House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the German Confederation |
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Motto Latin: Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing without God) |
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 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1848
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| Capital | Sigmaringen | |||||||||
| Languages | German | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
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| • | 1576–1606 (As Count of Hohenzollern) |
Charles II | ||||||||
| • | 1848–1849 (As Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) |
Karl Anton | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Partition of County of Hohenzollern |
1576 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to Principality | 1623 | ||||||||
| • | Incorporation into Kingdom of Prussia |
1850 | ||||||||
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| House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Romanian branch) | |
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| Country | Romania |
| Parent house | Hohenzollern |
| Titles | Prince (Domnitor, or Principe) (1866 - 1881), King (Rege) (1881 - 1914) |
| Founded | 10 May 1866 |
| Founder | Carol I |
| Final ruler | Michael I |
| Current head | Michael I |
| Deposition | 30 December 1947 (the communist coup; the King was forced to abdicate) |
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a small county in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the senior Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. The small sovereign state with the capital city of Sigmaringen was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850 following the abdication of its sovereign in the wake of the revolutions of 1848, then became part of the newly created Province of Hohenzollern.
The senior Swabian branch is not as well known to history, as is the junior Franconian line which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg-Prussia and the German Empire.
The County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 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, Karl I (1512–1579) died, the territory was divided among his three sons:
The Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ruled over a small principality in southwest Germany, with a seat at Sigmaringen Castle. Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollerns of Sigmaringen remained Roman Catholic, along with their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the senior line of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and Hohenzollern of Haigerloch.
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