- House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Grafschaft Hohenzollern-Haigerloch"
conventional_long_name = County of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
common_name = Hohenzollern-Haigerloch|
continent = Europe
region = Swabia
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality|
year_start = 1576
year_end = 1767|
event_start = Partition of County of
Hohenzollern
date_start =1576
event1 =Personal union with
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
date_event1 =1630 –81
event_end = Incorporation into
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
date_end =1767 |
p1 = Zollern
image_p1 =
s1 = Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
flag_s1 = Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png
flag_type =
image_map_caption = |
capital = Haigerloch
latd=48 |latm=22 |latNS=N |longd=8 |longm=48 |longEW=E|
national_motto = _la. Nihil Sine Deo
( _en. Nothing without God)
national_anthem =
common_languages = German
religion = Roman Catholic
currency = The House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch is a branch of the seniorSwabia n branch of theHohenzollern dynasty, less known however than theFranconia n branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruledBrandenburg ,Prussia and ultimatelyGermany .The countship of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was created in
1576 , upon the partition of the countship of Hohenzollern, afief of theHoly Roman Empire . When the last count of Hohenzollern, Charles I of Hohenzollern (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)
*Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)The Counts (Grafen) of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch ruled over a small countship in southwest Germany. Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollern of Haigerloch, and their cousins of Hohenzollern of Hechingen, the seniormost branch of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and Hohenzollern of Sigmaringen, remained Roman Catholic.
The principality was incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen between
1630 and1681 . In1767 it was permanently incorporated into Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576-1623)
*
Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1575-1601)
*Johann Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1601-1623)
*Johann III of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1601-1630)"Between 1630 and 1681 the countship was incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen"
*
Franz Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1681-1702)
*Ferdinand Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1702-1750)
*Franz Christoph Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1750-1767)"With the death of the last count, the countship goes to the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen."
External links
* [http://www.hohenzollern-home.com/ Family tree of the House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]
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