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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 Hohenzollern Castle lies on an 855 meters high mountain called ... The short-lived Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin was set up as a secundogeniture of the ...
He served in the imperial army and lived mostly in Vienna. In 1608 in Sigmaringen, he married his cousin Marie (1592–1658), a daughter of his erstwhile guardian Count Karl II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. This marriage remained childless. In 1612, he acquired Haag-Schlössle Castle in Haigerloch, where his widow would live after his death. [1]
A. Abdication of Wilhelm II; Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873) Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948) Princess Adalbert of Prussia; Agnes of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania
Hohenzollern: Albert Frederick 7 May 1553 – 27 August 1618 (aged 65) 20 March 1568: 27 August 1618: Son of Albert: Hohenzollern: John Sigismund 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619 (aged 47) 27 August 1618: 23 December 1619: Son in law and second cousin thrice removed of Albert Frederick, also Elector of Brandenburg
Castle Oels, a castle with 10,000 hectares of workable land in Silesia, now in modern day Poland, provided substantial income for Cecilie's family. In the absence of her husband, Cecilie became the leading figure in the once ruling House of Hohenzollern.
Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht, Prince of Prussia (German: Wilhelm Ernst Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht Prinz von Preußen; 15 April 1874 in Hanover – 13 November 1940 in Seidenberg [1]) was a Prussian officer, member of the house of Hohenzollern, and a great-grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.
Initially the union was considered morganatic, but on 3 November 1919 was decreed to be dynastic in accordance with the house laws of the royal House of Hohenzollern. Prior to her marriage, on 27 July 1914, Ina Marie had also gained the title Countess of Ruppin, and from 21 June 1920, was titled Princess of Prussia with the style Royal Highness ...