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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.
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The Hechingen and Sigmaringen branches attained princely rank in 1623 but surrendered their sovereign status to Prussia in 1849. With the extinction of the Hechingen branch 20 years later, Charles Anton, head of the Sigmaringen, received the style prince ( Fürst) von Hohenzollern, without territorial qualification.
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Apr 22, 2020 · When these two Franconian lines were once again unified in 1618, the Kingdom of Prussia was able to emerge soon after, in 1701. And this event eventually led to the Unification of Germany and the emergence of the German Empire in 1871. And with that, Hohenzollerns became the hereditary Emperors and Kings of Prussia.
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The junior Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Ruling the minor German principalities of Hechingen, Sigmaringen and Haigerloch, this branch of the family decided to remain Roman Catholicand from 1567 onwards split into the Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-H...
The princes of the House of Hohenzollern earned a reputation for their military prowess.Frederick William I (1713-1740), the "Soldier King," created Prussia's standing army, which was among the largest and best in Europe. Prussia has been described as not so much a country with an army, but an army with a country. The Hohenzollern princes believed ...
Dwork, Deborah, and R.J. van Pelt. 1996. Auschwitz, 1270 to the Present. New York, NY: Norton. ISBN 9780393039337.Ludwig, Emil, and Ethel Colburn Mayne. 1927. Wilhelm Hohenzollern, the Last of the Kaisers. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 9780404040673.Nelson, Walter Henry. 1971. The Soldier Kings: The House of Hohenzollern. London, UK: Dent. ISBN 9780460039970.Nischan, Bodo. 1994. Prince, People, and Confession: The Second Reformation in Brandenburg. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812232424.The Wittelsbachs were one of the more important dynasties in European history. They rule… Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern (hō´ən-tsôl´ərn), German princely family that ruled Brandenburg (1415–1918), Prussia (1525–1918), and Germany (1871–1918). Originating i…
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Leopold Stephan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo Fürst von Hohenzollern; 22 September 1835 – 8 June 1905) was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and played a fleeting role in European power politics in connection with the Franco-Prussian War.
The first ancestors of the Hohenzollerns were mentioned in 1061. The House of Hohenzollern is a formerly royal German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.
