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  1. 3 days ago · Hohenzollern Castle, near Hechingen, was built in the mid-19th century by Frederick William IV of Prussia on the remains of the castle founded in the early 11th century. Alpirsbach Abbey, founded by the Hohenzollerns in 1095. Zollern, from 1218 Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

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  3. 3 days ago · The Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle, which concluded the eight-year conflict, recognised Prussia's possession of Silesia, and Maria Theresa ceded the Duchy of Parma to Philip of Spain. France had successfully conquered the Austrian Netherlands, but Louis XV , wishing to prevent potential future wars with Austria, returned them to Maria Theresa.

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    4 days ago · In 1594 Duchess Anna of Prussia, granddaughter of Albert I and daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (reigned 1568–1618), married her cousin Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg. When Albert Frederick died in 1618 without male heirs, John Sigismund was granted the right of succession to the Duchy of Prussia, then still a Polish fief.

  5. Jun 14, 2024 · Upon Duke Johann William's death in 1609, his inheritance was claimed by the heirs of his two eldest sisters: the heir of Maria Eleonora of Cleves (1550–1608), the eldest sister and married to Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, was Anna of Prussia, the Electress of Brandenburg, a Protestant.

    • Düsseldorf, Jülich-Kleve
    • May 28, 1562
    • "Count of Altena"
  6. Jun 14, 2024 · Genealogy for Wilhelm V «der Reiche» von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, Herzog von Jülich, von Kleve & von Berg (1516 - 1592) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.

    • Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
    • July 28, 1516
  7. Jun 21, 2024 · The history of the house of Habsburg for the century following the Congress of Vienna is inseparable from that of the Austrian Empire, a bastion of monarchical conservatism that the forces of nationalism—German, Italian, Hungarian, Slav, and Romanian—gradually eroded.

  8. Jun 22, 2024 · Prussia, once a significant power in Europe, encompassed parts of modern-day Germany, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. Its vast territory spanned the North European Plain, stretching across southern and eastern regions.