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The House of Hohenzollern (/ ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, US also /-n ˈ z ɔː l-,-n t ˈ s ɔː l-/; German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊs hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ; Romanian: Casa de 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 ...
- Before 1061
Apr 22, 2020 · The current head of the Prussian branch of the Hohenzollern family is Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (b. 1976), who has two sons as heirs. The current head of the Catholic, Swabian branch of the house is Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern. His heir is his son, Alexander.
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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.Oct 24, 2022 · Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (German: Georg Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen; born 10 June 1976) is the current head of the Prussian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia. He is the great-great-grandson and historic heir of Wilhelm II, the last ...
- Bremen
- June 10, 1976
- Bremen
Sophie Johanna Maria of Isenburg was born on 7 March 1978 in Frankfurt, West Germany, [2] to Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg (born 1943), and his wife, Countess Christine Saurma, Baroness von und zu der Jeltsch (born 1941). [3] Her father is head of the Birstein branch of the House of Isenburg, a mediatized Catholic line of Princes of the ...
- Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg
- 25 August 2011 - present
- Countess Christine von Saurma-Jeltsch
- Isenburg
Jul 21, 2021 · Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia is the current pretender to the Prussian throne, and head of the Prussian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. He is the direct male-line descendent of Prussia’s last King (and German Emperor), Kaiser Wilhelm II. Georg Friedrich Ferdinand was born in Bremen, Germany on June 10, 1976, the only son of Prince ...
Jun 3, 2022 · The current head of the family is Georg Friedrich Ferdinand, who was born in 1976 and is the great-great grandson of Wilhelm II. On his paternal side, Georg Friedrich counts a number of European ...
