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Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch: Joachim Frederick Elector of Brandenburg r. 1598–1608 1546–1608: Christian Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth r. 1603–1655 1581–1655: Joachim Ernest Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach r. 1603–1625 1583–1625: Eitel Frederick IV Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen r. 1576–1605 1545 ...
Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. [a] The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The House Order of Hohenzollern (German: Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Hohenzollernscher Hausorden) was a dynastic order of knighthood of the House of Hohenzollern awarded to military commissioned officers and civilians of comparable status. Associated with the various versions of the order were crosses and medals which could be awarded to ...
The Province of Hohenzollern (German: Hohenzollernsche Lande, Hohenzollern Lands) was a district of Prussia from 1850 to 1946. It was located in Swabia , the region of southern Germany that was the ancestral home of the House of Hohenzollern , to which the kings of Prussia belonged.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) was a principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the senior Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern . The Swabian Hohenzollerns were elevated to princes in 1623.
The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was created in 1576, upon the partition of the County of Hohenzollern, a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. When the last count of Hohenzollern, Charles I of Hohenzollern (1512–1579) died, the territory was to be divided up between his three sons: Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605)
Hohenzollern is a mountain, 855 m (2,805 ft), of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in Zollernalbkreis. Hohenzollern Castle is located on its top. The mountain is an outlier, about 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the Swabian Jura
The monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order , a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea .