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 Franco-Prussian War and the Ems Dispatch
The event directly precipitating the Franco-Prussian War was the candidacy of Leopold, prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, for the throne of Spain, rendered vacant by the Spanish revolution of 1868.
Leopold could not be reached, but his father, Prince Charles Anthony, wired a retraction of the candidacy in the name of his son.
Antoine Agénor Alfred, duc de Gramont, the French foreign minister, demanded that William submit a personal letter of apology to Napoleon III and a guarantee that the Hohenzollern candidacy would never be renewed.
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 boys clothing: European royalty -- Germany unidentified Hohnezollerns
The problem is that we are not quite sure who Prince Leopold von Prussen is. We have found several sons, grandsons, and nephews of William II named Frederich, but none with the added name of Sigismund or Leopold.
There are some Hohenzollerns with Charles a part of their name, but we could not find a Charles with children named Stépahnie and Marie Antoinette, and Albrecht.
Josephine married Prince Charles Anthony Hohenzollern in 1894.
histclo.hispeed.com /royal/ger/unk/unk-hoh.htm

  
 Women in power 1670-1700
After the death of her husband, Maximilian von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, she might have been the person who was regent for their son Prince and Count Meinrad II Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1673-1715).
The new Prince of Wales, James Francis Edward was babitized in the Catholic rites, and soon a riot followed and Mary's husband, Willem III van Oranje, the Stadholder of the Netherlands, invaded the country.
She also left Joyeuse by an act of 1688 to Charles Francois de Lorraine, prince de Commercy.) The donation of 1686 was voided by the Parlement de Paris in 1689, and Anna Henrietta Julia of Bavaria, second daughter of the prince Palatine, distant cousin of the deceased, inherited Guise and Joinville.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower1670.htm

  
 HOHENZOLLERN - LoveToKnow Article on HOHENZOLLERN
The proposal to raise Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1835-1905) to the Spanish throne in 1870 was the immediate cause of the war between France and Germany.
Prince Hohenlohe resigned the chancellorship on the I7th of October 1900, and died at Ragaz on the 6th of July I9of.
The prince himself they reveal not only as a capable man of affairs, though falling short of greatness, but as a personality of singular charm, tenacious of his principles, tolerant, broad-minded, and possessed of a large measure of the saving grace of humofir.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOHENZOLLERN.htm

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg173 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Leopold Of Hohenzollern HOHENZOLLERN was born in 1835.
Marie Louise Alexandrine Caroline Princes Of BELGIUM was born on 17 Nov 1845.
Charles Anthony HOHENZOLLERN [Parents] was born in 1811 in Baden, Germany.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg879 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Antoinette of LUXEMBOURG married Rupprecht of Bavaria WITTELSBACH Crown Prince.
Leopold HOHENZOLLERN was born 1835 and died 1905.
Rupprecht of Bavaria WITTELSBACH Crown Prince [Parents] was born 18 May 1869.
www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg879.htm

  
 Princess Victoria, Princess Royal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was a daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Queen Victoria and later married into the Prussian Royal House, Hohenzollern.
Their sympathies created a rift among Queen Victoria's extended family, since Victoria's younger brother, the Prince of Wales, was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, the elder daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, who was also reigning duke of the disputed territories of Schleswig and Holstein.
Until the birth of her brother, The Prince Albert Edward on November 9, 1841, Victoria was also the heiress presumptive to the throne.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Princess_Victoria,_Princess_Royal   (1008 words)

  
 The Hohenzollern Dynasty
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.
In the late 70's a Hohenzollern Prince married the Heiress to the Romanov Throne of Russia and their son, Georgi, is a German Prince as well as a Russian Grand Duke.
The House of Hohenzollern was for five centuries the royal house of the German state of Brandenburg, then the Kingdom of Prussia, and finally of a united German Empire.
www.antipas.org /news/europe/hohenzollerns.html   (1008 words)

  
 boys clothing: German royalty -- Charles Karl Anyhony Hohnezollern
Charles Anthony's grandfather, Prince of Hohenzollern, for whom this Charles Anthony is named, ceded Hohenzollern-Signaringen to Prussia in 1849.
The Sigmaringen family is a line of the older Swabian (Catholic) branch of the House of Hohenzollern.
His parents were Leopold Hohenzollern and Antonia Saxe-Coburg.
www.histclo.hispeed.com /royal/rom/rr-ca.htm   (1008 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rumania
After Count Philip of Flanders, brother of King Leopold of Belgium, had refused the sovereignty, the Catholic prince, Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was elected hereditary prince at the instance of Napoleon III on 14 April, 1866.
To the senate belong the adult princes of the royal house, the eight bishops of the Orthodox Church, one representative of each of the two national universities, and 110 members elected by two electoral colleges; the house of representatives consists of 183 members elected by adult Rumanians paying taxes organized into 3 electoral colleges.
Foreign princes succeeded one another at the shortest intervals, taking possession of the country with a numerous retinue of wards, relatives, and creditors, and reducing it to greater and greater poverty.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13224b.htm   (1008 words)

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg186 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
She married Leopold Of Hohenzollern HOHENZOLLERN in 1861.
Leopold Of Hohenzollern HOHENZOLLERN [ Parents ] was born in 1835 in Germany.
Luise Amalie Stephanie Princess Of BADEN was born on 5 Jun 1811 in Schwetzingen, Mannheim, Baden.
www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg186.htm   (1008 words)

  
 Roumanian (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) Royal Family
Nicolas was deprived of his Royal title in 1937 and was allowed to use the title Prince Nicolas of Hohenzollern by the Prince of Hohenzollern on 15 January 1947.
Wilhelm lived in Bucharest for some time as Crown Prince of Roumania, he came to the conclusion that life as Crown Prince was less agreeable than that of a scion of the House of Hohenzollern, so he renounced his rights to the Roumanian throne and returned to Berlin to live.
Following the extinction of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line in 1869, the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen adopted the title of Prince of Hohenzollern.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Roumanian_Royal_Family.htm   (1016 words)

  
 Ferdinand I Of Hohenzollern-hohenzollern King Of Romania / Marie Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha Queen Of Romania
Father: Prince Leopold Hohenzollern Of Hohenzollern Mother: Princess Antonia Of Portugal
Ferdinand I Of Hohenzollern-hohenzollern King Of Romania / Marie Of Saxe-coburg And Gotha Queen Of Romania
Name: King Caroli Hohenzollern Of Romania Born: 15 Oct 1893 at Castle Pelesch, Sinaia, Romania Died: 4 Apr 1953 at Villa Mar Y Sol, Estoril, Lisboa, Portugal Wife: Joana Maria Valentina Lambrino
www.e-familytree.net /F3/F3270.htm   (1016 words)

  
 AllRefer Encyclopedia - Hohenzollern, former province, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was chosen (1866) prince of Romania and later (1881) assumed the royal title as Carol I; his successors in Romania were Ferdinand, Carol II, and Michael.
The candidature (1870) of Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to the Spanish throne helped to precipitate the Franco-Prussian War.
Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, both principalities, in 1850 renounced their rights in favor of Prussia.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HohenzGer.html   (1016 words)

  
 british monarchy - mong23 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern Hohenzollern [Parents] was born in 1835.
Prince William of Hohenzollern Hohenzollern was born in 1864.
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia was born in 1928.
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 woodgate - pafg75 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Leopold of Hohenzollern Hohenzollern Prince [Parents] was born in 1835.
William of Hohenzollern Hohenzollern Prince was born in 1864.
William Augustus of Cumberland Hanover Duke was born on 26 Apr 1721 in Leicester House.
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 21ST GENERATION
Prince Maximilian of BADEN was born on 10 Jul 1867 in Baden-Baden - son of Prince William.
Grand Duke Frederick William of BADEN (son of Grand Duke Leopold of BADEN) was born about 1825.
Grand Duchess Louise of HOHENZOLLERN was born about 1830 in Prussia - dtr of William I. She died in Baden - wife of Grand Duke Frederick William.
home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7846.htm   (361 words)

  
 21ST GENERATION
Grand Duchess Louise of HOHENZOLLERN was born about 1830 in Prussia - dtr of William I. She died in Baden - wife of Grand Duke Frederick William.
Prince Maximilian of BADEN was born on 10 Jul 1867 in Baden-Baden - son of Prince William.
Grand Duke Frederick William of BADEN (son of Grand Duke Leopold of BADEN) was born about 1825.
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 MSN Encarta - Franco-Prussian War
The event directly precipitating the Franco-Prussian War was the candidacy of Leopold, prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, for the throne of Spain, rendered vacant by the Spanish revolution of 1868.
Leopold could not be reached, but his father, Prince Charles Anthony, wired a retraction of the candidacy in the name of his son.
The underlying causes of the conflict were the determination of the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control and, as a step toward this goal, to eliminate French influence over Germany.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578072/Franco-Prussian_War.html   (102 words)

  
 Antipas Christadelphians: The Hohenzollern Dynasty
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.
With the extinction of the Hechingen branch 20 years later, Charles Anton, head of the Sigmaringen, received the style prince (Fürst) von Hohenzollern, without territorial qualification.
The Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Family also became Kings of Romania.
www.antipas.org /news/europe/hohenzollerns.html   (102 words)

  
 Carol I of Romania -
Carol was born Prince Karl von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen on the 20th of April 1839.
He was the second son of Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen and his wife, princess Josephine.
In October 1880 Leopold renounced his right of succession in favour of his son William, who in turn surrendered his claim eight years later in favour of his younger brother, the future king Ferdinand.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Carol_I   (1479 words)

  
 Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (son of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern and of Princess Birgitta of Sweden) married Ute Maria König in a civil ceremony in Grünwald, Munich, Germany.
Prince Chlodwig of Lippe (son of the late Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and of the late Princess Bertha of Hesse and husband of Veronika Holl) died in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany on February 13th or 23rd.
Prince Jan Andreas of Liechtenstein (eldest son of Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein and of Kerstin Lundberg) married Lena Johansson in a civil ceremony in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on August 4th.
www.angelfire.com /in/heinbruins/Facts2000a.html   (3559 words)

  
 21ST GENERATION
Prince Maximilian of BADEN was born on 10 Jul 1867 in Baden-Baden - son of Prince William.
Grand Duke Frederick William of BADEN (son of Grand Duke Leopold of BADEN) was born about 1825.
Grand Duchess Louise of HOHENZOLLERN was born about 1830 in Prussia - dtr of William I. She died in Baden - wife of Grand Duke Frederick William.
home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7846.htm   (102 words)

  
 The Hohenzollern Dynasty
In the late 70's a Hohenzollern Prince married the Heiress to the Romanov Throne of Russia and their son, Georgi, is a German Prince as well as a Russian Grand Duke.
The House of Hohenzollern was for five centuries the royal house of the German state of Brandenburg, then the Kingdom of Prussia, and finally of a united German Empire.
Conrad of Hohenzollern, appointed (c.1170) burgrave (imperial representative) of Nuremberg by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, was succeeded (1192) by Frederick of Hohenzollern (d.
www.antipas.org /news/europe/hohenzollerns.html   (102 words)

  
 Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (son of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern and of Princess Birgitta of Sweden) married Ute Maria König in a civil ceremony in Grünwald, Munich, Germany.
Prince Chlodwig of Lippe (son of the late Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and of the late Princess Bertha of Hesse and husband of Veronika Holl) died in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany on February 13th or 23rd.
Prince Jan Andreas of Liechtenstein (eldest son of Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein and of Kerstin Lundberg) married Lena Johansson in a civil ceremony in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on August 4th.
www.angelfire.com /in/heinbruins/Facts2000a.html   (3559 words)

  
 Royal Facts of 2000, PART I
Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern (son of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern and of Princess Birgitta of Sweden) married Ute Maria König in a civil ceremony in Grünwald, Munich, Germany.
Prince Chlodwig of Lippe (son of the late Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and of the late Princess Bertha of Hesse and husband of Veronika Holl) died in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany on February 13th or 23rd.
Prince Francesco of Bourbon-Sicily (son of Prince Antonio of Bourbon-Sicily and of Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg) married Countess Alexandra of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in Geneva, Switzerland on June 17th.
www.angelfire.com /in/heinbruins/Facts2000a.html   (3559 words)

  
 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Princes (Fürsten) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern after the annexation of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens and their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the seniormost branch of the House of Hohenzollern, remained Catholic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   (272 words)

  
 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Princes ( Fürsten) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern after the annexation of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty (less known however than the
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   (272 words)

  
 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Princes (Fürsten) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern after the annexation of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens and their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the seniormost branch of the House of Hohenzollern, remained Catholic.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   (289 words)

  
 Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Princes (Fürsten) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern after the annexation of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen   (264 words)

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