohenzollern palaces in Potsdam, as well as return of the family library, 266 paintings, an imperial crown and sceptre, and the letters of Empress Augusta Victoria.{{cite web |author=Derek Scally |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-fall-of-the-house-of-hohenzollern-1.3956448 |title=The fall of the House of Hohenzollern |website=Irish Times |date=25 July 2019 }}

Central to the argument was that Monbijou Palace, which had been permanently given to the family following the fall of the Kaiser, was demolished by the East German government in 1959. Lawyers for the German state argued that the involvement of members of the family in National Socialism had voided any such rights.

In June 2019, a claim made by Prince Georg Friedrich that Rheinfels Castle be returned to the Hohenzollern family was dismissed by a court. In 1924, the ruined Castle had been given by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to the town of St Goar, under the provision it was not sold. In 1998, the town leased the ruins to a nearby hotel. His case made the claim that this constituted a breach of the bequest.{{cite web |author=Josie Le Blond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/25/kaisers-descendant-loses-court-battle-to-regain-13th-century-rheinfels-castle |title=Kaiser's descendant loses court battle to regain 13th-century castle |website=The Guardian |date=25 June 2019 }}

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File:Wappen Hohenzollern 2.svg|Quartered coat of arms of the Hohenzollerns

File:Zollern ZW.png|Counts of Zollern (1340)

File:Hohenzollern-herb-rodowy.jpg|Achievement of Counts of Zollern

File:Nürenberg ZW.png|Burgraves of Nuremberg (1340)

File:COA family de Burggrafen von Nürnberg (Haus Hohenzollern).svg|Burgraves of Nuremberg

File:Hohenzollern.jpg|The princely Swabian branch (1605)

File:COA family de Markgrafen von Brandenburg (1465).svg|Margraves of Brandenburg (1465)

File:POL Prusy książęce COA.svg|Arms of the Duke of Prussia

File:Arms of East Prussia.svg|Arms of the King of Prussia

File:Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia 1873-1918.svg|Achievement of the King of Prussia

File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|Coat of Arms of the German Emperor (1871–1918)

File:Greater Coat of Arms of the German Empire.svg|The greater coat of arms as German Emperor (1871–1918)

File:Kingdom of Romania - Big CoA.svg|The greater coat of arms of the King of Romania (1922–1947)

For younger sons, to the extent that they did difference arms, the Hohenzollerns tended to use bordures of different colors or combinations of:

Coat of Arms of the Crown Prince of German Empire.svg|Coat of Arms of the Crown Prince of German Empire, a bordure gules on the arms of the German Emperor.

File:Coat of Arms of Prince Henry of Prussia (Order of the Golden Fleece).svg|Coat of Arms of Prince Henry of Prussia with the Order of the Golden Fleece.

• Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943–)
• Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)
• Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976–)
• Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909–1950)
• Princess Kira of Prussia (1943–2004)
• Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907–1994)
• Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944–1977)
• Prince Michael of Prussia (1940–2014)
• Prince Oskar of Prussia (1959–)
• Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1882–1951)
• Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
• Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia (1922–2007)
• Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia (b. 1955) (2007–present)

• Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890–1966)
• Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern (1943–2022)
• Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891–1965)
• Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (1924–2010)
• Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932–2016)
• Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (1952–)

• Coat of arms of Prussia
• Family tree of the German monarchs
• House Order of Hohenzollern
• Iron Cross
• Monarchism in Romania
• Order of the Black Eagle and Suum cuique
• Order of the Crown (Prussia) and Gott mit uns
• Order of the Red Eagle
• Prussian Army
• Peleș Castle
• Peter Gumpel - Jesuit priest who abandoned the Hohenzollern name
• Wilhelm-Orden

{{Reflist}}

• Bogdan, Henry. Les Hohenzollern : La dynastie qui a fait l'Allemagne (1061–1918)
• Carlyle, Thomas. A Short Introduction to the House of Hohenzollern (2014)
• Clark, Christopher. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2009), standard scholarly history {{ISBN|978-0-7139-9466-7}}
• Koch, H. W. History of Prussia (1987), short scholarly history

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• {{official website|https://www.preussen.de/en/}} of the imperial house of Germany and royal house of Prussia
• {{official website|https://www.hohenzollern.com/}} of the princely house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen {{in lang|de}}
• {{official website|http://www.familiaregala.ro/}} of the royal house of Romania {{in lang|ro}}
• [http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html Hohenzollern Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124223939/http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html |date=2021-01-24 }}
• [http://www.schloss-sigmaringen.de/homepage.html Sigmaringen Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827175210/http://www.schloss-sigmaringen.de/homepage.html |date=2018-08-27 }}
• [http://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-hohenzollern/swabian-lands/ European Heraldry page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702053404/http://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-hohenzollern/swabian-lands/ |date=2015-07-02 }}
• [http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Hohenzollern Hohenzollern heraldry page]
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