House of Hohenzollern
Swabian branch
Counts of Zollern (before 1061 until 1204)
Count of Zollern
- Friedrich I (d. 1125) Count of Zollern
- Friedrich I of Nuremberg (1139 – 1200) Burgrave of Nuremberg
Sons of Friedrich I:
Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186– 1261)
- Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186– 1261) Eldest son (Founder of the Franconian branch, later, Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraves of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1398–1604), later Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Electors of Brandenburg and Kings of Prussia) See Brandenburg
Friedrich IV of Zollern (d. 1255)
- Friedrich IV of Zollern (d. 1255). (Founder of the Swabian branch, later Princes of Hohenzollern and Kings of Romania)
Counts of Hohenzollern (1204-1575)
Charles I (1512-1576) Count of Hohenzollern
- Charles I (1512-1576) Count of Hohenzollern
When he died, his county was divided to form the three Swabian branches. Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Veringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576-1623)
Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1623-1850) annexed to Prussia in 1850
Eitel Friedrich IV/I (1576-1605) Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Eitel Friedrich IV/I (1576-1605) Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Johann Georg (1577-1623) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Johann Georg (1577-1623) Count of Hohenzollern—Hechingen, created Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1623. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
- Eitel Friedrich V (1623-1661) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Philipp (1616–1671) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Friedrich Wilhelm (1663–1735) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1663–1735) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
- Friedrich Ludwig (1688 –1750) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Josef Friedrich Wilhelm (1717 –1798) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Hermann Friedrich Otto (1751 – 1810) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Hermann Friedrich Otto (1751 – 1810) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle.
Friedrich Hermann Otto (1776 – 1838) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Friedrich Hermann Otto (1776 – 1838) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg).
Constantin (1801 – 1869) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- Constantin (1801 – 1869) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen until 1850. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the House Order of Fidelity (Baden) Knight of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg). The House Order of Hohenzollern was instituted in 1841, by joint decree of Prince Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Counts of Rothenburg
Counts of Rothenburg
- Constantin (1801 – 1869) Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Married morganatically Baroness Amalie Schenk von Geyern, created Countess of Rothenburg. Their children bore the tiltle Count of Rothenburg.
Counts of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1576-1623)
Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1623-1849) annexed to Prussia in 1849
Karl II (1576–1606) Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Karl II (1576–1606) Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Johann (1623–1638) Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Johann (1623–1638) Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, created Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1623
- Meinrad I (1605 – 1681) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch from 1638.
- Maximilian I (1636 – 1689) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Meinrad II (1673 – 1715) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Joseph Ernst (1702 – 1769) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Joseph Ernst (1702 – 1769) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch from 1767. Knight of the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception (Bavaria)
Karl Friedrich (1724 – 1785) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Karl Friedrich (1724 – 1785) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle.
- Karl (1785 – 1853) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen reigning until 1848. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle.
Karl Anton (1811 – 1885) Prince of Hohenzollern
- Karl Anton (1811 – 1885) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen reigning until 1849. Prince of Hohenzollern from 1869. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle. The House Order of Hohenzollern was instituted in 1841, by joint decree of Prince Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
- Leopold (1835 – 1905) Prince of Hohenzollern. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Grand Master of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern.
- William (1864 – 1927) Prince of Hohenzollern. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle. Grand Master of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern.
- Frederick (1891 – 1965) Prince of Hohenzollern. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Grand Master of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern.
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1924 – 2010) Prince of Hohenzollern. Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Grand Master of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern.
- Karl Friedrich (b. 1952) Prince of Hohenzollern. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. Grand Master of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern.
Kings of Romania
(1866–1947)
Carol I (1839 – 1914) Prince of The United Principalities of Romania
Carol I (1839 – 1914) King of Romania
- Carol I (1839 – 1914) Prince of The United Principalities of Romania from 1866, The King of Romania from 1881, born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Second son of Karl Anton (1811 – 1885) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Founder of the Order of the Star of Romania in 1877, Founder of the Order of the Crown of Romania in 1881, Founder of the Order of Carol I in 1909. Married Princess Elisabeth of Wied (1843 – 1916) daughter of Hermann, Prince of Wied.
Ferdinand I (1865 – 1927) King of Romania
- Ferdinand I (1865 – 1927) King of Romania, born Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, second son of Leopold (1835 – 1905) Prince of Hohenzollern. Sovereign of the Order of Carol I, Sovereign of the Order of the Star of Romania, Sovereign of the Order of the Crown of Romania. Married Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1875 – 1938) daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha).
Michael I (1921 – 2017) King of Romania
- Michael I (1921 – 2017) King of Romania, reigning from 1927 to 1930 (Regency) and from 1940 to 1947. Sovereign of the Order of Carol I, Sovereign of the Order of the Star of Romania, Sovereign of the Order of the Crown of Romania. Married Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma (1923 – 2016) daughter of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma.
- Carol II (1893 –1953) King of Romania reigning from 1930 to 1940. Sovereign of the Order of Carol I, Sovereign of the Order of the Star of Romania, Sovereign of the Order of the Crown of Romania.
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
(1567-1634) to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
- Christoph (1575-1601) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
- Johann Christoph (1586 – 1620) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
- Karl (1588 – 1634) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Between 1634 and 1681 the county was part of the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
(1681-1769) to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
- Franz Anton (1657 – 1702) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, younger son of Meinrad I (1605 – 1681) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. Canon in the cathedral chapter in Cologne
- Anton Ferdinand Leopold (1692 – 1750) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. Canon in the cathedral chapter in Cologne.
- Franz Christoph Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1699 – 1767) Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch. Canon in the cathedral chapter in Cologne.
- Joseph Ernst (1702 – 1769) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch from 1767. Knight of the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception (Bavaria) See above