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Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen The House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The family
is not as well known to history, as is the junior Franconian branch. (The Franconian branch became Burgraves of Nuremberg
and later ruled Brandenburg-Prussia and the German Empire.) The senior branch ruled, and the dynasty took its name from, the
Swabian County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Grafschaft Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), which later became a principality
(Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen). The County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was created in 1576, upon the partition of
the County of Hohenzollern, a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. When the last count of Hohenzollern, Charles I (1512-1579) died,
the territory was to be divided up between his three sons: - Eitel Frederick IV of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545-1605)
- Charles II of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547-1606)
- Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552-1592)
The Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ruled over a small principality in southwest
Germany, with a seat at Sigmaringen Castle. Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollern of Sigmaringen,
and their cousins of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the seniormost branch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and
Hohenzollern of Haigerloch, remained Roman Catholic. The principality became an independent state in 1815 after the Napoleonic
Wars. Its ruler was deposed in the revolutions of 1848. His son, Karl Anton, succeeded him, and turned to Prussia for aid.
Prussian troops arrived in August 1849, and in a treaty signed in December Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was annexed by Prussia,
effective in March 1850. The annexation of their state did not, however, mean the end of the importance of the House of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The last
prince, Karl Anton, served as Minister-President of Prussia from 1858-61. Karl Anton's second son, Karl Eitel Friedrich of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became prince (1866-1881) and then king (1881-1914) of the Romanians, under the name Carol and the
house remained on the throne until the end of the Romanian monarchy in 1947. Because the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line died
out in 1869 with the death of Constantine of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Karl
Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, took the title of prince (Fürst) of Hohenzollern instead of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
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 of the German Empire in January 1871. The Family Titles and Styles The
present members of this family bear the title Prince or Princess von Hohenzollern, together with the formal appellation of
His or Her Serene Highness. The Genealogy of the Princely House KARL Anton Friedrich Meinrad
Fidelis, Fst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 17 Oct 1831, abdicated in favor of his son 27 Aug 1848 (Sigmaringen 20 Feb 1785-Sigmaringen
11 Mar 1853); m.1st Paris 4 Feb 1808 Antoinette Pss Murat (Cahors 5 Jan 1793-Sigmaringen 19 Jan 1847); m.2d Kupferzell 14
Mar 1848 Katharina Pss zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (Stuttgart 19 Jan 1817-Freiburg 15 Feb 1893)
1a) Annunziata Karoline Joachime Antoinette Amalie (Sigmaringen 6 Jun 1810-Sigmaringen 21 Jun 1885); m.1st Sigmaringen 7
Jan 1839 Friedrich Pr von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (Rakonitz 3 Nov 1790-Pistyan 14 Dec 1847); m.2d Kloster Lichtenthal 2 Feb
1850 Johann Stäger von Waldburg (1822-4 Apr 1882)
2a) KARL ANTON Joachim Zephyrinus Friedrich Meinrad Fst
von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Fst von Hohenzollern from 3 Sep 1869, ceded his sovereign rights to King of Prussia 7 Dec 1849,
granted style of Highness 20 Mar 1850, and Royal Highness 18 Oct 1861 (Sigmaringen 7 Sep 1811-Berlin 2 Jun 1885); m.Karlsruhe
21 Oct 1834 Josefine Pss of Baden (Mannheim 21 Oct 1813-Sigmaringen 19 Jun 1900)
1b) LEOPOLD Stephan Karl Anton
Gustav Eduard Tassilo Fst von Hohenzollern (Krauchenwies 22 Sep 1835-Berlin 8 Jun 1905); m.Lisbon 12 Sep 1861 Antonia Infanta
of Portugal (Lisbon 17 Feb 1845-Sigmaringen 17 Dec 1913)
1c) WILHELM August Karl Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt
Fst von Hohenzollern (Benrath 7 Mar 1864-Sigmaringen 22 Oct 1927); m.1st Sigmaringen 27 Jun 1889 Maria Teresa Pss of Bourbon-Two
Sicilies (Zürich 15 Jan 1867-Cannes 1 Mar 1909); m.2d Munich 20 Jan 1915 Adelgunde Pss of Bavaria (Villa Amsee 17 Oct
1870-Sigmaringen 4 Jan 1958)
1d) Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth
(Potsdam 19 Aug 1890-Münchhöf 29 Aug 1966); m.1st Sigmaringen 4 Sep 1913 King Manoel II of Portugal (Lisbon 15 Nov
1889-Fulwell Park, Middlesex 2 Jul 1932); m.2d Langenstein 23 Apr 1939 Robert Gf Douglas (Villa Douglas 24 Apr 1880-Langenstein
26 Aug 1955)
2d) FRIEDRICH Viktor Pius Alexander Leopold Karl Theodor Ferdinand Fst von Hohenzollern (Heiligendamm
30 Aug 1891-Krauchenwies 6 Feb 1965); m.Sibyllenort 2 Jun 1920 Margarete Pss of Saxony (Dresden 24 Jan 1900-Freiburg im Breisgau
16 Oct 1962)
1e) Benedikta Maria Antonia Mathilde Anna (Sigmaringen 19 Feb 1921-Sigmaringen 11 Oct 2011); m.Sigmaringen
4 Jan 1942 Heinrich Gf von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee (Wolfegg 15 Sep 1911-Stuttgart 25 May 1972)
2e) Maria
Adelgunde Alice Luise Josephine (Sigmaringen 19 Feb 1921-Frauenfeld 23 May 2006); m.1st Sigmaringen 31 Aug 1942 (div 1948)
Pr Konstantin of Bavaria (Munich 15 Aug 1920-Hechingen 30 Jul 1969); m.2d Baden-Baden 25 Mar 1950 (div 1962) Werner Hess (b.Baden-Baden
20 Sep 1907); m.3d Frauenfeld, Switzerland 9 Feb 1973 Hans Huber (Frauenfeld 12 May 1909-Frauenfeld 25 Apr 2007)
3e) Maria Theresia Ludovika Cecilie Zita Elisabeth Hilda Agnes (Schloß Sigmaringen 11 Oct 1922-Munich 13 Dec 2004)
4e) FRIEDRICH WILHELM Ferdinand Joseph Maria Manuel Georg Meinrad Fidelis Benedikt Michael Hubert Fst von Hohenzollern
(Schloß Umkirch 3 Feb 1924-Umkirch [Sigmaringen?] 16 Sep 2010); m.(civ) Sigmaringen 5 Jan 1951 (rel) Amorbach 3 Feb
1951 Margarita Pss zu Leiningen (Coburg 9 May 1932-Überlingen 16 Jun 1996)
1f) KARL FRIEDRICH Emich Meinrad
Benedikt Fidelis Maria Michael Gerold Fst von Hohenzollern (b.Sigmaringen 20 Apr 1952) ; m.1st Sigmaringen 15 Jun 1985 (div
2010) Alexandra Schenk Gfn von Stauffenberg (b.Detmold 25 May 1960); m.2nd Schloß Umkirch 17 Jul 2010 Katharina de Zomer
(b.Hamburg 16 Jul 1959)
1g) Alexander Friedrich Antonius Johann Erbprinz von Hohenzollern (b.New York City 16
Mar 1987)
2g) Philippa Marie Carolina Isabelle (b.New York City 2 Nov 1988)
3g) Flaminia Pia Eilika
Stephanie (b.Munich 9 Jan 1992)
4g) Antonia Elisabeth Georgina Tatiana (b.Munich 22 Jun 1995)
2f)
Albrecht Johannes Hermann Meinrad Stephan (b.Umkirch 3 Aug 1954); m.Rome 8 Sep 2001 Nathalie Rocabado de Viets (b.Hamburg
10 Nov 1970)
1g) Josephine Marie Isabelle Sophia Margarete (b.Munich 31 Oct 2002)
2g) Eugenia Bernadette
Maria Theresia Esperanza (b.Sigmaringen 8 June 2005)
3f) Ferdinand Maria Fidelis Leopold Meinrad Valentin (b.Sigmaringen
14 Feb 1960); m.Sigmaringen 10 May 1996 (rel) Csicsó [Cicov], Slovakia 3 Aug 1996 Ilona Gfn Kálnoky de Köröspatak
(b.Bruck an der Mur 9 Jun 1968)
1g) Aloys Maria Friedrich Karl (b.Berlin 6 Apr 1999)
2g) Fidelis Maria
Anton Alexis Hans (b.Berlin 25 Apr 2001)
3g) Victoria Margaritta Sieglinde Johanna Isabella Maria (b.Berlin 28
Jan 2004)
5e) Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael (Schloß Umkirch 15 Mar 1926-Sigmaringen 13 Mar
1996); m.1st Regensburg 15 Jul 1950 (div 1951) Maria Ferdinande Pss von Thurn und Taxis (b.Schloß Haus 19 Dec 1927);
m.2d (civ) London 15 Mar 1955 (rel) Krauchenwies 16 Apr 1955 (div 1961) Pss Diane Marguerite of Bourbon-Parma (b.Paris 22
May 1932)
6e) Johann Georg Carl Leopold Eitel-Friedrich Meinrad Maria Hubertus Michael (b.Schloß Sigmaringen
31 Jul 1932); m.(civ) Stockholm 25 May 1961 (rel) Sigmaringen 30 May 1961 Pss Birgitta of Sweden (b.Haga 19 Jan 1937)
1f) Carl Christian Friedrich Johannes Meinrad Maria Hubertus Edmund (b.Munich 5 Apr 1962); m.Munich 8 Jul 1999 (rel)
Kreuzpullach 26 Jul 1999 Nicole Neschitsch (b.Munich 22 Jan 1968)
1g) Nicolas Johann Georg Maria (b.Munich 22
Nov 1999)
2f) Désirée Margarethe Victoria Louise Sibylla Katharina Maria (b.Munich 27 Nov 1963);
m.1st Weitramsdorf 21 Sep 1990 (rel) Hechingen 6 Oct 1990 (div 2002) Heinrich Erbgf zu Ortenburg (b.Bamberg 11 Oct 1956);
m.2d Schloß Bruchsal 27 Nov 2004 Eckbert von Bohlen und Halbach (b.24 Mar 1956)
3f) Hubertus Gustav Adolf
Veit Georg Meinrad Maria Alexander (b.Munich 10 Jun 1966); m.(civ) Grünwald 10 Jul 2000 (rel) Palma de Mallorca 23 Sep
2000 Ute Maria König (b.Trier 25 Feb 1964)
1g) Lennart Carl Christian (Munich 10 Jan 2001-Munich 14 Jan 2001)
2g) Vivianne (b.2009)
7e) Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus (b.Schloß
Umkirch 14 Apr 1943); m.(morganatically) Schloß Sigmaringen 21 Sep 1968 (div 1973) Angela von Morgen (b.Berlin 11 Nov
1942); m.2d (morganatically) Büsingen 7 Apr 1977 (div 1987) Eliane Etter (b.Luzern 4 May 1947); m.3d Dresden 19 Mar 1999
(div 2007) Maja Meinert (b.Dresden 8 Oct 1971)
1f) Pss Valerie Alexandra Henriette Margarethe (b.Munich 10 Apr
1969); m.8 Jul 1993 Peter Brenske (b.4 Jan 1956)
2f) Pss Stephanie Michaela Sigrid Birgitta (b.Munich 8 May 1971);
m.1st (civ) Munich Jul (rel) 28 Sep 1996 (div 1999) Hieronymus Gf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (b.Gelsenkirchen-Horst 21 Jun
1955); m.2nd Hechingen 2009 Martin Haag
3f) Pss Henriette Annabelle Gabrielle Adrienne (b.Zürich 26 Mar 1978)
4f) Pr Moritz Johannes Axel Peter Meinrad (b.Münsterlingen 5 Aug 1980)
3d) Franz Joseph Maria Ludwig
Anton Thassilo Pr von Hohenzollern-Emden (Heiligendamm 30 Aug 1891-Tübingen 3 Apr 1964); m.Sibyllenort 25 May 1921 Maria
Alix Pss of Saxony (Wachwitz 27 Sep 1901-Hechingen 11 Dec 1990)
1e) Karl Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Maria
Georg Manuel Rupprecht Heinrich Benedikt Tassilo (Munich 28 Jan 1922-Hechingen 3 Nov 1993); m.(morganatically) Rome 15 Aug
1951 Alexandra Afif (Beirut 16 Nov 1919-Hechingen 25 Jun 1996)
2e) Meinrad Leopold Maria Friedrich Christian Ferdinand
Albert (b.Sigmaringen 17 Jan 1925); m.(civ) Frankfurt 25 Aug 1971 (rel) Sigmaringen 11 Sep 1971 Edina Frn von Kap-Herr (b.Vienna
23 Aug 1938)
1f) Stephanie-Antoinette Alexandra Calixta Edina Maria Theresia (b.Stuttgart 6 Dec 1974); m.Ludwigsburg
Aug 1999 Sebastian Exner (b.23 Feb 1977)
3e) Maria Margarethe Anna Viktoria Luise Josephine Mathilde Theresia
vom Kinde Jesu (Sigmaringen 2 Jan 1928-Hechingen 4 Aug 2006); m.(civ) Hechingen 18 Dec 1965 (rel) Burg Hohenzollern 23 Apr
1966 Duke Karl Gregor of Mecklenburg (b.Remplin, Mecklenburg 14 Mar 1933)
4e) Emanuel Joseph Maria Wilhelm Ferdinand
Burkhard (Munich 23 Feb 1929-Hechingen 8 Feb 1999); m.(civ) Hechingen (rel) Burg Hohenzollern 25 May 1968 (div 1985) Pss Katharina
of Saxe-Weimar (b.Breslau 30 Nov 1943)
1f) Eugenia Maria Margarete Adelheid Felicitas Luise Henriette (b.Hechingen
13 Mar 1969); m.15 Nov 1991 Alexander Sautter
2f) Carl Alexander Franz Joseph Wilhelm Ernst Meinrad (b.Hechingen
26 Oct 1970); m.1st Leutkirch 11 Apr 1991 (rel) Gebrazhofen 19 Apr 1991 (div 1997) Angela Stölzle (b.1942); m.2d 2002
(annulled 2002 after six weeks) Azlet Temurowski
2c) Ferdinand Victor Albert Meinrad (1865-1927), succeeded his
paternal uncle as King Ferdinand of Romania; see Romania
3c) Karl Anton Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (Sigmaringen
1 Sep 1868-Namedy 21 Feb 1919); m.Brussels 28 May 1894 Josephine Pss of Belgium (Brussels 18 Oct 1872-Namur 6 Jan 1958)
1d) Stephanie Josephine Karola Philippine Leopoldine Marie (Potsdam 8 Apr 1895-Diessen am Ammersee 7 Aug 1975); m.Namedy
18 May 1920 Joseph Ernst Fst Fugger von Glött (Kirchheim 26 Oct 1895-Miesbach, Upper Bavaria 13 May 1981)
2d)
Marie Antoinette Wilhelmine Auguste Viktoria (Potsdam 23 Oct 1896-Bolzano 4 Jul 1965); m.Überlingen 27 Nov 1924 Egon
Frhr Eyrl von und zu Waldgries u.Liebenaich (Bolzano 6 Dec 1892-Bolzano 27 Apr 1981)
3d) Albrecht Ludwig Leopold
Tassilo (Potsdam 28 Sep 1898-Bühlerhöhe 30 Jul 1977); m.Potsdam 19 May 1921 Ilse Margot von Friedeburg (Potsdam
28 Jun 1901-Andernach 2 Jul 1988)
1e) Josephine Wilhelma Karola Luise Maria Stephanie Marie-Antoinette Lini (Burg
Namedy 15 Feb 1922-Andernach 11 Jul 2006); m.Burg Namedy 3 Jun 1967 Harald Gf von Posadowsky-Wehner (Kiel 25 Sep 1910-Bonn
8 Sep 1990)
2e) Luise-Dorothea Stephanie Elisabeth Maximiliane Cecilie Rosmarie Felicitas (Burg Namedy 9 Feb 1924-Bad
Kreuznach 11 Nov 1988); m.Burg Namedy 11 Jun 1947 Egbert Gf von Plettenberg (Düsseldorf 15 Oct 1917-Bad Kreuznach 1 Nov
1995)
3e) Rose-Margrethe (Rosemargot) Adelgunde Clementine Mechthilde Maria Felicitas (Burg Namedy 19 Feb 1930-Neuss
16 Feb 2005); m.Burg Namedy 15 Sep 1955 Edgar Pfersdorf (Wiesbaden 23 Mar 1920-Neuss 25 Feb 1997)
4e) Maria (b.and
d.Burg Namedy 1 Apr 1935)
5e) Godehard-Friedrich Karl Anton Heinrich Albrecht Joseph Ernst Egon Hermann Johann
Georg Rudolf Tassilo Benedikt (Koblenz 17 Apr 1939-Namedy 21 May 2001); m.(morganatically) Munich 29 Aug 1971 Heide Hansen
(b.Neunkirchen 2 May 1943)
1f) Pr Carlos Patrick Godehard (b.Munich 4 Dec 1978)
2f) Pss Anna Corinna
Dione (b.Bonn 19 Aug 1983)
4d) Henriette Leopoldine Wilhelmine (Berlin 29 Sep 1907-Berlin 3 Oct 1907)
2b) Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia (Krauchenwies 15 Jul 1837-Lisbon 17 Jul 1859); m.by proxy at Dresden
19 Apr 1858 and in person at Lisbon 18 May 1858 King Pedro V of Portugal (Lisbon 16 Sep 1837-Lisbon 11 Nov 1861)
3b) Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig (1839-1914), who became King Carol I of Romania; see Romania
4b) Anton (Sigmaringen 7 Oct 1841-Königshof, Bohemia 5 Aug 1866)
5b) Friedrich Eugen Ludwig
(Intzigkofen, Sigmaringen 25 Jun 1843-Munich 2 Dec 1904); m.Regensburg 21 Jun 1879 Luise Pss von Thurn und Taxis (Schloß
Taxis 1 Jun 1859-Sigmaringen 20 Jun 1948)
6b) Marie Luise Alexandra Karoline (Sigmaringen 17 Nov 1845-Brussels
26 Nov 1912); m.Berlin 25 Apr 1867 Philippe Pr of Belgium, Ct of Flanders (Laeken 24 Mar 1837-Brussels 17 Nov 1905)
3a) Amalie Antoinette Karoline Adrienne (Sigmaringen 30 Apr 1815-Sigmaringen 14 Jan 1841); m.Sigmaringen 25 Jul 1835
Eduard Pr of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen 3 Jul 1804-Munich 16 May 1852)
4a) Friederike Wilhelmine (Sigmaringen
24 Mar 1820-Forli 7 Sep 1906); m.Sigmaringen 5 Dec 1844 Gioacchino Napoleone Marchese Pepoli (Bologna 6 Nov 1825-Bologna 26
Mar 1881)
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