Editing House of Hohenzollern (section)

===House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849===
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[[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"/>