Editing House of Hohenzollern

{{Short description|German royal and imperial dynasty}}
{{redirect|Hohenzollern}}
{{Royal house
| surname = House of Hohenzollern
| estate = Germany, Prussia, Romania, Russia
| coat of arms = Wappen Hohenzollern 2.svg
| country = [[Germany]], [[Romania]]
| parent house = 
| titles = {{ubl|[[German Emperor]]|Count of Zollern|[[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]]|[[Duchy of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]|[[Burgrave of Nuremberg]]|[[Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]]|[[Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]|[[Kingdom of Prussia|King of Prussia]]|[[King in Prussia]]|[[Kingdom of Romania|King of Romania]]|[[Grand Master of the Teutonic Order]]|[[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] (before 1869)|[[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] (before 1869)|Prince of Hohenzollern (after 1869)|[[Prince of Neuchâtel]] (1707–1807, 1814–1857)}}[[Principality of Romania|Prince of Romania]] Grand Voevode of Alba Iulia
| etymology = [[Hohenzollern Castle]]
| founder = [[Burkhard I, Lord of Zollern]]
| final ruler = {{ubl|Germany and Prussia:<br />[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] (1888–1918)|Romania:<br />[[Michael I of Romania|King Michael I]] (1927–1930, 1940–1947)}}
| current head = {{ubl|Germany and Prussia:<br />[[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia|Prince Georg Friedrich]] (1994–present)|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen:<br />[[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern|Prince Karl Friedrich]] (2010–present)<!--Romania broke off ties-->}}
| founding year = Before 1061
| deposition = {{ubl|Germany and Prussia:<br />1918: [[Abdication of Wilhelm II]]|Romania:<br />1947: [[Michael I of Romania#Forced abdication|Abdication of Michael I]]}}
| cadet branches = {{ubl|[[#Brandenburg-Prussian branch|Brandenburg-Prussian branch]]|[[#Swabian branch|Swabian branch]]|[[Romanian royal family|Romanian branch]]}}
}}
The '''House of Hohenzollern''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|oʊ|ə|n|ˈ|z|ɒ|l|ər|n}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|-|n|ˈ|z|ɔː|l|-|,_|-|n|t|ˈ|s|ɔː|l|-}};<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Hohenzollern|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hohenzollern|title=Hohenzollern|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190518090450/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Hohenzollern "Hohenzollern"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Hohenzollern |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214034003/https://www.lexico.com/definition/hohenzollern |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-14 |title=Hohenzollern |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Hohenzollern|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> {{langx|de|Haus Hohenzollern}}, {{IPA|de|ˌhaʊs hoːənˈtsɔlɐn|pron|De-Haus Hohenzollern.ogg}}; {{langx|ro|Casa de Hohenzollern}}) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German [[dynasty]] whose members were variously [[prince]]s, [[Prince-elector|electors]], [[king]]s and [[emperors]] of [[Hohenzollern Castle|Hohenzollern]], [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], [[Prussia]], the [[German Empire]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]]. The family came from the area around the town of [[Hechingen]] in [[Swabia]] during the late 11th century and took their name from [[Hohenzollern Castle]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/268949/Hohenzollern-Dynasty| title = Encyclopædia Britannica. ''Hohenzollern Dynasty''}}</ref> The first ancestors of the Hohenzollerns were mentioned in 1061.

The Hohenzollern family split into two branches, the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Swabia]]n branch and the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Burgraviate of Nuremberg#List of burgraves|Franconian branch]],<ref name="ghda">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIX. "Haus Hohenzollern". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2011, pp. 30–33. {{ISBN|978-3-7980-0849-6}}.</ref> which ruled the [[Burgraviate of Nuremberg]] and later became the [[Brandenburg-Prussia]]n branch. The Swabian branch ruled the principalities of [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] and [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] until 1849, and also ruled Romania from 1866 to 1947. Members of the Franconian branch became Margrave of Brandenburg in 1415 and [[Duchy of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]] in 1525.

The Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia were ruled in [[personal union]] after 1618 and were called Brandenburg-Prussia. From there, the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] was created in 1701, eventually leading to the [[unification of Germany]] and the creation of the German Empire in 1871, with the Hohenzollerns as hereditary [[German Emperor]]s and Kings of Prussia.

Germany's defeat in [[World War I]] in 1918 led to the [[German Revolution of 1918–19|German Revolution]]. The [[Abdication of Wilhelm II|Hohenzollerns were overthrown]] and the [[Weimar Republic]] was established, thus bringing an end to the [[Monarchy of Germany|German and Prussian monarchy]]. [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]], is the current head of the formerly royal Prussian line, while [[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern]], is the head of the formerly princely Swabian line.<ref name="ghda"/>

==County of Zollern==
[[File:Burg Hohenzollern ak.jpg|thumb|left|[[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.]] 
[[File:Alpirsbach Kloster Kirche innen.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Alpirsbach Abbey]], founded by the Hohenzollerns in 1095]]
Zollern, from 1218 Hohenzollern, was a [[county]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Later its capital was [[Hechingen]].

The Hohenzollerns named their estates after [[Hohenzollern Castle]] in the [[Swabian Jura|Swabian Alps]]. The Hohenzollern Castle lies on an 855 meters high mountain called [[Hohenzollern (mountain)|Hohenzollern]]. It still belongs to the family today.

The dynasty was first mentioned in 1061. According to the medieval chronicler [[Berthold of Reichenau]], [[Burkhard I, Count of Zollern]] (''de Zolorin'') was born before 1025 and died in 1061.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC&dq=%22The+Hohenzollern+dynasty+is%22&pg=PA364| title = Jeep, John. ''Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia''| isbn = 9780824076443| last1 = Jeep| first1 = John M.| year = 2001| publisher = Psychology Press}}</ref>

In 1095, Count Adalbert of Zollern founded the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] [[Alpirsbach Abbey|monastery of Alpirsbach]], situated in the [[Black Forest]].

The Zollerns received the [[Graf]] title from Emperor [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] in 1111.

As loyal vassals of the Swabian [[Hohenstaufen]] dynasty, they were able to significantly enlarge their territory. Count [[Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick III]] ({{Circa|1139|1200}}) accompanied Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]] against [[Henry the Lion]] in 1180, and through his marriage was granted the [[Burgraviate of Nuremberg]] by Emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] in 1192. In about 1185, he married Sophia of [[Burg Raabs an der Thaya|Raabs]], the daughter of [[Conrad II of Raabs|Conrad II]], Burgrave of Nuremberg.<ref name="ghda"/> After the death of Conrad II who left no male heirs, Frederick III was granted Nuremberg as [[Burgrave]] Frederick I.

In 1218, the burgraviate passed to Frederick's elder son [[Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Conrad I]], he thereby became the ancestor of the [[Franconia]]n Hohenzollern branch, which acquired the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Electorate of Brandenburg]] in 1415.<ref name="ghda"/>{{clear left}}

===Counts of Zollern (1061–1204)===
* until 1061: [[Burkhard I, Count of Zollern|Burkhard I]]<ref name="ghda"/>
* before 1125: [[Frederick I, Count of Zollern|Frederick I]]<ref name="ghda"/>
* between {{Circa|1125}} and 1142: [[Frederick II of Zollern|Frederick II]], eldest son of Frederick I<ref name="Schmid">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6ZY4AAAAYAAJ |quote=schmid zollern. |title=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg|last1=Schmid |first1=Ludwig |year=1862 |work=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Anhang. Historisch-topographische Zusammenstellung der Grafschaft und Besitzungen des Hauses Zollern-Hohenberg |publisher=Gebrüder Scheitlin|location=Google Books|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>{{rp|XLI}}
* between {{Circa|1143}} and 1150–1155: Burkhard II, 2nd oldest son of Frederick I<ref name="Schmid"/>{{rp|XLI}}
* between {{Circa|1150}}–1155 and 1160: Gotfried of Zimmern, 4th oldest son of Frederick I<ref name="Schmid"/>{{rp|XLI}}
* before 1171&nbsp;– {{Circa|1200}}: [[Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick III/I]] (son of Frederick II, also [[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of Nuremberg]])

After Frederick's death, his sons partitioned the family lands between themselves:
* [[Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Conrad I]] received the county of Zollern and exchanged it for the Burgraviate of Nuremberg with his younger brother Frederick IV in 1218, thereby founding the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. Members of the Franconian line eventually became the [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] branch and later converted to [[Protestantism]].
* [[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick IV]] received the burgraviate of Nuremberg in 1200 from his father and exchanged it for the county of Zollern in 1218 with his brother, thereby founding the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, which remains [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref name="ghda"/>

==Franconian branch==
The senior Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186–1261).

The family supported the [[House of Hohenstaufen|Hohenstaufen]] and [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] rulers of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] during the 12th to 15th centuries, being rewarded with several territorial grants. Beginning in the 16th century, this branch of the family became Protestant and decided on expansion through marriage and the purchase of surrounding lands.

In the first phase, the family gradually added to their lands, at first with many small acquisitions in the Franconian region of [[Germany]]:
* [[Ansbach]] in 1331
* [[Kulmbach]] in 1340

In the second phase, the family expanded their lands further with large acquisitions in the Brandenburg and Prussian regions of Germany and present-day Poland:
* [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] in 1417
* [[Duchy of Prussia]] in 1525
These acquisitions eventually transformed the Franconian Hohenzollerns from a minor German princely family into one of the most important dynasties in Europe.

From 8 January 1701 the title of Elector of Brandenburg was attached to the title of [[King in Prussia|King ''in'' Prussia]] and, from 13 September 1772, to that of King ''of'' Prussia.

===Burgraves of Nuremberg (1192–1427)===
[[File:Arms of the house of Hohenzollern, as Burgraves of Nuremberg.svg|right|75px]]
[[File:Ansbach-Bayreuth.png|thumb|Region of Nuremberg, Ansbach, Kulmbach and Bayreuth ([[Franconia]])]]
{{main|Burgraviate of Nuremberg}}

* 1192–1200/1204: [[Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick I]] (also count of Zollern as Frederick III)
* 1204–1218: [[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick II]] (son of, also count of Zollern as Frederick IV)
* 1218–1261/1262: [[Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Conrad I/III]] (brother of, also count of Zollern)
* 1262–1297: [[Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick III]] ({{Circa|1220}}–1297), son of
* 1297–1300: [[John I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John I]] (c. 1279–1300), son of
* 1300–1332: [[Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick IV]] (1287–1332), brother of
* 1332–1357: [[John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John II]] (c. 1309–1357), son of
* 1357–1397: [[Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick V]] (before 1333–1398), son of

At Frederick V's death on 21 January 1398, his lands were partitioned between his two sons:

* 1397–1420: [[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John III/I]] (son of, also [[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]])
* 1397–1427: [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick VI/I/I]], (brother of, also [[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector]] and [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]], also [[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] and Brandenburg-Kulmbach)

After [[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John III/I]]'s death on 11 June 1420, the margraviates of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach were briefly reunited under [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick VI/I/I]]. He ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach after 1398. From 1420, he became Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. From 1411 Frederick VI became governor of Brandenburg and later Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I. Upon his death on 21 September 1440, his territories were divided among his sons:

* [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg]]
* [[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg and Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
* [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]]

In 1427 Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg sold [[Nuremberg Castle]] and his rights as burgrave to the [[Free Imperial City of Nuremberg|Imperial City of Nuremberg]]. The territories of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach remained possessions of the family, once parts of the Burgraviate of Nuremberg. 
<gallery>
File:Nürnberger Burg im Herbst 2013.jpg|[[Nuremberg Castle]] (the Emperor's castle, left, and the Burgrave's castle, right)
File:Cadolzburg-burg-wseite-gesamt-v-nw.jpg|[[Cadolzburg]] Castle near Nuremberg (from 1260 seat of the Burgraves)
File:Münster (Heilsbronn).jpg|[[Heilsbronn Abbey]], which the Hohenzollerns used as the family burial place
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===Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1398–1791)===
{{main|Principality of Ansbach}}
[[File:Wappen Brandenburg-Ansbach.svg|right|75px]]

* 1398–1440: [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
* 1440–1486: [[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albert I/I/III Achilles]] (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1486–1515: [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Frederick II/II]] (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
* 1515–1543: [[George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George I/I the Pious]] (son of, also Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf)
* 1543–1603: [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick I/I/I/I]] (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Regent of Prussia)
* 1603–1625: [[Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Joachim Ernst]] (1583–1625), son of [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg|John George of Brandenburg]]
* 1625–1634: [[Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Frederick III]] (1616–1634), son of
* 1634–1667: [[Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Albert II]], brother of
* 1667–1686: [[John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|John Frederick]] (1654–1686), son of
* 1686–1692: [[Christian Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Christian I Albrecht]], son of
* 1692–1703: [[George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick II/II]] (brother of, later Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
* 1703–1723: [[William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|William Frederick]] (before 1686–1723), brother of
* 1723–1757: [[Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Charles William]] (1712–1757), son of
* 1757–1791: [[Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Christian II Frederick]] (1736–1806) (son of, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King [[Frederick William II of Prussia]].

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===Margraves of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1398–1604), later Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1604–1791)===
{{main|Principality of Bayreuth}}
[[File:Wappen Brandenburg Ansbach Kulmbach Bayreuth.jpg|right|75px]]

* 1398–1420: [[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John I]] (c. 1369–1420), son of [[Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick V of Nuremberg]]
* 1420–1440: [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
* 1440–1457: [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|John II]] (1406–1464), son of
* 1457–1486: [[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albert I/I/III Achilles]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1486–1495: [[Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth|Siegmund]] (1468–1495), son of
* 1495–1515: [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Frederick II/II]], brother of (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
* 1515–1527: [[Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Casimir]] (1481–1527), son of
* 1527–1553: [[Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Albert II Alcibiades]] (1522–1557), son of
* 1553–1603: [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick I/I/I/I]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Regent of Prussia)
* 1603–1655: [[Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Christian I]] (1581–1655), son of [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg|John George, of Brandenburg]]
* 1655–1712: [[Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Christian II Ernst]] (1644–1712), son of [[Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Erdmann August]] 
* 1712–1726: [[George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|George I William]] (1678–1726), son of 
* 1726–1735: [[George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|George Frederick II/II]] (previously Margrave of Kulmbach)
* 1735–1763: [[Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Frederick IV]] (1711–1763), son of 
* 1763–1769: [[Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Frederick V Christian]] (1708–1769), son of [[Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach|Christian Heinrich]]
* 1769–1791: [[Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Charles Alexander]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)

On 2 December 1791, Charles Alexander sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia.

===Dukes of Jägerndorf (1523–1622)===
{{main|Duchy of Krnov}}
[[File:Krnov znak.png|right|80px]]
The Duchy of Jägerndorf (Krnov) was purchased in 1523.
* 1541–1543: [[George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George I the Pious]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
* 1543–1603: [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick I]] (also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Regent of Prussia)
* 1603–1606: [[Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim I]] (also Regent of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1606–1621: [[Johann Georg von Brandenburg]]

The duchy of Jägerndorf was confiscated by [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Ferdinand III]] in 1622.

==Brandenburg-Prussian branch==

===Margraves of Brandenburg (1415–1619)===
{{main|Margraviate of Brandenburg}}
[[File:FrederikIboek.jpg|thumb|[[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick VI]] became Margrave of Brandenburg in 1415.]]

[[File:COA family de Markgrafen von Brandenburg (1465).svg|100px|right]]

[[File:Arms of Brandenburg.svg|100px|right]]

In 1411, [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick VI]], Burgrave of the small but wealthy Nuremberg, was appointed governor of Brandenburg in order to restore order and stability. At the [[Council of Constance]] in 1415, King [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] elevated Frederick to the rank of Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I. In 1417, Elector Frederick purchased Brandenburg from its then-sovereign, Emperor Sigismund, for 400,000 Hungarian guilders.

{| class="wikitable"
!Portrait
!Name
!Dynastic Status
!Reign
!Birth
!Death
!Marriages
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Friedrich I. von Brandenburg.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I]]
|align="center"|<small>also as Frederick VI Burgrave of Nuremberg</small> 
|align="center"|1415–1440
|align="center"|1371
|align="center"|1440
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg|Elisabeth of Bavaria]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich II 300f.jpg|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick II]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1440–1471 
|align="center"|1413
|align="center"|1471
|align="center"|[[Catherine of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg|Catherine of Saxony]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:AlbrechtAchilles.jpg|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albrecht III Achilles]]
|align="center"|Brother of
|align="center"|1471–1486
|align="center"|1414
|align="center"|1486
|align="center"|[[Margaret of Baden]]<br>
[[Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg|Anna of Saxony]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JohannCicero1500.JPG|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg|John Cicero]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1486–1499
|align="center"|1455
|align="center"|1499
|align="center"|Margaret of Thuringia
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Lucas Cranach (I) - Joachim I Nestor - Jagdschloss Grunewald.jpg|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim I Nestor]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1499–1535
|align="center"|1484
|align="center"|1535
|align="center"|[[Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg|Elizabeth of Denmark]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JoachimII.vonBrandenburg.JPG|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim II Hector]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1535–1571
|align="center"|1505
|align="center"|1571
|align="center"|[[Magdalena of Saxony]]<br>
[[Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg|Hedwig of Poland]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JohannGeorg1564.JPG|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[John George, Elector of Brandenburg|John George]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1571–1598
|align="center"|1525
|align="center"|1598
|align="center"|[[Sophie of Legnica]]<br>
[[Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]<br>
[[Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:JoachimFriedrichBrandenburg1600.JPG|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim Frederick]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1598–1608
|align="center"|1546
|align="center"|1608
|align="center"|[[Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin]]<br>
[[Eleanor of Prussia]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Johann Sigismund 02 IV 13 2 0026 01 0318 a Seite 1 Bild 0001.jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg|John Sigismund]]
|align="center"|Son of<br>
<small>[[personal union]] with [[Duchy of Prussia|Prussia]] after 1618 called [[Brandenburg-Prussia]].</small>
|align="center"|1608–1619
|align="center"|1572
|align="center"|1619
|align="center"|[[Anna, Duchess of Prussia]]
|}

===Margraves of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1535–1571)===
[[File:DEU Kuestrin-Kietz COA.svg|right|75px]]
{{main|Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin}}
The short-lived [[Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin]] was set up as a [[secundogeniture]] of the House of Hohenzollern.

* 1535–1571: [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin|John the Wise]], Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (son of [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]]). He died without issue. The Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin was absorbed in 1571 into Brandenburg.

===Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1688–1788)===
{{main|Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt|l1=Brandenburg-Schwedt}}
[[File:Wappen der Stadt Schwedt.svg|right|75px]]
Although recognized as a branch of the dynasty since 1688, the [[Brandenburg-Schwedt|Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt]] remained subordinate to the electors, and was never an independent principality.
* 1688–1711: [[Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Philip William]], Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (son of [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg]])
* 1731–1771: [[Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Frederick William]], Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (son of)
* 1771–1788: [[Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Frederick Henry]], Prince in Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg Schwedt (brother of)

===Dukes of Prussia (1525–1701)===
{{main|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=Dukes of Prussia}}
[[File:POL Prusy książęce COA.svg|75px|right]]
[[File:Acprussiamap2.gif|thumb|400px|Growth of [[Brandenburg-Prussia]], 1600–1795]]
In 1525, the [[Duchy of Prussia]] was established as a [[fief]] of the [[List of Polish monarchs|King of Poland]]. [[Albert, Duke in Prussia|Albert of Prussia]] was the last [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master]] of the [[Teutonic Knights]] and the first Duke of Prussia. He belonged to the Ansbach branch of the dynasty. The Duchy of Prussia adopted Protestantism as the official [[state religion]]. 
* 1525–1568: [[Albert, Duke in Prussia|Albert I]]
* 1568–1618: [[Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia|Albert II Frederick]] co-heir (son of)
* 1568–1571: [[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim I/II Hector]] co-heir (also Elector of Brandenburg)
** 1578–1603: [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George Frederick I/I/I/I]] (Regent, also Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf)
** 1603–1608: [[Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim I/I/III Frederick]] (Regent, also Duke of Brandenburg-Jägerndorf and Elector of Brandenburg)
** 1608–1618: [[John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg|John Sigismund]] (Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1618–1619: [[John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg|John Sigismund]] (Regent, also Elector of Brandenburg, after 1618 [[Brandenburg-Prussia]])
* 1619–1640: [[George William, Elector of Brandenburg|George William I/I]] (son of, also Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1640–1688: [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I/III William the Great Elector]] (son of, also Elector of Brandenburg)
* 1688–1701: [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick II/IV/I]] (also Elector of Brandenburg and King in Prussia)

From 1701, the title of Duke of Prussia was attached to the title of King in and of Prussia.

===Kings in Prussia (1701–1772)===
[[File:Arms of East Prussia.svg|75px|left]]
[[File:Preussen 1701 Königsberg.jpg|thumb|Coronation of [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]] in [[Königsberg]]]]
In 1701, the title of [[King in Prussia]] was granted, without the Duchy of Prussia being elevated to a Kingdom within Poland but recognized as a kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor, theoretically the highest sovereign in the West. From 1701 onwards the titles of Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title of King in Prussia. The Duke of Prussia adopted the title of king as [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]], establishing his status as a monarch whose royal territory lay outside the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire, with the assent of Emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]]: Frederick could not be "King of Prussia" because part of Prussia's lands were under the [[suzerainty]] of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]]. In Brandenburg and the other Hohenzollern domains within the borders of the empire, he was legally still an elector under the ultimate overlordship of the emperor. By this time, however, the emperor's authority had become purely nominal over the other German princes outside the immediate hereditary lands of the emperor. Brandenburg was still legally part of the empire and ruled in personal union with Prussia, though the two states came to be treated as one ''de facto.'' The king was officially ''Margrave of Brandenburg'' within the Empire until the Empire's dissolution in 1806. In the age of [[Absolute monarchy|absolutism]], most monarchs were obsessed with the desire to emulate [[Louis XIV of France]] with his luxurious [[Palace of Versailles|palace at Versailles]].

In 1772, the Duchy of Prussia was elevated to a kingdom.
{{See also|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=List of monarchs of Prussia}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Portrait
!Name
!Dynastic Status
!Reign
!Birth
!Death
!Marriages
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Frederick I of Prussia (cropped).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]]<br>
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1701–1713<br /><small>Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg since 1688</small>
|align="center"|1657
|align="center"|1713
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel]]<br>
[[Sophia Charlotte of Hanover]]<br>
[[Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia 1700.jpg|87x87px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick William I]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1713–1740
|align="center"|1688
|align="center"|1740
|align="center"|[[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Antoine Pesne - Friedrich der Große als Kronprinz (1739).jpg|100x100px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick the Great|Frederick II<br /><small>''the Great''</small>]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1740–1772<br /><small>King of Prussia from 1772</small>
|align="center"|1712
|align="center"|1786
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern]]
|}

===Kings of Prussia (1772–1918)===
[[File:Ac.prussiamap3.png|thumb|300px|Expansion of Prussia, 1807–1871]]
[[Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick William]]'s successor, [[Frederick the Great]] gained [[Silesia]] in the [[Silesian Wars]] so that Prussia emerged as a [[great power]]. The king was strongly influenced by French culture and civilization and preferred the French language.

In the 1772 [[First Partition of Poland]], the Prussian king [[Frederick the Great]] annexed neighboring [[Royal Prussia]], i.e., the Polish voivodeships of [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomerania]] ([[Gdańsk Pomerania]] or [[Pomerelia]]), [[Malbork Voivodeship|Malbork]], [[Chełmno Voivodeship|Chełmno]] and the [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia]], thereby connecting his Prussian and [[Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)|Farther Pomeranian]] lands and cutting the rest of Poland from the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast. The territory of [[Warmia]] was incorporated into the lands of former Ducal Prussia, which, by administrative deed of 31 January 1772 were named ''East Prussia''. The former Polish Pomerelian lands beyond the [[Vistula]] River together with Malbork and [[Chełmno Land]] formed the province of [[West Prussia]] with its capital at [[Kwidzyn|Marienwerder]] (Kwidzyn) in 1773. The Polish [[Partition Sejm]] ratified the cession on 30 September 1772, whereafter Frederick officially went on to call himself '''King "of" Prussia'''. From 1772 onwards the titles of Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title King of Prussia.

In 1871, the Kingdom of Prussia became a constituent member of the [[German Empire]], and the King of Prussia gained the additional title of [[German Emperor]].

{{See also|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=List of monarchs of Prussia}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Portrait
!Name
!Dynastic Status
!Reign
!Birth
!Death
!Marriages
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Friedrich Zweite Alt.jpg|102x102px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick the Great|Frederick II<br /><small>''the Great''</small>]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1772–1786<br /><small>King in Prussia since 1740</small>
|align="center"|1712
|align="center"|1786
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Anton Graff - Frederick William II of Prussia.png|101x101px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William II of Prussia|Frederick William II]]
|align="center"|Nephew of
|align="center"|1786–1797
|align="center"|1744
|align="center"|1797
|align="center"|Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg<br>
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm III., König von Preußen (unbekannter Maler).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1797–1840
|align="center"|1770
|align="center"|1840
|align="center"|[[Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]<br>
[[Auguste von Harrach]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (1847).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1840–1861
|align="center"|1795
|align="center"|1861
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[William I, German Emperor|William I]]
|align="center"|Brother of
|align="center"|1861–1888<br /><small>German Emperor from 1871</small>
|align="center"|1797
|align="center"|1888
|align="center"|[[Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Emperor Friedrich III.png|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]]
|align="center"|Son of

|align="center"|1888<br /><small>German Emperor</small>
|align="center"|1831
|align="center"|1888
|align="center"|[[Victoria, Princess Royal]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1888–1918<br /><small>German Emperor</small>
|align="center"|1859
|align="center"|1941
|align="center"|[[Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]<br>
[[Hermine Reuss of Greiz]]
|}

===German Emperors (1871–1918)===
{{main|German Emperor}}
[[File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|right|75px]]
[[File:prussiamap.gif|thumb|upright=1.5|Prussia in the German Empire, 1871–1918]]
In 1871, the German Empire was proclaimed. With the accession of [[William I, German Emperor|William I]] to the newly established imperial German throne, the titles of King of Prussia, Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title of [[German Emperor]].

[[Minister President of Prussia|Prussia's Minister President]] [[Otto von Bismarck]] convinced William that German Emperor instead of Emperor of Germany would be appropriate. He became ''[[primus inter pares]]'' among other German sovereigns.

[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|William II]] intended to develop a [[Imperial German Navy|German navy]] capable of challenging Britain's [[Royal Navy]]. The assassination of [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] on 28 June 1914 set off the chain of events that led to [[World War I]]. As a result of the war, the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires ceased to exist.

In 1918, the German empire was abolished and replaced by the [[Weimar Republic]]. After the outbreak of the German revolution in 1918, both Emperor William II and Crown Prince [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|William]] signed the document of abdication.

<gallery>
File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|[[William I, German Emperor|William I]] (1871–1888)
File:Emperor Friedrich III.png|[[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]] (1888)
File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|William II]] (1888–1918)
</gallery>

===Prussian Hohenzollern religion and religious policy===
The official religion of the state was "bi-confessional". John Sigismund's most significant action was his conversion from [[Lutheranism]] to [[Calvinism]], after he had earlier equalized the rights of Catholics and Protestants in the Duchy of Prussia under pressure from the King of Poland. He was probably won over to Calvinism during a visit to [[Heidelberg]] in 1606, but it was not until 25 December 1613 that he publicly took [[Eucharist|communion]] according to the Calvinist rite. The vast majority of his subjects in Brandenburg, including his wife [[Anna, Duchess of Prussia|Anna of Prussia]], remained deeply Lutheran, however. After the Elector and his Calvinist court officials drew up plans for mass conversion of the population to the new faith in February 1614, as provided for by the rule of ''[[Cuius regio, eius religio]]'' within the [[Holy Roman Empire]], there were serious protests, with his wife backing the Lutherans. This was doubly important as Anna brought with her the duchy of Prussia into the Brandenburg line of the house and the nascent Brandenburg-Prussian state. Resistance was so strong that in 1615, John Sigismund backed down and relinquished all attempts at forcible conversion. Instead, he allowed his subjects to be either Lutheran or Calvinist according to the dictates of their own consciences. Henceforward, Brandenburg-Prussia would be a bi-confessional state, with the ruling Hohenzollern house staying [[Calvinist]].<ref>Christopher Clark ''The Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947'' (Penguin, 2007) pp. 115–121</ref>

This situation persisted until Frederick William III of Prussia. Frederick William was determined to unify the Protestant churches to homogenize their liturgy, organization, and architecture. The long-term goal was to have fully centralized royal control of all the Protestant churches in the [[Prussian Union of churches]]. The merging of the Lutheran and Calvinist (Reformed) confessions to form the United Church of Prussia was highly controversial. Angry responses included a large and well-organized opposition. The crown's aggressive efforts to restructure religion were unprecedented in Prussian history. In a series of proclamations over several years, the ''Church of the Prussian Union'' was formed, bringing together the majority group of Lutherans and the minority group of Reformed Protestants. The main effect was that the government of Prussia had full control over church affairs, with the king himself recognized as the leading bishop.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Christopher Clark|title=Confessional policy and the limits of state action: Frederick William III and the Prussian Church Union 1817–40|journal=Historical Journal|volume= 39|issue=4 |year=1996|pages= 985–1004|jstor=2639865 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X00024730|s2cid=159976974 }}</ref>

==Brandenburg-Prussian branch since 1918 abdication==
[[File:Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen-5835.jpg|thumb|upright|Georg Friedrich, the head of the Prussian Hohenzollerns, and his wife]]
[[File:Oliver Mark - Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen, Burg Hohenzollern 2018.jpg|alt=George Friedrich Prinz von Preussen standing in Hohenzollern Castle.|thumb|George Friedrich photographed by [[Oliver Mark]] in [[Hohenzollern Castle]], Bisingen 2018]]
In June 1926, a [[Expropriation of the Princes in the Weimar Republic|referendum on expropriating the formerly ruling princes of Germany]] without compensation failed and as a consequence, the financial situation of the Hohenzollern family improved considerably. A settlement between the state and the family made [[Cecilienhof]] property of the state but granted a right of residence to Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie. The family also kept the ownership of [[Monbijou Palace]] in Berlin, [[Oleśnica Castle]] in Silesia, [[Rheinsberg Palace]], [[Schwedt]] Palace and other property until 1945.

Since the abolition of the German monarchy, no Hohenzollern claims to imperial or royal prerogatives are recognized by Germany's [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]] of 1949, which guarantees a republic.

The communist government of the [[Soviet occupation zone]] expropriated all landowners and industrialists; the House of Hohenzollern lost almost all of its fortune, retaining a few company shares and [[Hohenzollern Castle]] in [[West Germany]]. The Polish government appropriated the [[Silesia]]n property and the Dutch government seized [[Huis Doorn]], the Emperor's seat in exile.

After [[German reunification]], however, the family was legally able to reclaim their portable property, namely art collections and parts of the interior of their former palaces. Negotiations on the return of or compensation for these assets are not yet completed.

The [[Berlin Palace]], home of the German monarchs, was rebuilt in 2020. The Berlin Palace and the [[Humboldt Forum]] are located in the middle of Berlin.

===Order of succession===
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" |Titular <br /> reign
! scope="col" | Relation to predecessor
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
| 1918–1941
| Succeeded himself as [[pretender]] to the throne.
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|Crown Prince Wilhelm]]
| 1941–1951
| Son of
|-
! scope="row" | [[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia]]
| 1951–1994
| Son of
|-
! scope="row" | [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]]
| since 1994
|Grandson of
|-
! scope="row" | Carl Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
|
| Son of ([[heir apparent]])
|}
<gallery>
File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]], the last incumbent of the throne
File:Kronprinz Wilhelm 1. Leib-Husarenregiment.jpg|[[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|Crown Prinz Wilhelm]]
File:Louis ferdinand c1930.jpg|[[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia|Louis Ferdinand]]
File:Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen1, Pour le Merite 2014.JPG|[[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia|Georg Friedrich]] 
</gallery>

The head of the house is the titular King of Prussia and German Emperor. He also bears a historical claim to the title of [[Prince of Orange]]. Members of this line style themselves princes of Prussia.

[[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]], the current head of the royal Prussian House of Hohenzollern, was married to [[Princess Sophie of Isenburg]] on 27 August 2011. On 20 January 2013, she gave birth to twin sons, Carl Friedrich Franz Alexander and Louis Ferdinand Christian Albrecht, in [[Bremen]]. Carl Friedrich, the elder of the two, is the heir apparent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Website of the House of Hohenzollern: Prinz Georg Friedrich von Preußen|url=http://www.preussen.de/de/familie/prinz_georg_friedrich_von_preussen.html|access-date=2014-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218083041/http://www.preussen.de/de/familie/prinz_georg_friedrich_von_preussen.html|archive-date=2014-02-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Royal House of Hohenzollern table==
[[File:Genealogy of House of Hohenzollern.svg|thumb|center|700px|Table of the Royal Brandenburg-Prussian House of Hohenzollern]]

==Family tree of the House of Hohenzollern==

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A01='''[[Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Conrad I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1218–1261'''<br/>{{Circa|1186}}–1261}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick IV]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1218–1255'''}}<br/>'''[[Frederick IV, Count of Zollern|Frederick II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1204–1218'''<br/>c. 1188–1255}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1261–1297'''<br/>{{Circa|1220}}–1297}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick V, Count of Zollern|Frederick V <br/>{{Small|the Illustrious}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1255–1289'''<br/>?–1289}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John I, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1297–1300'''<br/>{{Circa| 1279}}–1300}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick IV]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1300–1332'''<br/>1287–1332}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A03='''[[Frederick VI, Count of Zollern|Frederick VI <br/>{{Small|the Knight}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1289–1298'''<br/>?–1298}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John II <br/>{{Small|the Acquirer}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1332–1357'''<br/>c. 1309–1357}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick VII, Count of Zollern|Frederick VII]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1298–1309'''<br/>?–1309}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A03='''[[Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern|Frederick VIII <br/>{{Small|Easter Sunday}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1309–1333'''<br/>?–1333}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg|Frederick V]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1357–1397'''<br/>1333–1398}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick IX <br/>{{Small|the Old}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1333–1377/9'''<br/>?–1377/9}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A03='''Frederick'''<br/>{{Small|'''Count of Strasbourg'''}}}}

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A01='''[[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1397–1420'''}}<br/>'''[[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg|John I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1398–1420'''<br/>c. 1369–1420}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#DAA520|
A02='''[[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1415–1440'''}}<br/>'''[[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick VI]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgrave of <br/>Nuremberg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1397–1427'''<br/>1371–1440}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Frederick X, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick X <br/>{{Small|the Younger}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1377/9–1412'''<br/>?–1412}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A04='''[[Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XI <br/>{{Small|the Elder}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1377/9–1401'''<br/>?–1401}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|John II <br/>{{Small|the Alchemist}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1440–1457'''<br/>'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1426–1440'''<br/>1406–1464}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick II <br/>{{Small|the Iron}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1440–1470'''<br/>1413–1471}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albrecht III <br/>Achilles]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1471–1486'''<br/>1414–1486}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''Eitel Frederick I'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1426–1439'''<br/>c. 1384–1439}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A05='''[[Frederick XII, Count of Hohenzollern|Frederick XII]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1401–1426'''<br/>before 1401–1443}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg|John II Cicero]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1486–1499'''<br/>1455–1499}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Frederick II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1486–1536'''<br/>'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1495–1515'''<br/>1460–1536}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth|Siegmund]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1486–1495'''<br/>1468–1495}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern|Jobst Nicholas I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1433–1488'''<br/>1433–1488}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim I <br/>Nestor]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1499–1535'''<br/>1484–1535}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Casimir]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1515–1527'''<br/>1481–1527}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1536–1543'''<br/>1484–1543}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Albert, Duke of Prussia|Albert]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1525–1568'''<br/>1490–1568}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A05='''[[Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1488–1512'''<br/>c. 1452–1512}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim II <br/>Hector]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1535–1571'''<br/>1505–1571}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin|John]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Neumark|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Küstrin]]'''<br/>'''r. 1535–1571'''<br/>1513–1571}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Albert II <br/>Alcibiades]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1527–1553'''<br/>1522–1557}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1543–1603'''<br/>'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Kulmbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1553–1603'''<br/>1539–1603}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''[[Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia|Albert <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1568–1618'''<br/>1553–1618}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A06='''[[Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1512-1525'''<br/>1494–1525}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John George, Elector of Brandenburg|John George]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1571–1598'''<br/>1525–1598}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|Charles I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern (1204–1575)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1525–1576'''<br/>1516–1576}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=[[Hohenzollern-Hechingen|'''{{Small|{{Color|#006600|House of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen}}}}''']]|boxstyle_A01=border-width:0px|
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A03=[[Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|'''{{Small|{{Color|#006600|House of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch}}}}''']]|boxstyle_A03=border-width:0px}}

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A01='''[[Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1598–1608'''<br/>1546–1608}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Christian]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1603–1655'''<br/>1581–1655}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Joachim Ernest]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1603–1625'''<br/>1583–1625}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Frederick IV]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1576–1605'''<br/>1545–1605}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A05='''[[Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Charles II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1576–1606'''<br/>1547–1606}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A06='''[[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Christopher]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1576–1592'''<br/>1552-1592}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg|John <br/>Sigismund]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1608–1619'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1618–1619'''<br/>1572–1619}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Erdmann August, Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Erdman <br/>Augustus]]'''<br/>{{Small|1615–1651}}|
A03='''[[George Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|George Albert]]'''<br/>{{Small|1619–1666}}|
A04='''[[Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Frederick III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1625–1634'''<br/>1616–1634}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''[[Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Albert II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1634–1667'''<br/>1620–1667}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A06='''[[Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|John George]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1605–1623'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1623'''<br/>1577–1623}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A07='''[[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|John]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1606–1623'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1623–1638'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1634–1638'''<br/>1578–1638}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A08='''[[Johann Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|John <br/>Christopher]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1592–1623'''<br/>1586–1623}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[George William, Elector of Brandenburg|George <br/>William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1619–1640'''<br/>1595–1640}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Christian <br/>Ernest]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1655–1712'''<br/>1644–1712}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Christian Henry]]'''<br/>{{Small|1661–1708}}|
A04='''[[John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|John <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1667–1686'''<br/>1654–1686}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''Eitel Frederick V'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1623–1661'''<br/>1601–1661}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A06='''[[Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Philip]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1661–1671'''<br/>1616–1671}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A07='''[[Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1638–1681'''<br/>1605–1681}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A08='''[[Karl, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Charles]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1623–1634'''<br/>1588–1634}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick <br/>William <br/>{{Small|the Great Elector}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1640–1688'''<br/>1620–1688}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A02='''[[George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|George <br/>William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1712–1726'''<br/>1678–1726}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|George Frederick <br/>Charles]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1726–1735'''<br/>1688–1735}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Frederick <br/>Christian]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1763–1769'''<br/>1708–1769}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''[[Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick <br/>William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1671–1735'''<br/>1663–1735}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A06='''Herman Frederick'''|
A07='''[[Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Maximilian I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1681–1689'''<br/>1636–1689}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A08='''[[Franz Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|Francis <br/>Anthony]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1681–1702'''<br/>1657–1702}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01=[[House of Hohenzollern#Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1688–1788)|'''{{Small|{{Color|#006600|Brandenburg-<br/>Schwedt <br/>Branch}}}}''']]|boxstyle_A01=border-width:0px}}

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A01='''[[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I <br/>{{Small|the Mercenary King}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|Duke of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1688–1701'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King in Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1701–1713'''}}<br/>'''[[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1688–1713'''<br/>1657–1713}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Philip <br/>William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Brandenburg-Schwedt|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Schwedt]]'''<br/>'''r. 1688–1711'''<br/>1669–1711}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth|Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1735–1763'''<br/>1711–1763}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Christian Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Christian <br/>Albert]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1686–1692'''<br/>1675–1692}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''[[George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|George <br/>Frederick II <br/>{{Small|the Younger}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1692–1703'''<br/>1678–1703}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A06='''[[William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|William <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1703–1723'''<br/>1686–1723}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A07='''[[Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick <br/>Louis]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1730–1750'''<br/>1688–1750}}|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A08='''[[Josef Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Joseph <br/>Frederick William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1750–1798'''<br/>1717–1798}}|boxstyle_A08=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A09='''Francis Xavier'''|
A10='''[[Meinrad II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1689–1715'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1702–1715'''<br/>1673–1715}}|boxstyle_A10=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A11='''[[Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Ferdinand <br/>Leopold]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1702–1750'''<br/>1692–1750}}|boxstyle_A11=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A12='''[[Franz Christoph Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Francis <br/>Christopher <br/>Anthony]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1750–1767'''<br/>1699–1767}}|boxstyle_A12=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick <br/>William I<br/>{{Small|the Soldier King}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King in Prussia]]'''<br/>'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1713–1740'''<br/>1688–1740}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Frederick <br/>William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Brandenburg-Schwedt|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Schwedt]]'''<br/>'''r. 1731–1771'''<br/>1700–1771}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A03='''[[Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt|Frederick <br/>Henry]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Brandenburg-Schwedt|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Schwedt]]'''<br/>'''r. 1771–1788'''<br/>1709–1788}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Charles William <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1723–1757'''<br/>1712–1757}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A05='''[[Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Herman]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1798–1810'''<br/>1751–1810}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A06='''[[Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Joseph <br/>Frederick <br/>Ernest]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1715–1769'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576–1634 and 1681–1767)|Count of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Haigerloch]]'''<br/>'''r. 1767–1769'''<br/>1702–1769}}|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick the Great|Frederick II<br/>{{Small|the Great}}]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King in Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1740–1772'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1772–1786'''<br/>'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1740–1786'''<br/>1712–1786}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Prince Augustus William of Prussia|Augustus William]]'''<br/>{{Small|1722–1758}}|
A03='''[[Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Alexander]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Principality of Ansbach|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Ansbach]]'''<br/>'''r. 1757–1791'''<br/>'''[[Principality of Bayreuth|Margrave of <br/>Brandenburg-<br/>Bayreuth]]'''<br/>'''r. 1769–1791'''<br/>1736–1806}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#2F4F4F|
A04='''[[Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Frederick <br/>Herman Otto]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1810–1838'''<br/>1776–1838}}|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A05='''[[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Charles <br/>Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1769–1785'''<br/>1724–1785}}|boxstyle_A05=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick William II of Prussia|Frederick <br/>William II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1786–1797'''<br/>1744–1797}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Constantine]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Hechingen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1838–1849'''<br/>1801–1869}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A03='''[[Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Anthony <br/>Alois]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1785–1831'''<br/>1762–1831}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick <br/>William III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1797–1840'''<br/>'''[[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Elector of <br/>Brandenburg]]'''<br/>'''r. 1797–1806'''<br/>1770–1840}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Charles]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1831–1848'''<br/>1785–1853}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick <br/>William IV]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1840–1861'''<br/>1795–1861}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[William I of Prussia|William I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[German Emperor]]'''<br/>'''r. 1871–1888'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1861–1888'''<br/>1797–1888}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A03='''[[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Charles <br/>Anthony]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#Counts, later Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576–1849)|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern-<br/>Sigmaringen]]'''<br/>'''r. 1848–1849'''<br/>'''[[House of Hohenzollern#House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1869–1885'''<br/>1811–1885}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969}}

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A01='''[[Frederick III of Prussia|Frederick III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[German Emperor]]'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1888'''<br/>1831–1888}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern|Leopold]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1885–1905'''<br/>1835–1905}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A03='''[[Carol I of Romania|Charles I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Domnitor|Domnitor of Romania]]'''<br/>'''r. 1866–1881'''<br/>'''[[King of Romania]]'''<br/>'''r. 1881–1914'''<br/>1839–1914}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

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A01='''[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|William II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[German Emperor]]'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Prussia|King of Prussia]]'''<br/>'''r. 1888–1918'''<br/>1859–1941}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#00008B|
A02='''[[William, Prince of Hohenzollern|William]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1905–1927'''<br/>1864–1927}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A03='''[[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[King of Romania]]'''<br/>'''r. 1914–1927'''<br/>1865–1927}}|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

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A01='''[[Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern|Frederick]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[House of Hohenzollern#House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen after 1849|Prince of <br/>Hohenzollern]]'''<br/>'''r. 1927–1965'''<br/>1891–1965}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#696969|
A02='''[[Carol II of Romania|Charles II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[King of Romania]]'''<br/>'''r. 1930–1940'''<br/>1893–1953}}|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700}}

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===Living legitimate members of the Prussian branch===
'''Bold''' signifies heads of the house and numbers shown indicate the pretense to the kingship of Prussia and the German Empire:

{{Tree list}}
* [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[William I, German Emperor|William I]]''' (1797–1888)''
** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]]''' (1831–1888)''
*** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Wilhelm II]]''' (1859–1941)''
**** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince]]''' (1882–1951)''
***** ''[[Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)|Prince Wilhelm of Prussia]] (1906–1940)''
***** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia]]''' (1907–1994)''
****** ''Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1939–2015)'', married non-dynastically and had issue
****** ''[[Prince Michael of Prussia]] (1940–2014)'', twice married non-dynastically and had issue
****** Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia (born 1942), married [[Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg]] (1936–2017) and has issue
****** ''[[Princess Kira of Prussia]] (1943–2004)'', married Thomas Liepsner and had issue
****** ''Louis Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Prussia (1944–1977)''', married Countess Donata of Castell-Rüdenhausen and had issue
******* [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''[[Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen|Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]]''' (born 1976)
******** '''(1)''' Carl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Prussia (born 2013)
******** '''(2)''' Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (born 2013)
******** Princess Emma Marie of Prussia (born 2015)
******** '''(3)''' Prince Heinrich Albert of Prussia (born 2016)
******* Princess Cornelie-Cécile of Prussia (born 1978)
****** '''(4)''' Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia (born 1946)
******* Princess Isabelle Alexandra of Prussia (born 1969)
******* '''(5)''' Prince Christian Ludwig of Prussia (born 1986)
******* Princess Irina of Prussia (born 1988)
****** ''Princess Xenia of Prussia (1949–1992)'', married Per-Edvard Lithander and had issue
***** ''[[Prince Hubertus of Prussia]] (1909–1950)''
***** ''[[Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)|Prince Frederick of Prussia]] (1911–1966)''
****** Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (born 1946), married [[Non-dynastic|non-dynastically]] and has issue
****** Prince Andreas of Prussia (born 1947), married non-dynastically and has issue
****** Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (born 1952), married Philippe Alphonse Achache (born 1945) and has issue
****** Prince Rupert of Prussia (born 1955), married non-dynastically and has issue
****** [[Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington|Princess Antonia of Prussia]] (born 1955), married [[Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington]] (born 1945), and has issue
***** ''[[Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980)|Princess Alexandrine of Prussia]] (1915–1980)'', unmarried without issue
***** ''[[Princess Cecilie of Prussia]] (1917–1975)'', married [[Clyde Kenneth Harris]] (1918–1958) and had issue
**** ''[[Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia]] (1883–1942)'', married [[Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg]] (1879–1964) without issue
**** ''[[Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)|Prince Adalbert of Prussia]] (1884–1948)''
***** ''Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (1915)''
***** ''Princess Victoria Marina of Prussia (1917–1981)'', married Kirby Patterson (1907–1984) and had issue
***** ''[[Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia]] (1919–1989)
****** Princess Marie Louise of Prussia (born 1945), married Count Rudolf of Schönburg-Glauchau and has issue
****** '''(6)''' Prince Adalbert of Prussia (born 1948)
******* '''(7)''' Prince Alexander of Prussia (born 1984)
******* '''(8)''' Prince Christian of Prussia (born 1986)
******* '''(9)''' Prince Philipp of Prussia (born 1986)
**** ''[[Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia]] (1887–1949)''
***** ''Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia (1912–1985)''
****** ''Prince Stephan Alexander (1939–1993)''
**** ''[[Prince Oskar of Prussia]] (1888–1958)''
***** ''Prince Oskar of Prussia (1915–1939)''
***** ''Prince Burchard of Prussia (1917–1988)'', married Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen without issue
***** ''[[Princess Herzeleide of Prussia]] (1918–1989)'', married Karl, Prince Biron von Courland (1907–1982), without issue
***** ''[[Wilhelm Karl Prinz von Preussen|Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia]] (1922–2007)''
****** Princess Donata of Prussia (born 1952)
****** '''(10)''' Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia (born 1955)
****** '''(11)''' [[Oskar Prinz von Preussen|Prince Oscar of Prussia]] (born 1959)
******* '''(12)''' Prince Oskar of Prussia (born 1993)
******* Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (born 1995)
******* '''(13)''' Prince Albert of Prussia (born 1998)
**** ''[[Prince Joachim of Prussia]] (1890–1920)''
***** ''[[Prince Karl Franz of Prussia]] (1916–1975)''
****** [[Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia]] (born 1944), married [[Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia]] (born 1953) and had issue and Nadia Nour El Etreby (born 1949) without issue
****** ''Prince Friedrich Christian of Prussia (1943)''
****** '''(14)''' Prince Franz-Friedrich of Prussia (born 1944), married Gudrun Winkler (born 1949) without issue and Susann Genske (born 1964) without issue
****** Princess Alexandra Maria of Prussia (born 1960), married Alberto Reboa and has issue
****** Princess Désirée Anastasia of Prussia (born 1961), married [[:es:Juan Carlos Gamarra Skeels|Juan Carlos Gamarra y Skeels]] (born 1954) and has issue
**** ''[[Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia]] (1892–1980)'', married [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]] (1887–1953), and had issue
*** ''[[Princess Charlotte of Prussia]] (1860–1919)'', married [[Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]] (1860–1919), and had issue
*** ''[[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] (1862–1929)
**** ''[[Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)|Prince Waldemar of Prussia]] (1889–1945)'', married Princess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1895–1982) without issue
**** ''[[Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)|Prince Sigismund of Prussia]] (1896–1978)''
***** ''Princess Barbara of Prussia (1920–1994)'', married [[Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg]] (1912–1996) and had issue
***** ''Prince Alfred of Prussia (1924–2013)'', married Maritza Farkas (1929–1996) without issue
**** ''[[Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] (1900–1904)''
*** ''[[Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)|Prince Sigismund of Prussia]] (1864–1866)''
*** ''[[Princess Viktoria of Prussia]] (1866–1929)'', married [[Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe]] (1859–1916) without issue and Alexander Zoubkoff without issue
*** ''[[Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)|Prince Waldemar of Prussia]] (1868–1879)''
*** ''[[Sophia of Prussia|Princess Sophia of Prussia]] (1870–1932)'', married [[Constantine I of Greece]] (1868–1923) and had issue
*** ''[[Princess Margaret of Prussia]] (1872–1954)'', married [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]] (1868–1940) and had issue
** ''[[Princess Louise of Prussia]] (1838–1923)'', married [[Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden]] (1851–1928), and had issue
{{Tree list/end}}

==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]].
<gallery>
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
<!-- In 1218, the inheritance was split: the Swabian branch of the Family got the County of Hohenzollern, the Franconian branch got the Burgraviate of Nuremberg, and later the Electorate of Brandenburg, the Kingdom of Prussia, etc. -->
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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]]
{{main|Hohenzollern-Hechingen|l1=Hohenzollern-Hechingen}}
[[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.

{|width=100% class="wikitable"
!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===
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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"/>

==Kings of the Romanians==
{{main|Kingdom of Romania}}
[[File:Kingdom of Romania - Small CoA.svg|75px|right]]

===Reigning (1866–1947)===
[[File:Crowning of Carol I, 10 May 1881.jpg|thumb|left|Coronation of [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]] in [[Bucharest]]]]
[[File:Romania territory during 20th century.gif|thumb|Evolution of Romania]]
The [[United Principalities|Principality of Romania]] was established in 1862, after the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] vassal states of [[Wallachia]] and [[Moldavia]] had been united in 1859 under [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]] as [[Domnitor|Prince of Romania]] in a [[personal union]]. He was deposed in 1866 by the Romanian parliament.

[[Carol I of Romania|Prince Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] was invited to become reigning Prince of Romania in 1866. In 1881 he became Carol I, [[King of Romania]]. Carol I had an only daughter who died young, so the younger son of his brother Leopold, [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], would succeed his uncle as King of Romania in 1914, and his descendants, having converted to the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]], continued to reign there until the end of the monarchy in 1947.
{{See also|King of Romania|Romanian royal family}}

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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
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|-
|align="center"|[[File:Carol I King of Romania.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]]
|align="center"|Son of [[Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (died 1885)|Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern]]<br>
<small>titled as Prince until 1881</small>
|align="center"|1866–1914
|align="center"|1839
|align="center"|1914
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth of Wied]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:King Ferdinand of Romania.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]]
|align="center"|Nephew of [[Carol I of Romania|Carol I]]
|align="center"|1914–1927
|align="center"|1865
|align="center"|1927
|align="center"|[[Marie of Edinburgh]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Mihai.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Michael I of Romania|Michael I]]
|align="center"|Grandson of [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]]<br><small>1st reign</small>
|align="center"|1927–1930 (regency)
|align="center"|1921
|align="center"|2017
|align="center"|[[Queen Anne of Romania|Anne of Bourbon-Parma]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Carol al II-lea.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Carol II of Romania|Carol II]]
|align="center"|Son of [[Ferdinand I of Romania|Ferdinand I]]
|align="center"|1930–1940
|align="center"|1893
|align="center"|1953
|align="center"|[[Zizi Lambrino]]<br>
[[Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark|Helen of Greece and Denmark]]<br>
[[Magda Lupescu]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Mihai.jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Michael I of Romania|Michael I]]
|align="center"|Son of [[Carol II of Romania|Carol II]]<br><small>2nd reign</small>
|align="center"|1940–1947
|align="center"|1921
|align="center"|2017
|align="center"|[[Queen Anne of Romania|Anne of Bourbon-Parma]]
|}

===Succession since 1947===
In 1947, the King Michael I abdicated and the country was proclaimed a [[Socialist Republic of Romania|People's Republic]]. Michael did not press his claim to the defunct Romanian throne, but he was welcomed back to the country after half a century in exile as a private citizen, with substantial former royal properties being placed at his disposal. However, his dynastic claim was not recognized by post-Communist Romanians.

On 10 May 2011, King Michael I severed the dynastic ties between the Romanian Royal Family and the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jAy5LQQa0jm53i6f42VFJEduimqQ?docId=6807983 |title=Romania's former King Michael ends ties with German Hohenzollern dynasty|publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=2011-05-11}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
After that the branch of the Hohenzollerns was [[dynasty#Dynasts|dynastically]] represented only by the last king Michael, and his daughters. Having no sons, he declared that his dynastic heir, instead of being a male member of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen princely family to which he formerly belonged [[Patrilineality|patrilineally]] and in accordance with the last Romanian monarchical constitution, should be his eldest daughter [[Margareta of Romania|Margareta]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adevarul.ro%2Flocale%2Fbucuresti%2FBucuresti-_Regele_Mihai_I_anunta_ruperea_tuturor_legaturilor_istorice_si_dinastice_cu_Casa_de_Hohenzollern_0_478152444.html| title = "King Michael I broke ties with historical and dynastic House of Hohenzollern" in Adevarul – News Bucharest, 10 May 2011}}</ref>

The royal house remains popular in Romania<ref>V.P. [https://www.economist.com/blogs/eastern-approaches/2011/10/romanias-ex-monarchy Long live the ex-king; The former King Michael is received warmly in parliament] economist.com October 25, 2011</ref> and in 2014 Prime Minister [[Victor Ponta]] promised a referendum on whether or not to reinstate the monarchy if he were re-elected.

==Residences==
===Palaces of the Prussian Hohenzollerns===
<gallery>
File:BurgHohenzollernInnenhof02.jpg|[[Hohenzollern Castle]]
File:Berlin Stadtschloss 1920er.jpg|[[Berlin Palace]]
File:Charlottenburg Hohenzollern 2.jpg|[[Charlottenburg Palace]], Berlin
File:Königsberg Castle courtyard.jpg|[[Königsberg Castle]], Prussia
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 170-237, Potsdam, Stadtschloss vom Turm der Nikolaikirche.jpg|[[City Palace, Potsdam]]
File:Potsdam Sanssouci 07-2017 img4.jpg|[[New Palace (Potsdam)|New Palace, Potsdam]]
File:Schloss Sanssouci 2014.jpg|[[Sanssouci]], Potsdam
File:Marmorpalais.jpg|[[Marmorpalais]], Potsdam
File:Schloss Bellevue 2023.jpg|[[Bellevue Palace, Germany|Bellevue Palace]], Berlin
File:BabelsbergP1020137.jpg|[[Babelsberg Palace]], Potsdam
File:Schloss Cecilienhof 2013.jpg|[[Cecilienhof|Cecilienhof Palace]], Potsdam
File:Schloss Oranienburg - Jan 2013.jpg|[[Oranienburg Palace]]
File:Rheinsberg Castle.jpg|[[Rheinsberg Palace]]
File:Wrocław Kazimierza Wielkiego 35 sm.jpg|[[Royal Palace, Wrocław|Wrocław Palace]], Silesia
File:3273viki Zamek w Oleśnicy. Foto Barbara Maliszewska.jpg|[[Duchy of Oels|Oels]] Castle, Silesia
File:Schloss Stolzenfels 01 Koblenz 2015.jpg|[[Stolzenfels Castle]], [[Koblenz]]
</gallery>

===Palaces of the Franconian branches===
<gallery>
File:Plassenburg oben.jpg|[[Plassenburg]] Castle at [[Kulmbach]]
File:Neues schloß bayreuth.JPG|The New Castle at [[Bayreuth]]
File:Ansbach - 2013 Mattes (73).JPG|[[Residenz Ansbach]] 
File:Erlangen Schloss 006.JPG|[[Schloss Erlangen|Erlangen]] Castle 
</gallery>

===Palaces of the Swabian Hohenzollerns===
<gallery>
File:Neues Schloss (Hechingen).JPG|The [[New Castle (Hechingen)|New Castle]] at [[Hechingen]]
File:Muzeul National de Arta, Bucuresti.jpg|[[Royal Palace of Bucharest|Royal Palace]], Bucharest
File:Palatul Guarda.jpg|[[Elisabeta Palace]], Bucharest
File:SavarsinPalaceBehind.jpg|[[Săvârșin Castle]], [[Săvârșin]]
File:Castelul Peleș - vazut din fața.jpg|[[Peleș Castle]], [[Sinaia]]
File:Pelisor Castle, Sinaia.jpg|[[Pelișor Castle]], Sinaia
File:Castelul Bran2.jpg|[[Bran Castle]], [[Bran, Brașov|Bran]]
</gallery>

== Property claims ==
In 2014, [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia|Prince Georg Friedrich]], Head of the House of Hohenzollern filed a claim on the property of the [[Huis Doorn]], the manor that Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]] spent his last time after being abdication, but this was rejected by Dutch Minister [[Jet Bussemaker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/8056-brief-van-eversheds-inzake-teruggave-huis-doorn_676995_scan/ |title=Brief van Eversheds inzake teruggave Huis Doorn|author=Jet Bussemaker|date=26 September 2014|language=nl|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/2112774/brieven-verschenen-van-familie-duitse-keizer-die-huis-doorn-claimde |title=Brieven verschenen van familie Duitse keizer die Huis Doorn claimde|website=RTV Utrecht|date=24 November 2020|access-date=9 January 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

In mid-2019, it was revealed that Prince Georg Friedrich had filed claims for permanent right of residency for his family in [[Cecilienhof]], or one of two other Hohenzollern palaces in Potsdam, as well as return of the family library, 266 paintings, an imperial crown and sceptre, and the letters of [[Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein|Empress Augusta Victoria]].<ref name="irishtimes.com">{{cite web |author=Derek Scally |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-fall-of-the-house-of-hohenzollern-1.3956448 |title=The fall of the House of Hohenzollern |website=Irish Times |date=25 July 2019 }}</ref>

Central to the argument was that [[Monbijou Palace]], which had been permanently given to the family following the fall of the Kaiser, was demolished by the East German government in 1959. Lawyers for the German state argued that the involvement of members of the family in National Socialism had voided any such rights.<ref name="irishtimes.com"/>

In June 2019, a claim made by Prince Georg Friedrich that [[Rheinfels Castle]] be returned to the Hohenzollern family was dismissed by a court. In 1924, the ruined Castle had been given by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to the town of St Goar, under the provision it was not sold. In 1998, the town leased the ruins to a nearby hotel. His case made the claim that this constituted a breach of the bequest.<ref>{{cite web |author=Josie Le Blond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/25/kaisers-descendant-loses-court-battle-to-regain-13th-century-rheinfels-castle |title=Kaiser's descendant loses court battle to regain 13th-century castle |website=The Guardian |date=25 June 2019 }}</ref>

==Coats of arms==
{{main|Coat of arms of Prussia|Coat of arms of Germany|Coat of arms of Romania}}
<gallery>
File:Wappen Hohenzollern 2.svg|[[Quartering (heraldry)|Quartered]] coat of arms of the Hohenzollerns
File:Zollern ZW.png|[[#County of Zollern|Counts of Zollern]] (1340)
File:Hohenzollern-herb-rodowy.jpg|Achievement of Counts of Zollern
File:Nürenberg ZW.png|[[Burgraviate of Nuremberg|Burgraves of Nuremberg]] (1340)
File:COA family de Burggrafen von Nürnberg (Haus Hohenzollern).svg|Burgraves of Nuremberg
File:Hohenzollern.jpg|The princely [[Swabia]]n branch (1605)
File:COA family de Markgrafen von Brandenburg (1465).svg|Margraves of Brandenburg (1465)
File:POL Prusy książęce COA.svg|Arms of the Duke of Prussia
File:Arms of East Prussia.svg|Arms of the King of Prussia
File:Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia 1873-1918.svg|Achievement of the King of Prussia
File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|Coat of Arms of the German Emperor (1871–1918)
File:Greater Coat of Arms of the German Empire.svg|The greater coat of arms as German Emperor (1871–1918)
File:Kingdom of Romania - Big CoA.svg|The greater coat of arms of the King of Romania (1922–1947)
</gallery>


For younger sons, to the extent that they did difference arms, the Hohenzollerns tended to use bordures of different colors or combinations of:
<gallery class="center">
Coat of Arms of the Crown Prince of German Empire.svg|Coat of Arms of the Crown Prince of German Empire, a bordure gules on the arms of the German Emperor.
File:Coat of Arms of Prince Henry of Prussia (Order of the Golden Fleece).svg|Coat of Arms of Prince Henry of Prussia with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
</gallery>

==Members of the family after abdication==

===Royal Brandenburg-Prussian branch===
* [[Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia]] (1943–)
* [[Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)|Prince Frederick of Prussia]] (1911–1966)
* [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]] (1976–)
* [[Prince Hubertus of Prussia]] (1909–1950)
* [[Princess Kira of Prussia]] (1943–2004)
* [[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia]] (1907–1994)
* Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1944–1977)
* [[Prince Michael of Prussia]] (1940–2014)
* [[Prince Oskar of Prussia (b. 1959)|Prince Oskar of Prussia]] (1959–)
* [[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia]] (1882–1951)
* [[Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)|Prince Wilhelm of Prussia]] (1906–1940)
* [[Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia]] (1922–2007)
* Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia (b. 1955) (2007–present)

===Princely Swabian branch===
* [[Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern|Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern]] (1890–1966)
* [[Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern]] (1943–2022)
* [[Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern]] (1891–1965)
* [[Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern]] (1924–2010)
* [[Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern]] (1932–2016)
* [[Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern]] (1952–)

==See also==
* [[Coat of arms of Prussia]]
* [[Family tree of the German monarchs]]
* [[House Order of Hohenzollern]]
* [[Iron Cross]]
* [[Monarchism in Romania]]
* [[Order of the Black Eagle]] and [[Suum cuique]]
* [[Order of the Crown (Prussia)]] and [[Gott mit uns]]
* [[Order of the Red Eagle]]
* [[Prussian Army]]
* [[Peleș Castle]]
* [[Peter Gumpel]] - Jesuit priest who abandoned the Hohenzollern name
* [[Wilhelm-Orden]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Bogdan, Henry. ''Les Hohenzollern : La dynastie qui a fait l'Allemagne'' (1061–1918)
* Carlyle, Thomas. ''A Short Introduction to the House of Hohenzollern'' (2014)
* [[Chris Clark (historian)|Clark, Christopher]]. ''Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947'' (2009), standard scholarly history {{ISBN|978-0-7139-9466-7}}
* Koch, H. W. ''History of Prussia'' (1987), short scholarly history

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{official website|https://www.preussen.de/en/}} of the imperial house of Germany and royal house of Prussia
*{{official website|https://www.hohenzollern.com/}} of the princely house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen {{in lang|de}}
*{{official website|http://www.familiaregala.ro/}} of the royal house of Romania {{in lang|ro}}
*[http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html Hohenzollern Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124223939/http://www.burg-hohenzollern.com/startpage.html |date=2021-01-24 }}
*[http://www.schloss-sigmaringen.de/homepage.html Sigmaringen Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827175210/http://www.schloss-sigmaringen.de/homepage.html |date=2018-08-27 }}
*[http://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-hohenzollern/swabian-lands/ European Heraldry page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702053404/http://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-hohenzollern/swabian-lands/ |date=2015-07-02 }}
*[http://wappenwiki.org/index.php/House_of_Hohenzollern Hohenzollern heraldry page]
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