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 | | 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. |
 | | Early in the 12th century Burkhard, a younger son of Frederick I~, secured the county of Hohenberg, and this district remained in the possession of the Hohenzollerns until the death of Count Sigismund 10 1486. |
 | | 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. |
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