Search results
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.
- Before 1061
Albert Franz Josef Karl Friedrich Georg Hubert Maria, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Teschen (In German: Erzherzog Albrecht Franz Josef Karl Friedrich Georg Hubert Maria von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen) – (24 July 1897 – 23 July 1955) was a member of the House of Habsburg and titular pretender to the ...
- Irene Dora Lelbach, Katalin Bocskay de Felsö-Bánya, Lydia Strauss-Dorner
- Habsburg-Lorraine
The ancestral home of the House of Hohenzollern, Swabia, Germany. The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince-electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the eleventh century.
People also ask
Who were the Hohenzollerns?
Where did Hohenzollern come from?
Where did the Hohenzollern dynasty come from?
Is Hohenzollern a German king?
Prince Frederick Henry Albert of Prussia (German: Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht; 4 October 1809 – 14 October 1872) was the fifth son and youngest child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His parents had fled to East Prussia after the occupation of Berlin by Napoleon, and Albert was born in Königsberg.
- 4 October 1809, Königsberg
- 14 October 1872 (aged 63), Berlin
- Charlottenburg Palace Park Mausoleum, Berlin
- Hohenzollern
In 1713, Charles VI of the Habsburg dynasty issued an edict known as the Pragmatic Sanction, which aimed to ensure that the Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter. The Pragmatic Sanction did not affect the office of Holy Roman Emperor because the Imperial crown was elective, not hereditary, although successive elected ...
In 1741 the Prince Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria was elected ruler over the Holy Roman Empire and crowned emperor as Charles VII the following year. This was a heavy blow to the self-esteem of the court at Vienna, which considered the Habsburgs as having a virtually hereditary claim to the imperial title.
Friedrich von Amerling: Emperor Franz II/I in the Austrian Imperial Mantle, 1832, oil on canvas Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon at St. Bernhard, 1802/1803, oil on canvas When Emperor Leopold II died suddenly after ruling for only two years (1790-1792), he was followed on the throne by his 24-year-old son Franz II.
