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	Decorations of the Principality of Hohenzollern
		The princes were distant cousins of the Hohenzollern branch which had become the rulers of Prussia, and managed to retain certain privileges, including the awarding of the House Order of Hohenzollern.
		The German Army's Füsilier-Regiment Fürst Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (Hohenzollernsches) Nr.40 (FR40) was raised in the former principalities and the regimental chief was the head of the princely house of Hohenzollern.
		In 1914, the regiment was garrisoned in Rastatt in Baden, however, and was assigned with the Infanterie-Regiment Markgraf Ludwig Wilhelm (3.
	home.att.net /~david.danner/militaria/hohenzollern.htm (855 words)

	Preussen.de - Hohenzollern Castle
		Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the Prussian Kings and German Emperors as well as the Swabian branch of the Princes of Hohenzollern.
		Hohenzollern Castle - one of Europe's most impressives castles
		The castle is open year-round with daily guided tours.
	www.preussen.de /en/today/burg_hohenzollern.html (89 words)

	Destination Germany - Scenic Routes - Hohenzollern Route
		The ancestral seat of both the Prussian-Brandenburg and the Electoral-Catholic lines of the House of Hohenzollern, it is one of the finest and most visited castles in Europe.
		A tour of the state rooms and the displays of treasures from the Hohenzollern collections is a fascinating experience.
		Sigmaringen's landmark, the castle of the princes of Hohenzollern, stands high above the Danube on a white Jurassic limestone spur.
	www.germany-tourism.de /ENG/destination_germany/master_tlfstrasse-id27-fs2.htm (397 words)

	Destination Germany - Scenic Routes - Hohenzollern Route - A tour fit for a prince
		The House of Hohenzollern, which still exists today, is one of the oldest and most distinguished Swabian aristocratic dynasties.
		By the early 12th century the Hohenzollerns were rulers of an area extending from the Neckar valley across the Swabian Alb to the river Danube.
		The Hohenzollern Route runs for around 300 kilometres through former Hohenzollern country, through present-day Zollernalb and Sigmaringen, from the Upper Neckar across the Alb foothills, the Swabian Alb, the Danube valley and large parts of Upper Swabia almost as far as Lake Constance.
	www.germany-tourism.de /ENG/destination_germany/master_tlfstrasse-id27.htm (383 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - HOHENZOLLERN:
		The Jews then, through letters of protection, received permission at various times to settle in Hohenzollern; and in 1754 for the first time a small Jewish colony was formed in the Friedrichstrasse of Hechingen.
		The Jewish community of that town was organized in the following year.
		Among the rabbis who have held office in Hohenzollern may be mentioned the following:
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=843&letter=H (534 words)

	Preußen \| The Official Website of the Prussian Royal Family and House of Hohenzollern
		Canada, U.E. (The United Empire) on December 20th 1977, to the House of Hohenzollern of Prussia.
		He is the current head of the House of Hohenzollern and King of Prussia.
		King Fernidad Frederick is the only son of Donello Frederick and Marie-Jean Lea Gervais (descendant of the great Napoleon Bonaparte.) King Fernidad attended grammar schools in Winnipeg and completed his education in California, USA.
	www.houseofhohenzollern.com (167 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hohenzollern (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nonetheless, the real importance of the Hohenzollerns began with their being raised to the rank of Elector for the Holy Roman Empire in 1415 upon the acquisition of Brandenburg by the first Hohenzollern Elector, Friedrich I; the Brandenburg lands would form the core of the family's power for the next five hundred years.
		While the electorate of Brandenburg passed according to the rule of primogeniture, the Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollerns, Ansbach and Bayreuth, were given as appanages to younger sons, an arrangement which was confirmed by the dispositio Achillea of 1473.
		These principalities were ruled by the sons and descendants of the elector Albert Achilles from 1486 to 1603; and, after reverting to the elector of Brandenburg, by the descendants of the elector John George from 1603 to 1791.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hohenzollern (1061 words)

	HOHENZOLLERN - LoveToKnow Article on HOHENZOLLERN
		The family of Wezil died out in 1194, and the existing branches of the Hohenzollerns are descended from Burkhard and his son Frederkk, whose eldest son, Frederick II., was in great favor with the German kings, Lothair the Saxon and Conrad III.
		Conrad became burgrave of Nuremberg, and, receiving the lands which had come into the family through his mother, founded the Franconian branch of the family, which became the more important of the two; while Frederick, receiving the county of Zollern and the older possessions of the family, was the ancestor of the Swabian branch.
		The influence of the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollerns was weakened by several partitions of its lands; but early in the 16th century it rose to some eminence through Count Eitel Frederick II.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOHENZOLLERN.htm (2016 words)

	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known however than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg, Prussia and ultimately Germany in the centuries to 1918.
		Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens and their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the seniormost branch of the House of Hohenzollern, remained Catholic.
		French opposition to the candidacy of Carol's elder brother Prince Leopold for the throne of Spain triggered the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), which led to the founding (January 1871) of the German Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (272 words)

	Stronghold Heaven: Castle of the Week 41 - Burg Hohenzollern
		The castle Hohenzollern is situated near the city of Hechingen at an altitude of 855m on a high, conical hill (called the "Zollern") in the Swabian Alb region of Baden-Wurttemberg, a state in Germany.
		In 1227 the Hohenzollern count Conrad III was made burgrave of Nuremberg by Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Hohenzollerns of Nuremberg formed a new branch of the family, called the Franconian; the original line remained in Swabia.
		The Hohenzollern family was first mentioned documentarily in 1061, the family-castle (Castro Zolre) in 1267, although the oldest castle must have been built in the first half of the 11th century.
	stronghold.heavengames.com /history/cw/cw41 (693 words)

	Hohenzollern and Habsburg - Humanities - Huron High School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1227 the Hohenzollern count Conrad III was made burgrave of Nürnberg by Friedrich II, Holy Roman emperor, and the Hohenzollerns of Nürnberg formed a new branch of the family, called the Franconian; the original line remained in Swabia.
		Hohenzollern rule came to an end in 1918, when Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate.
		Hohenzollerns retained the throne of Romania until the abdication of King Michael in 1947.
	huron.aaps.k12.mi.us /classes/forlang/smith/hum/habsburg.html (1148 words)

	Hohenzollern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hohenzollern family continues to exist, and since Wilhelm's death the scions have been:
		Another branch of the Hohenzollerns, actually the dynastically senior line, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens, were also important landowners in pre-German-Empire Germany, and later were the princes (1866–1881) and kings (1881–1947) of Romania.
		French opposition to their candidacy for the throne of Spain led to the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) and the founding (January 1871) of the German Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern (279 words)

	Hohenzollern - Wikipedia
		In 1451 bezaten de Hohenzollerns de Mark Brandenburg en in 1701 kroonde Frederik III, Hertog van Pruisen en Keurvorst van Brandenburg, zich tot koning Frederik I in Pruisen.
		Van 1871 tot 1918 waren de koningen van Pruisen ook keizer van het Duitse Rijk.
		Het hoofd van het huis Hohenzollern mag zich Prins van Oranje noemen.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern (261 words)

	Joachim I of Brandenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joachim I, nicknamed Nestor, (21 February 1484 - 11 July 1535) was an elector of Brandenburg, acceded 1499.
		The eldest son of John or Johann Cicero of the Hohenzollern dynasty, Joachim received an excellent education, became elector of Brandenburg on his father's death in January 1499, and soon afterwards married Elizabeth Oldenburg, daughter of John of Denmark.
		He took some part in the political complications of the Scandinavian kingdoms, but the early years of his reign were mainly spent in the administration of his electorate, where by stern and cruel measures he succeeded in restoring some degree of order.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joachim_Nestor_Hohenzollern (406 words)

	The Kaiser's Heir: Prince Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia (1907-1994) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The last hope of the Hohenzollerns was happiest leading the life of a cultured bourgeois.
		Unlike some of his Hohenzollern relatives, particularly after the property losses caused by the Second World War, Louis-Ferdinand was able to rebuild his fortune.
		And once Germany was reunified, Louis-Ferdinand also arranged the transfer of several Hohenzollern coffins from the family's ancient castle in Southern Germany to the imperial vault in Potsdam.
	www.eurohistory.com /hohenzollernheir.html (1926 words)

	HohenzollernDynasty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the history of the rise of the Brandenburg Hohenzollerns (who became Lutheran at the Reformation but turned to Calvinism in 1613), including the account of their considerable acquisitions of territory in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, see Brandenburg.
		One of the most significant acquisitions was made by a junior member of the house in 1525—namely, the duchy of Prussia.
		His second son, Charles, became prince of Romania in 1866 and king as Carol I in 1881; the candidature of the elder son, Leopold, for the Spanish throne had been one of the immediate causes of the Franco-German War of 1870–71.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Hohenzollern/HohenzollernDynasty.html (470 words)

	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty (less known however than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg Prussia and ultimately Germany in the centuries to 1918); the of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ruled over a small principality southwest Germany.
		Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens and their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (the branch of the House of Hohenzollern) remained Catholic.
		French opposition to the candidacy of elder brother Prince Leopold for the throne Spain triggered the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) which led to the founding 1871) of the German Empire.
	www.freeglossary.com /Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (226 words)

	The Hohenzollern Crown (1888) CatalogueCity co uk The Hohenzollern Crown (1888)
		The Hohenzollern Crown was made for Kaiser William ll, Emperor of Germany, in 1888.
		During the Second World War it was hidden in a wall in the crypt of a church and later returned to the Hohenzollern family.
		It is currently kept at the family residence of the Schloss Hohenzollern.
	www.permutator.co.uk /CatalogueCity_co_uk/Hohenzollern-Crown-1888-.html (255 words)

	German Princess Maja of Hohenzollern has agreed to name the new passenger ship MS Swiss Ruby on 12th April 2002 (Feb. ...
		Since her marriage to Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern, a grandson of the last King of Saxony, in 1999, the charming Princess Maja has attracted the attention of the media like almost no other member of the German nobility.
		Since her marriage in Dresden, in 1999, as Princess of Hohenzollern she now belongs to the European nobility and counts personalities such as the King and Queen of Sweden among her close relatives.
		In her leisure time the 29 year-old Maja of Hohenzollern designs and wears extravagant fashions and jewellery, which always cause something of a sensation at official functions.
	www.cybercruises.com /geprmahofeb02.htm (931 words)

	HOHENZOLLERN - Online Information article about HOHENZOLLERN
		The subsequent :iistory of this branch of the Hohenzollerns is identified with that of Brandenburg from 1415 to 1701, and with that of Prussiasince the latter date, as in this year the elector Frederick III.
		primogeniture, the Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollerns, Ansbach and Bayreuth, were given as appanages to younger sons, an arrangement which was confirmed by the dispositio Achillea of 1473.
		The castle of Hohenzollern was destroyed in 1423, but it has been restored several times.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HOHENZOLLERN.html (2103 words)

	Hohenzollern History
		As it got diffucult to approve the budget for such an imperial yacht, the ship was planned as a dual usage vessel: Imperial Yacht and armed Aviso during wartime.
		Also named Hohenzollern, the new yacht was put into service in 1893.
		During the War, the ship was decomissioned and not used in its intended role as an Aviso as it proved of only minimal millitary usage.
	www.german-navy.de /hochseeflotte/ships/misc/hohenzollern/history.html (165 words)

	boys clothing: German states -- early Hohenzollern history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Prussian and German Imperial royal family, the Hohenzollern originated as a family of counts in Swabia during the 11-12th century and were named for their ancestral castle Zollern, later termed Hohenzollern which is located near Hechingen in Swabia.
		The Prussian and German Imperial royal family, the Hohenzollern originated as a family of counts in Swabia during the 11-12th century and were named for their ancestral castle Zollern, later termed Hohenzollern which is located in the Black Forrest near Hechingen in Swabia.
		Conrad was suceeded by Frederick of Hohenzollern whose sons founded the Swabian and Franconian lines of the family.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/pru/hohen.htm (927 words)

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