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House of Hohenzollern
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Coat of arms
Country: Germany, Romania
Parent House: Burchardinger dynasty
Titles: Count of Zollern
Margrave of Brandenburg
Duke of Prussia
Burgrave of Nuremberg
Margrave of Bayreuth
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
King of Prussia
German Emperor
Prince of Neuchâtel
King of Romania
Founder: Burgrave Frederick I of Nuremberg
Final Ruler: Germany and Prussia:
Emperor William II (1888–1918)
Romania:

King Michael (1927–1930, 1940–1947)
Current Head: Germany and Prussia:
HI&RH Prince Georg Friedrich (1994–)

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen:
HH Prince Karl Friedrich (2010–)

Hohenzollern-Hechingen:
extinct since 1869

Romania:
HM King Michael (1947–)
Founding Year: 1100s AD
Ethnicity: German, Romanian
Cadet Branches: Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

The Royal House of Hohenzollern began ruling the area around Berlin and Brandenburg in modern Germany in 1415.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902
Wilhelm II
Burg Hohenzollern ak
Hohenzollern Castle

They became one of the Electors of the Holy Roman Emperor, Kings of Prussia in 1702 and in 1871 German Emperors.

They stopped ruling after World War One, when Germany became a republic. Prussia was abolished by the 4 allied powers controlling Germany in 1947.

The Royal Family took their name from their ancestral home Hohenzollern Castle in what is now Baden-Württemberg. The area around the castle was once ruled as a separate principality.

Hohenzollern

Genealogy of House of Hohenzollern
Table of the House of Hohenzollern

Images for kids

  • Alpirsbach Kloster Kirche innen

    Alpirsbach Abbey, founded by the Hohenzollerns

  • Ansbach-Bayreuth

    Region of Nuremberg, Ansbach, Kulmbach and Bayreuth (Franconia)

  • FrederikIboek

    Frederick VI became Margrave of Brandenburg in 1415.

  • Acprussiamap2

    Growth of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1600–1795

  • Preussen 1701 Königsberg

    Coronation of Frederick I in Königsberg

  • Ac.prussiamap3

    Expansion of Prussia, 1807–1871

  • Prussiamap

    Prussia in the German Empire, 1871–1918

  • Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen-5835

    Georg Friedrich, the head of the Prussian Hohenzollerns and his wife

  • Schloss Sigmaringen Wappen

    Combined coat of arms of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1849)

  • Klosterkirche Stetten (Hechingen)

    Stetten Abbey church in Hechingen, the burial place of the Swabian line

  • Sigmaringen Schloss BW 2015-04-28 17-37-14

    Sigmaringen Castle

  • Karte-Hohenzollern

    Map of the Prussian Province of Hohenzollern after 1850

  • Graf von dem Bergh, Fotografie Fürst Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern

    Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern, head of the Swabian branch

  • Crowning of Carol I, 10 May 1881

    Coronation of Carol I in Bucharest

  • Romania territory during 20th century

    Evolution of Romania

  • Nürnberger Burg im Herbst 2013

    Nuremberg Castle (The Emperor's castle, left, and the Burgrave's castle, right)

  • Heilsbronn Münster 0592

    Heilsbronn Abbey, which the Hohenzollerns used as the family burial place

  • Kaiser Wilhelm I.

    William I (1871–1888)

  • Emperor Friedrich III

    Frederick III (1888)

  • Kronprinz Wilhelm 1. Leib-Husarenregiment

    Crown Prinz Wilhelm

  • Louis ferdinand c1930

    Louis Ferdinand

  • Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preußen1, Pour le Merite 2014

    Georg Friedrich

  • Sigmaringen Schloss 2015-04-29 15-52-34

    Sigmaringen Castle

  • 2011-07-17-hechingen-by-RalfR-006

    The New Castle, Hechingen

  • Schlosskirche Haigerloch 2010

    Haigerloch Castle

  • BurgHohenzollernInnenhof02

    Hohenzollern Castle

  • Berlin Stadtschloss 1920er

    Berlin Palace

  • Charlottenburg Hohenzollern 2

    Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

  • Königsberg Castle courtyard

    Königsberg Castle, Prussia

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 170-237, Potsdam, Stadtschloss vom Turm der Nikolaikirche

    City Palace, Potsdam

  • Potsdam Sanssouci 07-2017 img4

    New Palace, Potsdam

  • Schloss Sanssouci 2014

    Sanssouci, Potsdam

  • Marmorpalais

    Marmorpalais, Potsdam

  • BabelsbergP1020137

    Babelsberg Palace, Potsdam

  • Schloss Cecilienhof

    Cecilienhof Palace, Potsdam

  • Schloss Oranienburg - Jan 2013

    Oranienburg Palace

  • Rheinsberg Castle

    Rheinsberg Palace

  • Wrocław Kazimierza Wielkiego 35 sm

    Wrocław Palace, Silesia

  • 3273viki Zamek w Oleśnicy. Foto Barbara Maliszewska

    Oels Castle, Silesia

  • Schloss Stolzenfels 01 Koblenz 2015

    Stolzenfels Castle, Koblenz

  • Plassenburg oben

    Plassenburg Castle at Kulmbach

  • Neues schloß bayreuth

    The New Castle at Bayreuth

  • Ansbach - 2013 Mattes (73)

    Residenz Ansbach

  • Erlangen Schloss 006

    Erlangen Castle

  • Neues Schloss (Hechingen)

    The New Castle at Hechingen

  • Nürenberg ZW

    Burgraves of Nuremberg (1340)

  • Hohenzollern

    The princely Swabian branch (1605)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Casa de Hohenzollern para niños

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