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He is the chairman and sole owner of Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern (Corporate Group Prince of Hohenzollern), [1] including real estate and forests with 400 employees, and owns a 50% share in the Zollern GmbH und Co. KG (steelworks, transmission technics) with 2800 employees. [3]
He was born into the dynasty's Sigmaringen branch, which inherited all the dynasty's Swabian lands when the Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct. Leopold's parents were Josephine of Baden and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. Leopold was the older brother of King Carol I of Romania and father of the future King Ferdinand of Romania ...
Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of Nicolas Johann Georg Maria, Prince of Hohenzollern (b. 1999). Through his daughter Désirée's first marriage, he was a grandfather of Carl Theodor, Count of Ortenburg (b. 1992), Frederik-Hubertus, Count of Ortenburg (b. 1995), and Carolina, Countess of Ortenburg (b. 1997).
Johann Georg was the only surviving son of Count Eitel Friedrich IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545–1605) from his second marriage with Countess Sibylle von Zimmern (1558–1599), daughter of Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern. Johann Georg was raised by his relatives in Berlin at the court of Brandenburg.
Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen r. 1848–1849 Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1869–1885 1811–1885: Frederick III German Emperor King of Prussia r. 1888 1831–1888: Leopold Prince of Hohenzollern r. 1885–1905 1835–1905: Charles I Domnitor of Romania r. 1866–1881 King of Romania r. 1881–1914 1839–1914: Romanian Branch: William II ...
Karl, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1588–1634) Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1724–1785) Karl von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1732–1803), Prince-Bishop of Warmia and Bishop of Chełmno; Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785–1853) Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811–1885), Prussian prime minister
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.
Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen; Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927) Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1715–1744) Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia; Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen; Friedrichsburg (Hechingen)