Editing House of Hohenzollern (section)

==Swabian branch==
[[File:Schloss Sigmaringen Wappen.jpg|thumb|right|Combined coat of arms of the House of [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (1849)]]
The cadet Swabian<ref name="autogenerated178">''Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe'', Jiří Louda & Michael Maclagan, 1981, pp. 178–179.</ref> branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by [[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern]]. The family ruled three territories with seats at, respectively, [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Hechingen]], [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Sigmaringen]] and [[House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Haigerloch]]. The counts were elevated to princes in 1623. The Swabian branch of the Hohenzollerns is [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]].

Affected by economic problems and internal feuds, the Hohenzollern counts from the 14th century onwards came under pressure by their neighbors, the Counts of [[Württemberg]] and the cities of the [[Swabian League]], whose troops besieged and finally destroyed Hohenzollern Castle in 1423. Nevertheless, the Hohenzollerns retained their estates, backed by their Brandenburg cousins and the Imperial [[House of Habsburg]]. In 1535, Count [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I of Hohenzollern]] (1512–1576) received the counties of [[Sigmaringen#History|Sigmaringen]] and [[Veringenstadt|Veringen]] as Imperial fiefs.<ref name="ghda"/>

In 1576, when [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern]] died, his county was divided to form the three Swabian branches. [[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick IV]] took [[Hohenzollern Castle|Hohenzollern]] with the title of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, [[Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Karl II]] took Sigmaringen and Veringen, and [[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Christopher]] got Haigerloch. Christopher's family died out in 1634.

* [[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] (1545–1605)
* [[Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (1547–1606)
* [[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]] (1552–1592)

In 1695, the remaining two Swabian branches entered into an agreement with the Margrave of Brandenburg, which provided that if both branches became extinct, the principalities should fall to Brandenburg. Because of the [[Revolutions of 1848]], [[Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Constantine]], Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton]], Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen abdicated their thrones in December 1849. The principalities were ruled by the Kings of Prussia from December 1849 onwards, with the Hechingen and Sigmaringen branches obtaining official treatment as cadets of the Prussian royal family.

The Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct in 1869. A descendant of this branch was [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Countess Sophie Chotek]], [[morganatic marriage|morganatic wife]] of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Lotharingen]].
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File:Sigmaringen Schloss 2015-04-29 15-52-34.jpg|[[Sigmaringen Castle]]
File:Neues Schloss (Hechingen).JPG|[[New Castle (Hechingen)|The New Castle]], Hechingen
File:Schlosskirche Haigerloch 2010.JPG|[[Haigerloch]] Castle
</gallery>

===Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)===
[[File:Hohenzollern-herb-rodowy.jpg|75px|right]]
[[File:German Empire - Prussia - Hohenzollern (1871).svg|thumb|Hohenzollern region, in present-day [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]] (red color) and their Prussian cousins' kingdom (light beige)]]

In 1204, the County of Hohenzollern was established out of the fusion of the County of Zollern and the [[Burgraviate of Nuremberg]]. The Swabian branch inherited the county of Zollern and, being descended from Frederick I of Nuremberg, were all named "Friedrich" down through the 11th generation.<ref name="huberty">{{cite book | title=L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome V – Hohenzollern-Waldeck | publisher=Laballery |author1=Huberty, Michel |author2=Giraud, Alain |author3=Magdelaine, F. |author4=B. | year=1989 | location=France | pages=30, 33| isbn=2-901138-05-5}}</ref> Each one's numeral is counted from the first Friedrich to rule his branch's [[appanage]].<ref name="huberty"/>

The most senior of these in the 14th century, Count [[Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern|Frederick VIII]] (d. 1333), had two sons, the elder of whom became [[Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick IX]] (d. 1379), first Count of Hohenzollern, and fathered Friedrich X who left no sons when he died in 1412.<ref name="huberty"/>

But the younger son of Friedrich VIII, called ''Friedrich of Strassburg'', uniquely, took no numeral of his own, retaining the old title "Count of Zollern" and pre-deceased his brother in 1364/65.<ref name="huberty"/> Prince Wilhelm Karl zu Isenburg's 1957 genealogical series, ''[[Europäische Stammtafeln]]'', says Friedrich of Strassburg shared, rather, in the rule of Zollern with his elder brother until his premature death.<ref name="huberty"/>

It appears, but is not stated, that Strassburg's son became the recognized co-ruler of his cousin Friedrich X (as compensation for having received no appanage and/or because of incapacity on the part of Friedrich X) and, as such, assumed (or is, historically, attributed) the designation [[Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XI]] although he actually pre-deceased Friedrich X, dying in 1401.

Friedrich XI, however, left two sons who jointly succeeded their cousin-once-removed, being Count [[Frederick XII, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XII]] (d. childless 1443) and Count Eitel Friedrich I (d. 1439), the latter becoming the ancestor of all subsequent branches of the Princes of Hohenzollern.<ref name="huberty"/>

* 1204–1251/1255: [[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick IV]], also Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick II until 1218
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* 1251/1255–1289: [[Frederick V, Count of Zollern|Frederick V]]
* 1289–1298: [[Frederick VI, Count of Zollern|Frederick VI]] (d. 1298), son of
* 1298–1309: [[Frederick VII, Count of Zollern|Frederick VII]] (d. after 1309), son of 
* 1309–1333: [[Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern|Frederick VIII]] (d. 1333), brother of 
* 1333–1377: [[Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick IX]]
* 1377–1401: [[Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XI]]
* 1401–1426: [[Frederick XII, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XII]]
* 1426–1439: Eitel Frederick I, brother of
* 1433–1488: [[Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern|Jobst Nicholas I]] (1433–1488), son of
* 1488–1512: [[Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick II]] (c. 1452–1512), son of
* 1512–1525: [[Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick III]] (1494–1525), son of
* 1525–1575: [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I]] (1516–1576), son of

In the 12th century, a son of [[Frederick I, Count of Zollern|Frederick I]] secured the county of [[Count of Hohenberg|Hohenberg]]. The county remained in the possession of the family until 1486.

The influence of the Swabian line was weakened by several partitions of its lands. In the 16th century, the situation changed completely when [[Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick II]], a friend and adviser of the emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]], received the district of [[Haigerloch]]. His grandson [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I]] was granted the counties of Sigmaringen and Vehringen by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].

===Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)===
[[File:Klosterkirche Stetten (Hechingen).JPG|thumb|Stetten Abbey church in [[Hechingen]], the burial place of the Swabian line]]
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[[File:Hohenzollern-Hechingen-1.PNG|75px|left]]
The [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] was established in 1576 with [[allodial]] rights. It included the original County of Zollern, with the [[Hohenzollern Castle]] and the monastery at Stetten.

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]].<ref name="ghda"/> The Hechingen branch became extinct in dynastic line with Konstantin's death in 1869.

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!width=10%|Portrait
!width=15%|Name<br />
!width=15%|Dynastic Status
!width=10%|Reign
!width=10%|Birth
!width=10%|Death
!width=15%|Marriages
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Eitelivs Fridericvs Comes Zollerensis.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Friedrich IV]]
|align="center"|Son of [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I]]
|align="center"|1576–1605
|align="center"|1545
|align="center"|1605
|align="center"|Veronica of Ortenburg<br>
Sibylle of Zimmern<br>
Johanna of Eberstein
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Johann Georg]]
|align="center"|Son of<br>
<small>raised to Prince in 1623</small>
|align="center"|1605–1623
|align="center"|1577
|align="center"|1623
|align="center"|Franziska of Salm-Neufville
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Eitel Frederick II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Eitel Frederick V]]
|align="center"|Son of<br>
<small>also count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen</small>
|align="center"|1623–1661
|align="center"|1601
|align="center"|1661
|align="center"|Maria Elisabeth van Bergh 's-Heerenberg 
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Philipp]]
|align="center"|Brother of
|align="center"|1661–1671
|align="center"|1616
|align="center"|1671
|align="center"|Marie Sidonie of Baden-Rodemachern
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm, Fùrst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1663-1735).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Friedrich Wilhelm]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1671–1735
|align="center"|1663
|align="center"|1735
|align="center"|Maria Leopoldina of Sinzendorf<br>
Maximiliane Magdalena of Lützau
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Friedrich Ludwig]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1735–1750
|align="center"|1688
|align="center"|1750
|align="center"|unmarried
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JosefHohenzollernHechingen.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Josef Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Josef Friedrich Wilhelm]]
|align="center"|Son of Herman Frederick of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
|align="center"|1750–1798
|align="center"|1717
|align="center"|1798
|align="center"|Maria Theresia Folch de Cardona y Silva<br>
Maria Theresia of Waldburg-Zeil
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Hermannhohenzollern.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Hermann]]
|align="center"|Son of Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
|align="center"|1798–1810
|align="center"|1751
|align="center"|1810
|align="center"|Louise of Merode-Westerloo<br>
Maximiliane of Gavre<br>
Maria Antonia of Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Friedrich Hermann Otto]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1810–1838
|align="center"|1776
|align="center"|1838
|align="center"|[[Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan|Pauline, Duchess of Sagan]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Konstantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Constantine]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1838–1849
|align="center"|1801
|align="center"|1869
|align="center"|[[Eugénie de Beauharnais]]<br>
Amalie Schenk von Geyern
|}

===Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)===
{{main|Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|l1=Hohenzollern-Haigerloch}}
[[File:Wappen Haigerloch.svg|right|75px]]

The [[House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|County of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]] was established in 1576 without allodial rights.

* 1576–1601 : [[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Christopher]] (1552–1592), son of [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I of Hohenzollern]]
* 1601–1623 : [[Johann Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|John Christopher]] (1586–1620), son of 
* 1601–1634 : [[Charles, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Charles]] (1588–1634)

Between 1634 and 1681, the county was temporarily integrated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

* 1681–1702: [[Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Francis Anthony, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]]
* 1702–1750: [[Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]
* 1750–1767: [[Franz Christoph Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Francis Christopher Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]

Upon the death of Francis Christopher Anton in 1767, the Haigerloch territory was incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

===Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)===
[[File:Sigmaringen Schloss BW 2015-04-28 17-37-14.jpg|thumb|Sigmaringen Castle]]
{{main|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|l1=Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen}}
The County of [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] was established in 1576 with allodial rights and a seat at [[Sigmaringen Castle]].
[[File:Hohenzollern-2.PNG|75px|left]]
In December 1849, sovereignty over the principality was yielded to the Franconian branch of the family and incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], which accorded status as cadets of the Prussian Royal Family to the Swabian Hohenzollerns. The last ruling Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton]], would later serve as [[Minister President of Prussia]] between 1858 and 1862.

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!width=10%|Portrait
!width=15%|Name<br />
!width=15%|Dynastic Status
!width=10%|Reign
!width=10%|Birth
!width=10%|Death
!width=15%|Marriages
|-
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Karl II hohenzollern.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Charles II]]
|align="center"|Son of [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I]]
|align="center"|1576–1606
|align="center"|1547
|align="center"|1606
|align="center"|Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein<br>
Elisabeth of Palant
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Jean de Hohenzollern 1578-1638.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Johann]]
|align="center"|Son of<br>
<small>elevated to Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1623</small>
|align="center"|1606–1638
|align="center"|1578
|align="center"|1638
|align="center"|Johanna of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Meinrad von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad I]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1638–1681
|align="center"|1605
|align="center"|1681
|align="center"|Anna Marie of Törring at Seefeld
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Maximilien I de Hohenzollern.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Maximilian I]] 
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1681–1689
|align="center"|1636
|align="center"|1689
|align="center"|Maria Clara of Berg-'s-Heerenberg
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad II]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1689–1715
|align="center"|1673
|align="center"|1715
|align="center"|Johanna Catharina of Montfort
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JosefFriedrErnstHohenzSig.jpg|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Joseph Friedrich Ernst]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1715–1769
|align="center"|1702
|align="center"|1769
|align="center"|Marie Franziska of Oettingen-Spielberg<br>
Judith of Closen-Arnstorf<br>
Maria Theresa of Waldburg-Trauchburg
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Coat of Arms of House of Hohenzollern (small).png|50px]]
|align="center"|[[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Karl Friedrich]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1769–1785
|align="center"|1724
|align="center"|1785
|align="center"|Johanna of Hohenzollern-Bergh
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Adel im Wandel401.jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Anton Aloys]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1785–1831
|align="center"|1762
|align="center"|1831
|align="center"|[[Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg|Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Adel im Wandel403.jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Karl]] 
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1831–1848
|align="center"|1785
|align="center"|1853
|align="center"|[[Marie Antoinette Murat]]<br>
[[Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst|Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Richard Lauchert - Fürst Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885).jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1848–1849
|align="center"|1811
|align="center"|1885
|align="center"|[[Princess Josephine of Baden|Josephine of Baden]]
|}

===House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849===
{{main|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|l1=House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen}}
[[File:Karte-Hohenzollern.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Map of the Prussian [[Province of Hohenzollern]] after 1850]]
[[File:Graf von dem Bergh, Fotografie Fürst Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern.jpg|thumb|[[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern]], head of the Swabian branch]]
The family continued to use the title of Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After the Hechingen branch became extinct in 1869, the Sigmaringen branch adopted title of ''Prince of Hohenzollern''.
* 1849–1885: [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton]] I (1811–1885)
* 1885–1905: [[Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern|Leopold I]] (1835–1905), son of
* 1905–1927: [[William, Prince of Hohenzollern|William I]] (1864–1927), son of
* 1927–1965: [[Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern|Frederick I]] (1891–1965), son of 
* 1965–2010: [[Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern|Friedrich Wilhelm I]] (1924–2010), son of 
* 2010–present: [[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern|Karl Friedrich I]] (1952–), son of
* [[heir apparent]]: Alexander

In 1866, [[Carol I of Romania|Prince Charles]] of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was chosen [[United Principalities|prince of Romania]], becoming [[King of Romania|King]] Carol I of Romania in 1881.

Charles's elder brother, [[Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern]], was offered the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish throne]] in 1870 after a revolt exiled [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]] in 1868. Although encouraged by [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck]] to accept, Leopold declined in the face of French opposition. Nonetheless, Bismarck altered and then published the [[Ems Dispatch|Ems telegram]] to create a ''[[casus belli]]'': France declared war, but Bismarck's Germany won the [[Franco-Prussian War]].

The head of the Sigmaringen branch (the only extant line of the Swabian branch of the dynasty) is [[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern|Karl Friedrich]], styled ''His Highness'' The Prince of Hohenzollern. His official seat is [[Sigmaringen Castle]].<ref name="ghda"/>