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Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern descended from the ancient immediate Counts of Zollern / Hohenzollern [10: Neue Folge; Band I.1; t. 116-125].

Friedrich IV (+1255), son of Count Friedrich III of Zollern, founded the House of Hohenzollern.

In 1497, Count Eitel-Friedrich II (+1512) acquired Haigerloch exchanging it for Räzüns with the Dukes of Austria.

In 1535, King Ferdinand I of the Romans granted Sigmaringen and Veringen as fief to Count Karl I of Hohenzollern (+1576).
After Karl's death his sons Eitel-Friedrich IV (+1605), Karl II (+1606) and Christoph (+1592) divided his possessions and founded, respectively, the branches Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch.
In 1634, the branch of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch became extinct in the male line, and its possessions passed to the Sigmaringen branch.




1. Hechingen -1850]; +1869

Count Eitel-Friedrich IV (+1605) received the County of Hohenzollern and founded the Hechingen branch.

In 1623, the Roman Emperor granted to Johann-Georg (+1623), son of Eitel-Friedrich IV, the title of Prince of Hohenzollern (primogenit.), and Hohenzollern was elevated to the rank of Princely County [8: Band 2; p.222].

In 1653, Prince Eitel-Friedrich V (+1661) received an individual voice in the Council of Princes of the Imperial Diet.

In 1692, the Roman Emperor granted to all descendents of Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm (+1735) and his brother Hermann-Friedrich (+1733) received the title of Prince.

In July 1806, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen became a sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member.

In 1815, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen joined the German Confederation.

In 1850, Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm-Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (+1869) ceased to be a sovereign ruler, when he ceded Hohenzollern-Hechingen to the King of Prussia. In March 1850, Hohenzollern-Hechingen officially became part of Prussia.

In 1869, with the death of Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm-Konstantin, the Hechingen branch of the House of Hohenzollern became extinct.




List of the Rulers

Joseph-Wilhelm (1717-1798) [1750-1798]
Friedrich (1776-1838) [1810-1838]
Friedrich-Wilhelm (1801-1869) [1838-1850]




Titles

>-1845

Prince of Hohenzollern;
Burgrave of Nuremberg;
Count of Sigmaringen, Veringen;
Lord of Haigerloch, Werstein;




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [6: p.687] [2: p.14]

Swabia:
= The Bench of Secular Princes:
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789 [6: p.687] [2: p.46]

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Hohenzollern;




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [7: p.14]

The Imperial Circle of Swabia:
- Hohenzollern / Zollern;








2. Sigmaringen -1850]

Karl II (+1606), son of Count Karl I of Hohenzollern (+1576), received Sigmaringen and Veringen and founded the Sigmaringen branch.

In 1623, the Roman Emperor granted to Count Johann (+1638), son of Karl II, the title of Prince of Hohenzollern (primogenit.) [8: Band 2; p.223].

In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen received an individual voice in the Council of Princes of the Imperial Diet.

In July 1806, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became a sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member.

In 1815, the Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen joined the German Confederation.

In 1850, Prince Karl-Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (+1885) ceased to be a sovereign ruler, when he ceded Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to the King of Prussia. In March 1850, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen officially became part of Prussia.

Notes:
1. In 1866, Karl (+1914), younger son of Prince Karl-Anton, became Prince of Romania (in 1881 Karl was declared King of Romania). In 1914, Ferdinand (+1927), the second son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, succeeded his uncle Karl in Romania. His family ruled in Romania until Dec 1947.




List of the Rulers

Anton-Alois (1762-1831) [1785-1831]
Karl (1785-1853) [1831-1848]
Karl-Anton (1811-1885) [1848-1850]




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [6: p.687] [2: p.14]

Swabia:
= The Bench of Secular Princes:
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen;




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [7: p.15] [6: 687, 714] [2: p.46]

The Imperial Circle of Swabia:
- Haigerloch;
- Wehrstein / Wöhrstein;


Non-immediate:
The Imperial Circle of Austria:
= under the Territorial Supremacy of Austria =
- Sigmaringen;
- Veringen / Vöringen;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen;




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