Hohenzollern

The Hohenzollern family ruled various territories in and near modern Germany, and later of all Germany. The Royal House of Hohenzollern began ruling the area around Berlin and Brandenburg, now in Germany, in 1415.^[1]

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Hohenzollern Castle

House of Hohenzollern
Country	Germany, Romania
Etymology	Hohenzollern Castle
Founded	Before 1061
Founder	Burkhard I, Lord of Zollern
Current head	Germany and Prussia: Prince Georg Friedrich (1994–present) Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen: Prince Karl Friedrich (2010–present)
Final ruler	Germany and Prussia: Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888–1918) Romania: King Michael I (1927–1930, 1940–1947)
Titles	German Emperor Count of Zollern Margrave of Brandenburg Duke of Prussia Burgrave of Nuremberg Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach King of Prussia King in Prussia King of Romania Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (before 1869) Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (before 1869) Prince of Hohenzollern (after 1869) Prince of Neuchâtel (1707–1807, 1814–1857) Prince of Romania Grand Voevode of Alba Iulia
Estate(s)	Germany, Prussia, Romania, Russia
Deposition	Germany and Prussia: 1918: Abdication of Wilhelm II Romania: 1947: Abdication of Michael I
Cadet branches	Brandenburg-Prussian branch Swabian branch Romanian branch

The family became one of the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor and then were kings of Prussia in 1702 and German emperors in 1871.

It stopped ruling after World War I, when Germany became a republic. Prussia was abolished by the four Alliea that controlled Germany in 1947.

The family took it name from its ancestral home, Hohenzollern Castle, in what is now Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The area around the castle was once ruled as a separate principality.

Table of the House of Hohenzollern