Editing House of Hohenzollern (section)

===Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)===
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[[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]].