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Sigmaringen was the main residence of the family of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1576 until 1850. Combined Coat of Arms of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Inner courtyard of the castle. Johann von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638), the son of Charles II was the count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 until 1623.
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.
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-Sigmaringen was established in 1576 with allodial rights and a seat at Sigmaringen Castle. 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 ...
Marie Antoinette married Karl, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, the eldest son of Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and his wife, Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg, on 4 February 1808 [2] in Paris. Marie Antoinette and Charles had four children:
William, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Wilhelm August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt Fürst von Hohenzollern) (7 March 1864 in Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf – 22 October 1927 in Sigmaringen) was the eldest son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and Infanta Antónia of Portugal. William was an older brother of Ferdinand of Romania.
Pages in category "House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Karl Anton was born at Krauchenwies Castle in Sigmaringen, the second child of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785–1853) and the French princess Marie Antoinette Murat (1793–1847). Karl Anton studied law in Geneva, at the Universities of Tübingen and Göttingen , and at the Humboldt University of Berlin .