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House of Hohenzollern

German royal and imperial dynasty

The House of Hohenzollern (, ; , ; ) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania. The family came from the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the late 11th century and took their name from Hohenzollern Castle. The first ancestors of the Hohenzollerns were mentioned in 1061.

The Hohenzollern family split into two branches, the Catholic Swabian branch and the Protestant Franconian branch, which ruled the Burgraviate of Nuremberg and later became the Brandenburg–Prussian branch. The Swabian branch ruled the principalities of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1849, and also ruled Romania from 1866 to 1947. Members of the Franconian branch became Margrave of Brandenburg in 1415 and Duke of Prussia in 1525.

The Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia were ruled in personal union after 1618 and were called Brandenburg-Prussia. From there, the Kingdom of Prussia was created in 1701, eventually leading to the unification of Germany and the creation of the German Empire in 1871, with the Hohenzollerns as hereditary German Emperors and Kings of Prussia.

Germany's defeat in World War I in 1918 led to the German Revolution. The Hohenzollerns were overthrown and the Weimar Republic was established, thus bringing an end to the German and Prussian monarchy. Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, is the current head of the formerly royal Prussian line, while Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, is the head of the formerly princely Swabian line.

County of Zollern

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.

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 () 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.

Franconian branch

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.

Burgraviate of Nuremberg (1192–1427) and the Principalities of Ansbach (1398–1791) and Kulmbach/Bayreuth (1398–1791)

Main article: Burgraviate of Nuremberg, Principality of Ansbach

As a burgraviate, Nuremberg was located in the namesake town; almost two centuries later, the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219. The burgraviate was eventually partitioned into Ansbach and Bayreuth. 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 File:Ansbach-Bayreuth (135770689).jpg|Region of Nuremberg, Ansbach, Kulmbach and Bayreuth (Franconia) File:Wappen Brandenburg Ansbach Kulmbach Bayreuth.jpg|Coat of arms of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Bayreuth.

Dukes of Jägerndorf (1523–1622)

Main article: Duchy of Krnov

The Duchy of Jägerndorf (Krnov) was purchased in 1523, and was confiscated by Emperor Ferdinand III in 1622.

Margraviate of Brandenburg (1415–1619)

Main article: Margraviate of Brandenburg

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. DEU Kuestrin-Kietz COA.svg|Coats of arms of the Margraviate of Küstrin. Wappen der Stadt Schwedt.svg|Coats of arms of the Margraviate of Schwedt.

Margraviate of Küstrin (1535–1571)

Main article: Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin

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

Margraviate of Schwedt (1688–1788)

Main article: Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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.

Dukes of Prussia (1525–1701)

Main article: List of monarchs of Prussia

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.

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

POL Prusy książęce COA.svg|Coat of arms of the Dukes of Prussia. Acprussiamap2.gif|Growth of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1600–1795.

Kings ''in'' Prussia (1701–1772) and Kingdom ''of'' Prussia (1772–1918)

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.

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 off 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.

German Empire (1871–1918)

Main article: German Emperor

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.

The new Hohenzollern crypt (Hohenzollerngruft) in the new Berlin Cathedral was completed in 1905.

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)

Prussian Hohenzollern religion and religious policy

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.

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.

Succession tree of the Franconian House of Hohenzollern

Table of the Royal Brandenburg-Prussian House of Hohenzollern

Franconian/Brandenburg-Prussian branch since 1918 abdication

Georg Friedrich, the head of the Prussian Hohenzollerns, and his wife

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.

Order of succession

Name	Titular
reign	Relation to predecessor	Wilhelm II	Crown Prince Wilhelm	Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia	Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia	Carl Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
1918–1941	Succeeded himself as pretender to the throne.
1941–1951	Son of
1951–1994	Son of
since 1994	Grandson of
(heir apparent)	Son of

File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|Wilhelm II, the last incumbent of the throne File:Kronprinz Wilhelm 1. Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg|Crown Prinz Wilhelm File:Louis ferdinand c1930.jpg|Louis Ferdinand File:Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen1, Pour le Merite 2014.JPG|Georg Friedrich

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.

Living legitimate members of the Prussian branch

Bold signifies heads of the house and numbers shown indicate the pretense to the kingship of Prussia and the German Empire:

[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] William I (1797–1888)
- [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Frederick III (1831–1888)
  - [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] Wilhelm II (1859–1941)
    - [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882–1951)
      - Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)
      - [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|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
        
        [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|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)
        
        (14) 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
        
        (15) Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (born 1981) married Rebecca Virginia Bettarini (born 1982) cr. The Princess Romanova
        
        (16) Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanov (born 2022)
        
        Princess Kira Leonida Georgievna Romanova (born 2025)
        
        Prince Friedrich Christian of Prussia (1943)
        
        (17) 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

Swabian branch

The cadet Swabian 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 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 File:Neues Schloss (Hechingen).JPG|The New Castle, Hechingen File:Schlosskirche Haigerloch 2010.JPG|Haigerloch Castle

Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)

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. 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.

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.

Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)

Main article: Hohenzollern-Hechingen

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.

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

Main article: Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

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

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

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

Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)

Main article: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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

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.

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849

Main article: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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.

Kings of the Romanians

Main article: Kingdom of Romania

Reigning (1866–1947)

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.

Succession since 1947

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. 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.

The royal house remains popular in Romania and in 2014 Prime Minister Victor Ponta promised a referendum on whether or not to reinstate the monarchy if he were re-elected.

Rulers of the House of Hohenzollern

House of Hohenzollern

Ruler	Born	Reign	Ruling part	Consort
	Burchard I	[[File:Burckhard I, Grav zu Zollern.png	100px]]	c.1020
Son of Friedrich of Sülichgau and Irmentrud of Nellenburg
(disputed)	1040 – 1061	County of Zollern	Anastasia of Rheinfelden
one child	1061
aged 40–41
	Frederick I Maute	[[File:Fridrich I, Grav zu Zollern.png	100px]]	c.1050
Son of Burchard I and Anastasia of Rheinfelden	1061 – 1125	County of Zollern	Udehild of Urach
eight children	1125
aged 74–75
	Frederick II	[[File:Matsch - Friedrich II Count of Zollern.jpg	100px]]	c.1100
First son of Frederick I and Udehild of Urach	1125 – 1155	County of Zollern	Unknown
two children	c.1155
aged 54–55
		c.1096
Second son of Frederick I and Udehild of Urach	1125 – 1154	County of Hohenberg	Helmburgis of Schala-Burghausen
(d.c.1155)
two children	1154
aged 57–58
		c.1130
Son of and Helmburgis of Schala-Burghausen	1154 – July 1193	County of Hohenberg	Kunigunde of Grünberg
two children	July 1193
aged 62–63
	Godfrey		c.1096
Third son of Frederick I and Udehild of Urach	1155 – 1160	County of Zollern	Unmarried	1160
aged 64–65
	Frederick III & I		c.1130
Son of Frederick II	1160 – 1204	County of Zollern
(with Burgraviate of Nuremberg jure uxoris since 1184)	Sophie of Raabs
1184
three children	1204
aged 73–74
		c.1150
First son of and Kunigunde of Grünberg	July 1193 – 1225	County of Hohenberg	Willipurg von Eichelberg
two children	1225
aged 74–75?
Albert I		c.1150
Second son of and Kunigunde of Grünberg	Unmarried	1225?
aged 75–75?
Conrad I the Pious	[[File:Conrad I of Nuremberg.jpg	100px]]	1186
First son of Frederick III & I and Sophie of Raabs	1204 – 1218	County of Zollern	Clementia
four children
Unknown
two children	10 March 1261
aged 74–75
1218 – 10 March 1261	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
Frederick IV & II the Lion	[[File:Matsch - Friedrich IV Count of Zollern.jpg	100px]]	1188
Second son of Frederick III & I and Sophie of Raabs	1204 – 1218	Burgraviate of Nuremberg	Elisabeth
four children	1255
aged 66-67
1218 – 1255	County of Zollern
(until 1218)
County of Hohenzollern
(from 1218)
	[[File:Reitersiegel des Grafen Burkhard II. von Hohenberg.jpg	100px]]	c.1190
Son of and Willipurg von Eichelberg	1225 – 14 July 1253	County of Hohenberg	Matilda of Tübingen
c.1230
five children	14 July 1253
aged 62–63
Gertrude Anna	[[File:Anna (Gertrud) of Hohenburg.jpg	100px]]	c.1225
Deilingen
Daughter of and Matilda of Tübingen	14 July 1253 – 16 February 1281	County of Hohenberg
(at Sélestat)	Rudolph I of Habsburg
1251
Alsace
eleven children	16 February 1281
Vienna
aged 55–56
Albert II the Troubadour	[[File:Codex Manesse Albrecht von Haigerloch.jpg	100px]]	c.1235
First son of and Matilda of Tübingen	14 July 1253 – 17 April 1298	County of Haigerloch
(with Hohenberg proper)	Unknown
two children
1282
three children
Ursula of Oettingen
(d.1308)
c.1300
two children	17 April 1298
aged 62–63
		c.1240
Second son of and Matilda of Tübingen	14 July 1253 – 24 July 1318	County of Nagold	Unknown
one child
Luitgard of Tübingen
c.1275
three children	24 July 1318
aged 77–78
		c.1275
First son of and Luitgard of Tübingen	c.1290 – 12 July 1299	Maria of Magenheim
1290
two children	12 July 1299
aged 23–24
	Frederick V the Illustrious	[[File:Siegel Friedrich V-MZ-72.jpg	100px]]	c.1230
Son of Frederick IV & II and Elisabeth	1255 – 24 May 1289	County of Hohenzollern
1257
four children	24 May 1289
aged 58–59
	Frederick III the Heir		1220
Nuremberg
Son of Conrad I and Clementia	10 March 1261 – 14 August 1297	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
1246
five children
Helene of Saxony
(1247-12 June 1309)
10 April 1280
three children	14 August 1297
Cadolzburg
aged 76–77
		[[File:Konrad II. 1278.png	100px]]	1235
Nuremberg
Son of Conrad I	10 March 1261 – 1296	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at )
c.1250
seven children
Agnes of Hirschberg
(d.c.1300)
1295
no children	6 July 1314
aged 78–79
	Frederick VI the Knight		1258
Son of Frederick V and	24 May 1289 – 4 May 1298	County of Hohenzollern
December 1281
six children	4 May 1298
aged 39–40
	John I		1279
Nuremberg
First son of Frederick III and Helene of Saxony	14 August 1297 – 25 February 1300	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
1297
no children	25 February 1300
aged 20–21
Albert III Rosselmann		c.1260
Son of Albert II	17 April 1298 – November 1304	County of Haigerloch	Unknown
1 August 1284
Grüningen
no children
Clara Euphemia of Gorizia
February 1296
no children	November 1304
aged 43–44
	Frederick VII the Elder		c.1285
First son of Frederick VI and	4 May 1298 – 6 October 1309	County of Hohenzollern	Euphemia of Hohenberg-Haigerloch
(d.1333)
1298
six children	6 October 1309
aged 23–24
	Frederick IV	[[File:Portret van Frederik IV van Neurenberg, RP-P-1911-4761.jpg	100px]]	1287
Nuremberg
Second son of Frederick III and Helene of Saxony	25 February 1300 – 19 May 1332	Burgraviate of Nuremberg	Margaret of Gorizia-Tyrol
2 August 1307
ten children	19 May 1332
aged 44–45
	[[File:Siegel des Rudolf von Hohenberg.jpg	100px]]	c.1285
Son of Albert II and	November 1304 – 11 January 1336	County of Haigerloch	Agnes of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
(d.1317)
c.1305?
five children
Irmengard of Württemberg
(1300-17 May 1329)
April 1318
no children
Elisabeth of Sponheim-Kreuznach
(1310-1349)
20 June 1331
Rottenburg am Neckar
no children	11 January 1336
Vienna (?)
aged 50–51
		c.1305
Son of and Agnes of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg	c.1320 – 26 February 1335	Margaret of Nassau-Hadamar
(d.30 January 1370)
c.1320
three children	26 February 1335
aged 29–30?
Regency of Frederick of Hohenzollern and/or Euphemia of Hohenberg-Haigerloch (1309–1314/5)	Usually not counted or listed, probably because he died as minor. Nonetheless, he is documented as Lord of Zollern.
	Frederick Fritzli (I)		c.1300
Son of Frederick VII and Euphemia of Hohenberg-Haigerloch	6 October 1309 – 1315	County of Hohenzollern	Unmarried	c.1315
aged 14–15?
	Frederick VIII the Easter Sunday		c.1285
Second son of Frederick VI and	1315 – 1 February 1333	County of Hohenzollern	Unknown
four children	1 February 1333
aged 39–40
		c.1280
Second son of and Luitgard of Tübingen	24 July 1318 – 2 September 1355	County of Wildberg	Agnes
c.1300?
seven children	2 September 1355
aged 74–75?
		c.1290
Son of and Maria of Magenheim	24 July 1318 – 1342	County of Nagold	Agnes of Vaihingen
1316
five children	1342
aged 51–52
	John II the Acquirer	[[File:JohnII Nuremberg Siegesallee.JPG	100px]]	1309
First son of Frederick IV and Margaret of Gorizia-Tyrol	19 May 1332 – 7 October 1357	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Nuremberg proper)
1333
five children	7 October 1357
aged 44–45
			1309
Second son of Frederick IV and Margaret of Gorizia-Tyrol	19 May 1332 – 3 Apil 1334
1332
no children	31 July 1357
aged 44–45
			1319
Third son of Frederick IV and Margaret of Gorizia-Tyrol	10 October 1341 – 4 April 1361	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Hildburghausen, Heldburg, Eisfeld, Ermershausen and Ummerstadt)
c.1330?
two children	4 April 1361
aged 44–45
	Frederick Fritzli (II)		c.1300
First son of Frederick VIII	1 February 1333 – 16 March 1339	County of Hohenzollern	Unmarried	16 March 1339
aged 38–39
	[[File:Horb Stiftskirche Chorbogen Fresko Gründung des Horber Stifts detail.jpg	100px]]	c.1320
Son of and Margaret of Nassau-Hadamar	11 January 1336 – November 1389	County of Haigerloch
(only at Rottenburg am Neckar since 1381)	Ida of Toggenburg
(d.26 January 1399)
May 1360
one child	November 1389
aged 50–51
Haigerloch (with exceptions) was sold to Austria
	Frederick IX the Black		c.1300
Second son of Frederick VIII	16 March 1339 – 1 March 1379	County of Hohenzollern
(half 1)	Adelaide of Hohenberg-Wildenberg
April 1341
five children	1 March 1379
aged 78–79?
			c.1300
Third son of Frederick VIII	16 Mach 1339 – March 1365	County of Hohenzollern
(half 2)	Margaret of Hohenberg-Wildenberg
1343
five children	March 1365
aged 64–65?
		c.1320
Son of and Agnes of Vaihingen	1342 – 23 June 1363	County of Nagold	Kunigunde of Wertheim
(d.1358)
27 February 1349
four children
Irmgard of Werdenberg
(d.24 October 1379)
13 July 1371
no children	6 July 1385
aged 64–655
Nagold sold to Württemberg
		c.1310
First son of and Agnes	2 September 1355 – 14 August 1363	County of Wildberg
(in Wildberg half 1)	Anna of Brauneck
c.1330?
two children	10 August 1381
aged 70–71?
		c.1310
Second son of and Agnes	2 September 1355 – 6 September 1356	County of Wildberg
(in Altensteig and Wildberg half 2)	Margareta van Hewen
(d.December 1398)
c.1330?
two children	6 September 1356
aged 45–46?
Rudolph IV		c.1330
Son of and Margareta van Hewen	6 September 1356 – 28 December 1397	County of Wildberg
(only in Altensteig since 1363)	Unknown
one child	28 December 1397
aged 66–67
Wildberg sold to the Palatinate; Altensteig annexed to Baden
	Frederick V	[[File:Friedrich V. 1378.png	100px]]	1333
Son of John II and	31 July 1357 – 21 January 1398	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Nuremberg proper)	Margaret of Gorizia-Tyrol
2 August 1307
ten children	21 January 1398
aged 44–45
Regency of (1361-1372)	Through her marriage, her inheritance went to the House of Wettin.
			1359
Daughter of and	4 April 1361 – 1391	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Hildburghausen, Heldburg, Eisfeld, Ermershausen and Ummerstadt)	Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
22 July 1374
two children	1391
aged 31–32
	Frederick XI the Elder	[[File:Friedrich IV Hohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	c.1345
Son of and Margaret of Hohenberg-Wildenberg	March 1365 – 26 November 1401	County of Hohenzollern
(half 2)
January 1377
six children	26 November 1401
aged 55–56?
	Frederick X the Black		1342?
Son of Frederick IX and Adelaide of Hohenberg-Wildenberg	1 March 1379 – 21 June 1412	County of Hohenzollern
(half 1)	Anna of Hohenberg-Nagold
(d.1421)
c.1350?
no children	21 June 1412
aged 69–70?
		c.1360
Daughter of and Ida of Toggenburg	November 1389 – 26 February 1419	County of Haigerloch
(at Rottenburg am Neckar)	Bernard I, Margrave of Baden
1 September 1384
(annulled 1391)
no children
April 1391
three children	26 February 1419
aged 58–59
Rottenburg was inherited by the
	John III		1369
First son of Frederick V and Elisabeth of Meissen	21 January 1398 – 11 June 1420	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Kulmbach)	Margaret of Bohemia
1381
one child	11 June 1420
Plassenburg
aged 51–52
	Frederick VI & I	[[File:GLAMonTour-Jagdschloss Grunewald-4801.jpg	100px]]	21 September 1371
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Second son of Frederick V and Elisabeth of Meissen	21 January 1398 – 20 September 1440	Burgraviate of Nuremberg
(at Ansbach; in all Burgraviate since 1420)
Electorate of Brandenburg
(from 1415; with Burgraviate of Nuremberg until 1427)	Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
18 September 1401
ten children	20 September 1440
Cadolzburg
aged 68
	Frederick XII of Oettingen	[[File:Propaganda-Württemberg-1web.jpg	100px]]	c.1390
First son of Frederick XI and	26 November 1401 – 1428
30 September 1439 – 30 September 1443	County of Hohenzollern
(in half 2 until 1412; in all Hohenzollern since 1412)	Anna of Sulz
(d.1440)
c.1405?
no children	30 September 1443
Palestine
aged 52–53
		[[File:Eitelfriedrich IV Hohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	c.1390
Second son of Frederick XI and	26 November 1401 – 30 September 1439	Ursula of Rhäzüns
(d.17 February 1477)
1432
four children	30 September 1439
Hechingen
aged 48–49
	John the Alchemist	[[File:John the Alchemist.jpg	100px]]	1406
First son of Frederick VI & I and Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut	20 September 1440 – 1457	Principality of Kulmbach	Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
1416
four children	16 November 1464
Baiersdorf
aged 57–58
*Frederick II Irontooth***	[[File:1440 friedrich II.jpg	100px]]	19 November 1413
Tangermünde
Second son of Frederick VI & I and Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut	20 September 1440 – 10 February 1471	Electorate of Brandenburg	Catherine of Saxony
11 June 1441
Wittenberg
three children	10 February 1471
Neustadt an der Aisch
aged 57
Albert I Achilles	[[File:Albrecht Achilles auf der Predella des von ihm gestifteten Schwanenordensaltars (cropped).jpg	100px]]	9 November 1414
Tangermünde
Third son of Frederick VI & I and Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut	20 September 1440 – 11 March 1486	Principality of Ansbach
(with Kulmbach since 1457)	Margaret of Baden
1446
four children
Anna of Saxony
12 November 1458
Ansbach
thirteen children	11 March 1486
Imperial City of Frankfurt
aged 71
10 February 1471 – 11 March 1486	Electorate of Brandenburg
Jobst Nicholas I	[[File:Burg Hohenzollern Statue Jobst Nikolaus I.JPG	100px]]	1433
Son of and Ursula of Rhäzüns	30 September 1443 – 9 February 1488	County of Hohenzollern	Agnes of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen
1448
six children	9 February 1488
Zollernalbkreis
aged 54–55
John Cicero	[[File:JohannCicero1500.JPG	100px]]	2 August 1455
Ansbach
Son of Albert I Achilles and Margaret of Baden	11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499	Electorate of Brandenburg	Margaret of Thuringia
15 August 1476
Berlin
six children	9 January 1499
Arneburg
aged 43
	Frederick I the Elder	[[File:Friedrich II. Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg	100px]]	8 May 1460
Ansbach
First son of Albert I Achilles and Anna of Saxony	11 March 1486 – 1515	Principality of Ansbach
(with Kulmbach since 1495)	Sophia of Poland
14 February 1479
Frankfurt (Oder)
seventeen children	4 April 1536
Ansbach
aged 75
Sigismund		27 September 1468
Ansbach
Second son of Albert I Achilles and Anna of Saxony	11 March 1486 – 26 February 1495	Principality of Kulmbach	Unmarried	26 February 1495
Ansbach
aged 26
Eitel Frederick II	[[File:1525 Schäufelein Eitelfriedrich II. Graf zu Zollern Jagdschloss Grunewald anagoria.jpg	100px]]	1452
Son of Jobst Nicholas I and Agnes of Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen	9 February 1488 – 18 June 1512	County of Hohenzollern	Magdalena of Brandenburg
1482
Berlin
six children	18 June 1512
Trier
aged 59–60
Joachim I Nestor	[[File:Lucas Cranach (I) - Joachim I Nestor - Jagdschloss Grunewald.jpg	100px]]	21 February 1484
Cölln
Son of John Cicero and Margaret of Thuringia	9 January 1499 – 11 July 1535	Electorate of Brandenburg	Elizabeth of Denmark
10 April 1502
Berlin
five children	11 July 1535
Stendal
aged 51
	[[File:Karlsruhe Badisches Landesmuseum 140074.JPG	100px]]	1483
First son of Eitel Frederick II and Magdalena of Brandenburg	18 June 1512 – 16 June 1517	County of Haigerloch
1503
six children	16 June 1517
Hechingen
aged 33–34
Eitel Frederick III	[[File:Der Meister von Messkirch-Staatsgalerie-Kat.-22-Eitelfriedrich III-EP-Scanjet.jpg	100px]]	1494
Second son of Eitel Frederick II and Magdalena of Brandenburg	18 June 1512 – 15 June 1525	County of Hechingen	Johanna van Witthem
(d.1544)
1515
six children	15 June 1525
Pavia
aged 30–31
Casimir	[[File:Hans Süß von Kulmbach 002.jpg	100px]]	27 December 1481
Ansbach
First son of Frederick I and Sophia of Poland	1515 – 21 September 1527	Principality of Kulmbach	Susanna of Bavaria
25 August 1518
Augsburg
five children	21 September 1527
Buda
aged 45
George I the Pious	[[File:Cranach, Lucas (II) - Georg der Fromme - Jagdschloss Grunewald - 1564.jpg	100px]]	4 March 1484
Ansbach
Second son of Frederick I and Sophia of Poland	1515 – 27 December 1543	Principality of Ansbach	Beatrice de Frangepan
21 January 1509
Gyula
no children
Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels
9 January 1525
Oleśnica
two children
Emilie of Saxony
25 August 1533
four children	27 December 1543
Ansbach
aged 59
	[[File:Wachendorf-Schloss107876.jpg	100px]]	5 March 1487
Daughter of Christopher I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen	16 June 1517 – 17 December 1526	County of Haigerloch
(at Haigerloch Castle)
1503
six children
Johann von Ow, Baron of Wachendorf
(d.29 October 1571)
17 December 1526
no children	29 October 1554
aged 67
Regency of (1517-1524)
Christopher Frederick		1510
Son of and	16 June 1517 – 1536	County of Haigerloch	Anna Rehlinger von Haltenberg
1530
one child	1536
Marseille
aged 25–26
Albert	[[File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis des Markgrafen Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum).jpg	100px]]	17 May 1490
Ansbach
Third son of Frederick I and Sophia of Poland	10 April 1525 – 20 March 1568	Duchy of Prussia
(previously State of the Teutonic Order)	Dorothea of Denmark
1 July 1526
Königsberg
six children
Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg
16 February 1550
Königsberg
two children	20 March 1568
Gvardeysk
aged 77
Regency of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1527–1541)	Left no descendants, and Kulmbach returned to Ansbach.
Albert II Alcibiades the Warlike	[[File:Andreas Riehl (I) - Bildnis des Markgrafen Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-Kulmbach.jpg	100px]]	28 March 1522
Ansbach
Son of Casimir and Susanna of Bavaria	21 September 1527 – 8 January 1557	Principality of Kulmbach	Unmarried	8 January 1557
Pforzheim
aged 34
Joachim II Hector	[[File:JoachimII.vonBrandenburg.JPG	100px]]	13 January 1505
Cölln
First son of Joachim I Nestor and Elizabeth of Denmark	11 July 1535 – 3 January 1571	Electorate of Brandenburg	Magdalena of Saxony
6 November 1524
Dresden
six children
Hedwig of Poland
29 August/1 September 1535
Kraków
six children	3 January 1571
Köpenick Palace
aged 65
John the Wise	[[File:JohannBrandenburgKüstrin.JPG	100px]]	3 August 1513
Second son of Joachim I Nestor and Elizabeth of Denmark	11 July 1535 – 13 January 1571	March of Küstrin	Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
11 November 1537
Wolfenbüttel
two children	13 January 1571
Küstrin
aged 57
		1485
Third son of Eitel Frederick II and Magdalena of Brandenburg	1536 – 2 February 1538	County of Haigerloch	Anastasia von Stoffeln
(1490 - 16 November 1530)
1513
one child	2 February 1538
Hechingen
aged 52–53
	[[File:Codex 593a Jos Niklas II von Zollern.jpg	100px]]	1514
Son of and Anastasia von Stoffeln	2 February 1538 – 10 June 1558	County of Haigerloch	Anna of Zimmern-Wildenstein
(29 June 1513 - 28 May 1570)
1531
Meßkirch
no children	10 June 1558
Hechingen
aged 43–44
Regencies of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1543–1548), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1543–1547) and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1547–1548)	In 1557, reunited Kulmbach to Ansbach once more. Left no descendants, and the Marches passed to the sons of Elector John George.
	George Frederick I the Elder	[[File:Georg Friedrich Hohenzoller st.jpg	100px]]	5 April 1539
Ansbach
Son of George I and Emilie of Saxony	27 December 1543 – 25 April 1603	Principality of Ansbach
(with Kulmbach since 1557)	Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin
26 December 1558
Küstrin
no children
Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
3 May 1579
Dresden
no children	25 April 1603
Ansbach
aged 64
Charles I	[[File:Adel im Wandel378.jpg	100px]]	1516
Brussels
Son of Eitel Frederick III and Johanna van Witthem	15 June 1525 – 10 June 1558	County of Hechingen
11 February 1537
Pforzheim
eleven children	18 March 1576
Sigmaringen Castle
aged 59–60
10 June 1558 – 18 March 1576	County of Hohenzollern
Council of Regency (1568-1571)	In 1572 he began to exhibit signs of mental disorder. He had twice tried to commit suicide and was prone to violent outbursts and held a great fear of " Turks and Muscovites " overrunning Germany. In 1578 he began being overruled by regents.
Albert Frederick	[[File:Portrait of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia.jpg	100px]]	7 May 1553
Königsberg
Son of Albert and Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg	20 March 1568 – 27 August 1618	Duchy of Prussia	Marie Eleonore of Cleves
14 October 1573
Königsberg
seven children	27 August 1618
Primorsk
aged 65
*Regency of George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1578-1603)
Regency of Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1603-1608)
Regency of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1608-1618)*
John George	[[File:JohannGeorg1564.JPG	100px]]	11 September 1525
Cölln
Son of Joachim II Hector and Magdalena of Saxony	3 January 1571 – 8 January 1598	Electorate of Brandenburg	Sophie of Legnica
15 February 1545
one child
Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach
12 February 1548
Ansbach
eleven children
Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
6 October 1577
Letzlingen
eleven children	8 January 1598
Cölln
aged 72
Eitel Frederick IV	[[File:Hechingen Hohenzollerisches Landesmuseum-Eitelfridrich IV17626.jpg	100px]]	7 September 1545
Sigmaringen
First son of Charles I and	18 March 1576 – 16 January 1605	County of Hechingen	Veronica of Ortenburg
(d.23 March 1573)
22 May 1568
Sigmaringen
no children
14 November 1574
Meßkirch
four children
Johanna of Eberstein
(d.1633)
1 March 1601
no children	16 January 1605
Hechingen
aged 59
Charles II	[[File:Karl II hohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	22 January 1547
Sigmaringen
Second son of Charles I and	18 March 1576 – 8 April 1606	County of Sigmaringen	Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein
(1552 – 5 October 1590)
18 January 1569
Munich
fifteen children
Elisabeth of Pallandt-Kulemborg
(1567–1620)
13 October 1591
Sigmaringen
ten children	8 April 1606
Sigmaringen
aged 59
Christopher		10 March 1552
Haigerloch
Third son of Charles I and	18 March 1576 – 21 April 1592	County of Haigerloch	Catherine von Welsperg and Primör
(d.1610)
1577
Sigmaringen
six children	21 April 1592
Haigerloch
aged 40
Regency of Eitel Frederick IV, Count of Hechingen and Charles II, Count of Sigmaringen (1592-1604)	Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
John Christopher		1586
Haigerloch
First son of Christopher and Catherine von Welsperg and Primör	21 April 1592 – 4 December 1620	County of Haigerloch
21 September 1608
Sigmaringen
no children	4 December 1620
Haigerloch
aged 33–34
Joachim Frederick	[[File:JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG	100px]]	27 January 1546
Cölln
Son of John George and Sophie of Legnica	8 January 1598 – 18 July 1608	Electorate of Brandenburg	Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
8 January 1570
Küstrin
eleven children
Eleanor of Prussia
2 November 1603
Berlin
one child	18 July 1608
Köpenick
aged 62
Christian	[[File:ChristianvonBrandenburg-Bayreuth01.jpg	100px]]	30 January 1581
Cölln
First son of John George and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst	25 April 1603 – 30 May 1655	Principality of Bayreuth	Maria of Prussia
29 April 1604
Kulmbach
nine children	30 May 1655
Bayreuth
aged 74
Joachim Ernest	[[File:Joachim Ernst 02 IV 13 2 0026 01 0369 a Seite 1 Bild 0001.jpg	100px]]	22 June 1583
Cölln
Second son of John George and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst	25 April 1603 – 7 March 1625	Principality of Ansbach	Sophie of Solms-Laubach
1612
Ansbach
three children	7 March 1625
Ansbach
aged 41
John George	[[File:Klimt - Porträt Johann Georg Graf von Hohenzollern.png	100px]]	1577
Sigmaringen
Son of Eitel Frederick IV and	16 January 1605 – 28 September 1623	County of Hechingen
(until 1623)
Principality of Hechingen
(from 1623)
11 October 1598
Hechingen
fourteen children	28 September 1623
Hechingen
aged 45–46
John	[[File:Adel im Wandel379.jpg	100px]]	17 August 1578
Sigmaringen
Son of Charles II and Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein	8 April 1606 – 22 March 1638	County of Sigmaringen
(until 1623)
Principality of Sigmaringen
(from 1623)
30 June 1602
Sigmaringen
three children	22 March 1638
Munich
aged 59
John Sigismund	[[File:Johann Sigismund Grunewald.jpg	100px]]	8 November 1572
Halle
First son of Joachim Frederick and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin	18 July 1608 – 3 November 1619	Electorate of Brandenburg
(with Duchy of Prussia jure uxoris since 1618)	Anna, Duchess of Prussia
30 October 1594
Königsberg
eight children	23 December 1619
Berlin
aged 47
John George	[[File:Jg jäg.jpg	100px]]	16 December 1577
Wolmirstedt
Second son of Joachim Frederick and Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin	18 July 1608 – 1622	Duchy of Krnov
13 June 1610
Krnov
five children	22 March 1624
Levoča
aged 46
Anna	[[File:Anna of Prussia, Duchess of Prussia (1576-1625).jpg	100px]]	3 July 1576
Königsberg
Daughter of Albert Frederick and Marie Eleonore of Cleves	27 August 1618 – 30 August 1625	Duchy of Prussia
(suo jure heiress)	John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
30 October 1594
Königsberg
eight children	30 August 1625
Berlin
aged 49
George William	[[File:GeorgWilhelm.1635.Ausschnitt.JPG	100px]]	13 November 1595
Berlin
Son of John Sigismund and Anna	3 November 1619 – 1 December 1640	Electorate of Brandenburg
(with Duchy of Prussia, in jure matris until 1625, suo jure since 1625)	Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
24 July 1616
Heidelberg
four children	1 December 1640
Königsberg
aged 49
Charles		1588
Haigerloch
Second son of Christopher and Catherine von Welsperg and Primör	4 December 1620 – 9 March 1634	County of Haigerloch	Rosamund of Ortenburg
(d.1636)
25 March 1618
no children	9 March 1634
Überlingen
aged 45–46
Haigerloch briefly merged in Sigmaringen
Eitel Frederick V	[[File:Matsch - Eitel Friedrich V Count of Hohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	January 1601
Sigmaringen
Second son of John George and	28 September 1623 – 11 July 1661	Principality of Hechingen	Maria Elisabeth of Berg-s'Herenberg
(January 1613 - 29 November 1671)
19 March 1630
Boutersem
two children	11 July 1661
Issenheim
aged 60
Regency of Sophie of Solms-Laubach (1625-1634)	Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
Frederick III		1 May 1616
Ansbach
First son of Joachim Ernest and Sophie of Solms-Laubach	7 March 1625 – 6 September 1634	Principality of Ansbach	Unmarried	6 September 1634
near Nördlingen
aged 18
Regency of Sophie of Solms-Laubach (1634-1639)
Albert II	[[File:Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach (aka).jpg	100px]]	18 September 1620
Ansbach
Second son of Joachim Ernest and Sophie of Solms-Laubach	6 September 1634 – 22 October 1667	Principality of Ansbach
31 August 1642
Stuttgart
three children
15 October 1651
Oettingen
five children
Christine of Baden-Durlach
6 August 1665
Durlach
no children	22 October 1667
Ansbach
aged 47
Meinrad I	[[File:Meinrad von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.jpg	100px]]	1605
Munich
Son of John and	2 March 1638 – 30 January 1681	Principality of Sigmaringen	Anna Maria von Thöring-Seefeld
(1613 – 12 February 1682)
7 May 1635
Braunau am Inn
nineteen children	30 January 1681
Sigmaringen
aged 75–76
*Frederick William I the Great***	[[File:Frans Luycx - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, at three-quarter-length.jpg	100px]]	16 February 1620
Berlin Palace
Son of George William and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate	1 December 1640 – 29 April 1688	Electorate of Brandenburg	Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau
7 December 1646
The Hague
six children
Sophia Dorothea of Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13 July 1668
Gröningen
seven children	29 April 1688
City Palace, Potsdam
aged 68
Christian Ernest	[[File:Gemälde des Christian Ernst von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.png	100px]]	6 August 1644
Bayreuth
Son of Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach	30 May 1655 – 20 May 1712	Principality of Bayreuth	Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony
29 October 1662
Dresden
no children
Sophie Luise of Württemberg
8 February 1671
Stuttgart
six children
Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
30 March 1703
Potsdam
nine children	20 May 1712
Erlangen
aged 67
Philip	[[File:Klimt - Porträt Philipp Friedrich Christoph Graf von Hohenzollern.png	100px]]	24 June 1616
Hechingen
Sixth son of John George and	11 July 1661 – 24 January 1671	Principality of Hechingen
12 November 1662
Baden-Baden
eight children	24 January 1671
Hechingen
aged 54
	[[File:Portret van Henrietta Francisca, prinses van Hohenzollern-Hechingen.jpg	100px]]	1642
Daughter of Eitel Frederick V and Maria Elisabeth of Berg-s'Herenberg	11 July 1661 – 17 October 1698	Principality of Hechingen
(at Bergen op Zoom; jure matris until 1671; suo jure from 1671)
May 1662
eight children	17 October 1698
Bergen op Zoom
aged 55–56
John Frederick	[[File:Johann-Friedrich-Markgraf 001.jpg	100px]]	18 October 1654
Ansbach
Son of Albert II and	22 October 1667 – 22 March 1686	Principality of Ansbach
26 January 1673
Durlach
five children
Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
4 November 1681
Eisenach
three children	22 March 1686
Ansbach
aged 31
Regency of (1671-1681)
Frederick William	[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm, Fùrst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1663-1735).jpg	100px]]	20 September 1663
Hechingen
Son of Philip and	24 January 1671 – 14 November 1735	Principality of Hechingen	Maria Leopoldine von Sinzendorf
(1 April 1666 - 18 May 1709)
22 January 1687
Vienna
six children
Maximiliane Magdalena von Lützau
(11 July 1690 - 8 September 1755)
7 September 1710
Hechingen
two children	14 November 1735
Hechingen
aged 72
Maximilian I	[[File:Maximilien I de Hohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	20 January 1636
Munich
First son of Meinrad I and Anna Maria von Thöring-Seefeld	30 January 1681 – 13 August 1689	Principality of Sigmaringen	Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg
(27 April 1635 - 15 July 1715)
12 January 1666
Boxmeer
twelve children	13 August 1689
Sigmaringen
aged 53
Francis Anton		2 December 1657
Sigmaringen Castle
Eleventh son of Meinrad I and Anna Maria von Thöring-Seefeld	30 January 1681 – 14 October 1702	County of Haigerloch	Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf
(1670-1716)
5 February 1687
four children	14 October 1702
Friedlingen
aged 44
Council of Regency (1686–1692)	Died as a minor; he was succeeded by his brother.
Christian Albert		18 September 1675
First son of John Frederick and	22 March 1686 – 16 October 1692	Principality of Ansbach	Unmarried	16 October 1692
Ansbach
aged 17
*Frederick III & I the Mercenary***	[[File:Frederick I of Prussia.jpg	100px]]	11 July 1657
Königsberg
Son of Frederick William I and Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau	29 April 1688 – 25 February 1713	Electorate of Brandenburg
(until 1701)
Kingdom of Prussia
(with Electorate of Brandenburg; from 1701)	Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel
13 August 1679
Potsdam
one child
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
8 October 1684
Herrenhausen
two children
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
28 November 1708
Berlin
no children	25 February 1713
Berlin
aged 55
Philip William	[[File:Philipp William margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg	100px]]	19 May 1669
Königsberg
Son of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea of Sonderburg-Glücksburg	29 April 1688 – 19 December 1711	March of Schwedt	Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau
25 January 1699
Oranienbaum
six children	19 December 1711
Schwedt
aged 42
Regency of Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg and Francis Anton, Count of Haigerloch (1689-1691)
Meinrad II		1 November 1673
Sigmaringen
Son of Maximilian I and Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg	13 August 1689 – 20 October 1715	Principality of Sigmaringen	Johanna Catharina of Montfort-Tettnang
22 November 1700
Sigmaringen
four children	20 October 1715
Sigmaringen
aged 41
George Frederick II the Younger	[[File:Johann Carl Zirl (Zierl) - Markgraf Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg Ansbach - 7166 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg	100px]]	3 May 1678
Ansbach
Second son of John Frederick and	16 October 1692 – 29 March 1703	Principality of Ansbach	Unmarried	29 March 1703
Schmidmühlen
aged 24
Ferdinand Leopold	[[File:Portret van Ferdinand Leopold von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, RP-P-1914-1497.jpg	100px]]	4 December 1692
Sigmaringen Castle
First son of Francis Anton and Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf	14 October 1702 – 23 July 1750	County of Haigerloch	Unmarried	23 July 1750
Brühl Palace
aged 57
William Frederick	[[File:WilliamFrederickBrandenburgAnsbach.jpg	100px]]	6 January 1686
Ansbach
Son of John Frederick and Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach	29 March 1703 – 7 January 1723	Principality of Ansbach	Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
28 August 1709
Stuttgart
three children	7 January 1723
Unterreichenbach
aged 36
*Regency of Frederick I, King of Prussia (1711-1713)
Regency of Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713-1718)*	Left no male descendants. The title passed to his brother, Frederick Henry.
Frederick William the Mad	[[File:Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg	100px]]	17 November 1700
Oranienbaum
First son of Philip William and Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau	19 December 1711 – 4 March 1771	March of Schwedt	Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
10 November 1734
Potsdam
five children	4 March 1771
Swobnica
aged 70
George William	[[File:George William, Margrave Bayreuth.jpg	100px]]	26 November 1678
Bayreuth
Son of Christian Ernest and Sophie Luise of Württemberg	20 May 1712 – 18 December 1726	Principality of Bayreuth	Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels
16 October 1699
Leipzig
five children	18 December 1726
Bayreuth
aged 48
*Frederick William I the Soldier***	[[File:Antoine pesne friedrich wil.jpg	100px]]	16 March 1687
Berlin
Son of Frederick III & I and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover	25 February 1713 – 28 June 1757	Kingdom of Prussia
(with Electorate of Brandenburg)	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
28 November 1706
Hanover
(by proxy)
27 December 1706
Berlin
(in person)
two children	28 June 1757
City Palace, Potsdam
aged 70
Regency of Johanna Catharina of Montfort-Tettnang (1715-1720)
Joseph Frederick Ernest	[[File:JosefFriedrErnstHohenzSig.jpg	100px]]	24 May 1702
Sigmaringen
Son of Meinrad II and Johanna Catharina of Montfort-Tettnang	2 October 1715 – 8 December 1769	Principality of Sigmaringen
20 May 1722
Oettingen
six children
Maria
5 July 1738
three children
22 October 1743
no children	8 December 1769
Haigerloch
aged 41
Regency of Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental (1723–1729)
Charles William Frederick the Wild	[[File:Charles William, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg	100px]]	12 May 1712
Ansbach
Son of William Frederick and Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental	7 January 1723 – 3 August 1757	Principality of Ansbach	Friederike Luise of Prussia
30 May 1729
Berlin
two children	3 August 1757
Gunzenhausen
aged 45
George Frederick Charles	[[File:Georg Friedrich Carl.jpg	100px]]	30 June 1688
near Mühlhausen
Son of George William and Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels	18 December 1726 – 17 May 1735	Principality of Bayreuth	Dorothea of Sonderburg-Beck
17 April 1709
Reinfeld
five children	17 May 1735
Bayreuth
aged 46
Frederick	[[File:Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg	100px]]	10 May 1711
Weferlingen
Son of George Frederick Charles and Dorothea of Sonderburg-Beck	17 May 1735 – 26 February 1763	Principality of Bayreuth	Wilhelmine of Prussia
17 April 1709
Berlin
one child
Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
20 September 1759
Brunswick
no children	26 February 1763
Bayreuth
aged 51
Frederick Louis		1 September 1688
Strasbourg
Son of Frederick William and Maria Leopoldine von Sinzendorf	14 November 1735 – 4 June 1750	Principality of Hechingen	Unmarried	4 June 1750
Hechingen
aged 61
Joseph Frederick William	[[File:JosefHohenzollernHechingen.jpg	100px]]	12 November 1717
Bayreuth
Son of and Maria Josepha of Oettingen	4 June 1750 – 9 April 1798	Principality of Hechingen	Maria Teresa Folch de Cardona y Silva
(4 September 1732 - 25 September 1750)
2 June 1750
Vienna
no children
Maria Theresa of Waldburg-Zeil
7 January 1751
Hechingen
six children	9 April 1798
Hechingen
aged 80
Francis Christopher Anton		1 January 1699
Haigerloch
Second son of Francis Anton and Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf	23 July 1750 – 23 November 1767	County of Haigerloch	Unmarried	23 November 1767
Cologne
aged 68
Haigerloch definitely annexed to Sigmaringen
*Frederick II the Great***	[[File:Friedrich der Große - Johann Georg Ziesenis - Google Cultural Institute (cropped 2).jpg	100px]]	24 January 1712
Berlin
Son of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover	28 June 1757 – 17 August 1786	Kingdom of Prussia
(with Electorate of Brandenburg)	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
12 June 1733
Castle Salzdahlum
no children	17 August 1786
Potsdam
aged 74
Charles Alexander	[[File:CharlesAlexanderBrandenburgAnsbach.jpg	100px]]	24 February 1736
Son of Charles William Frederick and Friederike Luise of Prussia	3 August 1757 – 16 January 1791	Principality of Ansbach	Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
22 November 1754
Coburg
no children
Elizabeth Craven
13/30 October 1791
Lisbon
(morganatic)
no children	5 January 1806
Speen, Berkshire
aged 69
Ansbach sold to Prussia
Frederick Christian	[[File:Markgraf Friedrich Christian, engraving.jpg	100px]]	17 July 1708
Weferlingen
Son of Christian Henry of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein	26 February 1763 – 20 January 1769	Principality of Bayreuth	Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
26 April 1732
Schaumburg
two children	20 January 1769
Bayreuth
aged 60
Bayreuth definitively annexed to Ansbach
Charles Frederick		9 January 1724
Sigmaringen
Son of Joseph Frederick Ernest and	8 December 1769 – 20 December 1785	Principality of Sigmaringen
2 March 1749
Kail Castle, near Trier
twelve children	20 December 1785
Krauchenwies
aged 61
Frederick Henry	[[File:Frederick Henry margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg	100px]]	21 August 1709
Schwedt
Second son of Philip William and Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau	4 March 1771 – 12 December 1788	March of Schwedt	Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
13 February 1739
two children	12 December 1788
Schwedt
aged 79
Schwedt definitively annexed to Prussia
Anton Aloys	[[File:Adel im Wandel401.jpg	100px]]	20 June 1762
Sigmaringen
Son of Charles Frederick and	20 December 1785 – 17 October 1831	Principality of Sigmaringen	Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
13 August 1782
Kirn
two children	17 October 1831
Sigmaringen
aged 69
Frederick William II	[[File:Anton Graff - Frederick William II of Prussia.png	100px]]	25 September 1744
Berlin Palace
Son of Frederick William I and Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau	17 August 1786 – 16 November 1797	Kingdom of Prussia
(with Electorate of Brandenburg)	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
14 June 1765
Castle Salzdahlum
(annulled 1769)
no children
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
14 July 1769
Charlottenburg Palace
eight children
Julie von Voss
7 April 1787
Charlottenburg Palace
(morganatic)
one child
Sophie von Dönhoff
11 April 1790
Charlottenburg Palace
(morganatic, annulled 1792)
two children	16 November 1797
Marmorpalais
aged 53
Frederick William III	[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm III., König von Preußen (unbekannter Maler) (cropped).jpg	100px]]	3 August 1770
Potsdam
Son of Frederick William II and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840	Kingdom of Prussia
(with Electorate of Brandenburg until 1806)	Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
24 December 1793
Darmstadt
nine children
Auguste von Harrach
9 November 1824
Charlottenburg Palace
(morganatic)
no children	7 June 1840
Berlin
aged 69
Herman	[[File:Hermannhohenzollern.jpg	100px]]	30 July 1751
Lockenhaus
Son of and Anna von Hoensbroech	9 April 1798 – 2 November 1810	Principality of Hechingen	Louise of Merode-Westerloo
(28 September 1748 - 14 November 1774)
18 November 1773
Maastricht
one child
Maximiliane of Gavre
(30 November 1753 - 6 August 1778)
15 February 1775
Brussels
one child
Maria Antonia of Waldburg-Zeil
(6 June 1753 - 25 October 1814)
12 June 1779
Dagstuhl
five children	2 November 1810
Hechingen
aged 59
Frederick Herman Otto	[[File:Portret van Friedrich von Hohenzollern Hechingen, RP-P-1914-2833.jpg	100px]]	22 July 1776
Namur
Son of Herman and Maximiliane of Gavre	2 November 1810 – 13 September 1838	Principality of Hechingen	Luise Pauline Maria Biron
26 April 1800
Prague
one child	13 September 1838
Hechingen
aged 62
Charles	[[File:Adel im Wandel403.jpg	100px]]	20 February 1785
Sigmaringen
Son of Anton Aloys and Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg	17 October 1831 – 27 August 1848	Principality of Sigmaringen	Marie Antoinette Murat
4 February 1808
Paris
four children
Catharina of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
14 March 1848
Kupferzell
no children	11 March 1853
Bologna
aged 68
Constantine	[[File:Konstantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen.jpg	100px]]	16 February 1801
Żagań
Son of Frederick Herman Otto and Luise Pauline Maria Biron	13 September 1838 – 7 December 1849	Principality of Hechingen	Eugénie de Beauharnais
22 May 1826
Eichstätt
no children
Amalie Schenk von Geyern
September 1847
(morganatic)
three children	3 September 1889
Zielona Góra
aged 68
Hechingen definitely annexed to Prussia
Frederick William IV	[[File:Frederick William IV (1795-1861).jpg	100px]]	15 October 1795
Kronprinzenpalais
First son of Frederick William III and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	7 June 1840 – 2 January 1861	Kingdom of Prussia	Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
16 November 1823
Munich
(by proxy)
29 November 1823
Berlin
(in person)
no children	2 January 1861
Sanssouci
aged 55
Regency of Prince William of Prussia (1858-1861)
Charles Anton	[[File:Richard Lauchert - Fürst Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885).jpg	100px]]	7 September 1811
Krauchenwies
Son of Charles and Marie Antoinette Murat	27 August 1848 – 7 December 1849	Principality of Sigmaringen	Josephine of Baden
21 October 1834
Karlsruhe
six children	2 June 1885
Sigmaringen
aged 73
Sigmaringen definitely annexed to Prussia
*William I the Great***	[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm I (3x4 cropped).jpg	100px]]	22 March 1797
Kronprinzenpalais
Second son of Frederick William III and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	2 January 1861 – 9 March 1888	Kingdom of Prussia
(until 1871)
German Empire
(with Kingdom of Prussia; from 1871)	Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
11 June 1829
Charlottenburg Palace
two children	9 March 1888
Charlottenburg Palace
aged 90
Carol I	[[File:Carol I King of Romania (cropped).jpg	100px]]	20 April 1839
Sigmaringen Castle
Son of Charles Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Josephine of Baden	20 April 1866 – 10 October 1914	Principality of Romania
(until 1881)
Kingdom of Romania
(from 1881)
(Sigmaringen branch)	Elisabeth of Wied
15 November 1869
Neuwied
one child	10 October 1914
Peleș Castle
aged 75
Frederick III	[[File:Emperor Friedrich III (3x4 cropped).png	100px]]	18 October 1831
New Palace, Potsdam
Son of William I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	9 March – 15 June 1888	German Empire
(with Kingdom of Prussia)	Victoria of the United Kingdom
25 January 1858
St James's Palace
eight children	15 June 1888
New Palace, Potsdam
aged 56
William II	[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	27 January 1859
Kronprinzenpalais
Son of Frederick III and Victoria of the United Kingdom	15 June 1888 – 9 November 1918	German Empire
(with Kingdom of Prussia)		4 June 1941
Huis Doorn
aged 82
Ferdinand	[[File:King Ferdinand of Romania.jpg	100px]]	24 August 1865
Sigmaringen Castle
Son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Antónia of Portugal	10 October 1914 – 20 July 1927	Kingdom of Romania
(Sigmaringen branch)	Marie of the United Kingdom
10 January 1893
Sigmaringen Castle
six children	20 July 1927
Peleș Castle
aged 61
Mihai I	[[File:Mihai.jpg	100px]]	25 October 1921
Peleș Castle
Son of Prince Carol of Romania and Helen of Greece and Denmark	20 July 1927 – 8 June 1930
6 September 1940 – 30 December 1947	Kingdom of Romania
(Sigmaringen branch)	Anne of Bourbon-Parma
10 June 1948
Athens
five children	5 December 2017
Aubonne
aged 96
Carol II	[[File:Carol II of Romania.jpg	100px]]	15 October 1893
Peleș Castle
Son of Ferdinand and Marie of the United Kingdom	8 June 1930 – 6 September 1940	Kingdom of Romania
(Sigmaringen branch)	Zizi Lambrino
31 August 1918
Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa
(morganatic, annulled 1919)
one child
Helen of Greece and Denmark
10 March 1921
Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens
(divorced 1928)one child
Magda Lupescu
(morganatic)
3 June/5 July 1947
Rio de Janeiro
no children	4 April 1953
Estoril
aged 59

Family tree of the House of Hohenzollern

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A01=Burkhard I Count of Zollern r. ?–1061 before 1025–1061|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick I Count of Zollern r. ?–before 1125 ?–before 1125|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|}}

A01=Frederick II Count of Zollern r. –1145 before 1125–|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A02=Burkhard II Count of Zollern r. –1150/5|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Gotfried Count of Zollern r. /5–1160|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick I Burgrave of Nuremberg r. –1200 Frederick III Count of Zollern r. after 1145– before 1139–|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520}}

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A01=Conrad I Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1218–1261 –1261|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick IV Count of Hohenzollern r. 1218–1255 Frederick II Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1204–1218 c. 1188–1255|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick III Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1261–1297 –1297|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick V the Illustrious Count of Hohenzollern r. 1255–1289 ?–1289|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John I Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1297–1300 –1300|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick IV Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1300–1332 1287–1332|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A03=Frederick VI the Knight Count of Hohenzollern r. 1289–1298 ?–1298|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John II the Acquirer Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1332–1357 c. 1309–1357|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick VII Count of Hohenzollern r. 1298–1309 ?–1309|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Frederick VIII Easter Sunday Count of Hohenzollern r. 1309–1333 ?–1333|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick V Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1357–1397 1333–1398|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick IX the Old Count of Hohenzollern r. 1333–1377/9 ?–1377/9|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Frederick Count of Strasbourg}}

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A01=John III Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1397–1420 John I Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach r. 1398–1420 c. 1369–1420|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520| A02=Frederick I Elector of Brandenburg r. 1415–1440 Frederick VI Burgrave of Nuremberg r. 1397–1427 1371–1440|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Frederick X the Younger Count of Hohenzollern r. 1377/9–1412 ?–1412|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A04=Frederick XI the Elder Count of Hohenzollern r. 1377/9–1401 ?–1401|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John II the Alchemist 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 the Iron Elector of Brandenburg r. 1440–1470 1413–1471|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Albrecht III Achilles Elector of Brandenburg r. 1471–1486 1414–1486|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Eitel Frederick I Count of Hohenzollern r. 1426–1439 c. 1384–1439|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A05=Frederick XII Count of Hohenzollern r. 1401–1426 before 1401–1443|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John II Cicero Elector of Brandenburg r. 1486–1499 1455–1499|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=Frederick II 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 Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach r. 1486–1495 1468–1495|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Jobst Nicholas I Count of Hohenzollern r. 1433–1488 1433–1488|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Joachim I Nestor Elector of Brandenburg r. 1499–1535 1484–1535|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=Casimir Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach r. 1515–1527 1481–1527|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=George Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1536–1543 1484–1543|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Albert Duke of Prussia r. 1525–1568 1490–1568|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A05=Eitel Frederick II Count of Hohenzollern r. 1488–1512 c. 1452–1512|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Joachim II Hector Elector of Brandenburg r. 1535–1571 1505–1571|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=John Margrave of Brandenburg- Küstrin r. 1535–1571 1513–1571|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Albert II Alcibiades Margrave of Brandenburg- Kulmbach r. 1527–1553 1522–1557|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=George Frederick 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 Duke of Prussia r. 1568–1618 1553–1618|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A06=Eitel Frederick III Count of Hohenzollern r. 1512-1525 1494–1525|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John George Elector of Brandenburg r. 1571–1598 1525–1598|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=Charles I Count of Hohenzollern r. 1525–1576 1516–1576|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Joachim Frederick Elector of Brandenburg r. 1598–1608 1546–1608|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=Christian Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1603–1655 1581–1655|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Joachim Ernest Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1603–1625 1583–1625|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Eitel Frederick IV Count of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1576–1605 1545–1605|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A05=Charles II Count of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1576–1606 1547–1606|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A06=Christopher Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1576–1592 1552-1592|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=John Sigismund 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 1615–1651| A03=George Albert 1619–1666| A04=Frederick III Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1625–1634 1616–1634|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A05=Albert II Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1634–1667 1620–1667|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A06=John George 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 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 Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1592–1623 1586–1623|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=George William Elector of Brandenburg Duke of Prussia r. 1619–1640 1595–1640|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=Christian Ernest Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1655–1712 1644–1712|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Christian Henry 1661–1708| A04=John Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1667–1686 1654–1686|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A05=Eitel Frederick V Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1623–1661 1601–1661|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A06=Philip Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1661–1671 1616–1671|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A07=Meinrad I Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1638–1681 1605–1681|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A08=Charles Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1623–1634 1588–1634|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick William the Great Elector Elector of Brandenburg Duke of Prussia r. 1640–1688 1620–1688|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A02=George William Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1712–1726 1678–1726|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=George Frederick Charles Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1726–1735 1688–1735|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Frederick Christian Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1763–1769 1708–1769|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A05=Frederick William Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1671–1735 1663–1735|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A06=Herman Frederick| A07=Maximilian I Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1681–1689 1636–1689|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A08=Francis Anthony Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1681–1702 1657–1702|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=Frederick I the Mercenary King Duke of Prussia r. 1688–1701 King in Prussia r. 1701–1713 Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg r. 1688–1713 1657–1713|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Philip William Margrave of Brandenburg- Schwedt r. 1688–1711 1669–1711|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1735–1763 1711–1763|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Christian Albert Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1686–1692 1675–1692|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A05=George Frederick II the Younger Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1692–1703 1678–1703|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A06=William Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1703–1723 1686–1723|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A07=Frederick Louis Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1730–1750 1688–1750|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A08=Joseph Frederick William Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1750–1798 1717–1798|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A09=Francis Xavier| A10=Meinrad II 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 Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1702–1750 1692–1750|boxstyle_A11=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A12=Francis Christopher Anthony Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1750–1767 1699–1767|boxstyle_A12=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick William I the Soldier King King in Prussia Elector of Brandenburg r. 1713–1740 1688–1740|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Frederick William Margrave of Brandenburg- Schwedt r. 1731–1771 1700–1771|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A03=Frederick Henry Margrave of Brandenburg- Schwedt r. 1771–1788 1709–1788|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Charles William Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1723–1757 1712–1757|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A05=Herman Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1798–1810 1751–1810|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A06=Joseph Frederick Ernest Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1715–1769 Count of Hohenzollern- Haigerloch r. 1767–1769 1702–1769|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick II the Great King in Prussia r. 1740–1772 King of Prussia r. 1772–1786 Elector of Brandenburg r. 1740–1786 1712–1786|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Augustus William 1722–1758| A03=Alexander Margrave of Brandenburg- Ansbach r. 1757–1791 Margrave of Brandenburg- Bayreuth r. 1769–1791 1736–1806|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F| A04=Frederick Herman Otto Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1810–1838 1776–1838|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A05=Charles Frederick Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1769–1785 1724–1785|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick William II King of Prussia Elector of Brandenburg r. 1786–1797 1744–1797|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Constantine Prince of Hohenzollern- Hechingen r. 1838–1849 1801–1869|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Anthony Alois Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1785–1831 1762–1831|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick William III King of Prussia r. 1797–1840 Elector of Brandenburg r. 1797–1806 1770–1840|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Charles Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1831–1848 1785–1853|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick William IV King of Prussia r. 1840–1861 1795–1861|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=William I German Emperor r. 1871–1888 King of Prussia r. 1861–1888 1797–1888|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A03=Charles Anthony Prince of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen r. 1848–1849 Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1869–1885 1811–1885|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

A01=Frederick III German Emperor King of Prussia r. 1888 1831–1888|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=Leopold Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1885–1905 1835–1905|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Charles I Domnitor of Romania r. 1866–1881 King of Romania r. 1881–1914 1839–1914|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

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A01=William II German Emperor King of Prussia r. 1888–1918 1859–1941|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B| A02=William Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1905–1927 1864–1927|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A03=Ferdinand I King of Romania r. 1914–1927 1865–1927|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

A01=Frederick Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1927–1965 1891–1965|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A02=Charles II King of Romania r. 1930–1940 1893–1953|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

A01=Frederick William Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1965–2010 1924–2010|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969| A02=Michael I King of Romania r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947 1921–2017|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

A01=Charles Frederick Prince of Hohenzollern r. 2010–present 1952–present|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

Residences

Palaces of the Prussian Hohenzollerns

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:Potsdam Neuer Garten asv2024-09 img2.jpg|Marmorpalais, Potsdam File:Schloss Bellevue 2023.jpg|Bellevue Palace, Berlin File:Schloss Monbijou mit der Sophienkirche im Hintergrund (Degen).jpg|Monbijou 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

Palaces of the Franconian branches

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

Palaces of the Swabian Hohenzollerns

File:Schloss Sigmaringen 2022.jpg|Sigmaringen Castle, Sigmaringen File:Aerial image of Schloss Haigerloch (view from the southwest).jpg|Haigerloch Castle, Haigerloch 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

Property claims

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 abdicated, but this was rejected by Dutch Minister Jet Bussemaker.

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.

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.

Coats of arms

Main article: Coat of arms of Prussia, Coat of arms of Germany, Coat of arms of Romania

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

Members of the family after abdication

Royal Brandenburg-Prussian branch

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)

Princely Swabian branch

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–)

References

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(2001). "Jeep, John. ''Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia''". Psychology Press.
Christopher Clark ''The Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947'' (Penguin, 2007) pp. 115–121
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(June 2024). "Romania's former King Michael ends ties with German Hohenzollern dynasty". The Canadian Press.
""King Michael I broke ties with historical and dynastic House of Hohenzollern" in Adevarul – News Bucharest, 10 May 2011".
V.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
Haigerloch was sold to Austria in 1381; the branch changed seat to [[Rottenburg am Neckar]], which was later inherited by the Counts of Sulz.
Despite the territory being a principality, its rulers were always called ''Margraves''.
(1862). "Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg". Gebrüder Scheitlin.
Monumenta Zollerana (1852), CCLIX, p. 127.
Frederick XI ascended to the county earlier than his cousin Frederick X, but is counted higher, probably because Frederick XI was either himself younger than Frederick X, or came from the younger Strasbourgian line, which later influenced hsitoians who gave numbers to these counts.
Sometimes numbered ''Frederick V''.
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[[s:Statement of Abdication. Statement of Abdication of William II (28 November 1918)]]
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