House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
| County of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch Grafschaft Hohenzollern-Haigerloch |
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| State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||
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| Motto Latin: Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing without God) |
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| Capital | Haigerloch | |||
| Language(s) | German | |||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Partition of County of Hohenzollern |
1576 | |||
| - Personal union with Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
1634–81 |
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| - Incorporation into Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
1767 | |||
The House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was a sub-branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty whose more famous younger Franconian branch became Burgraves of Nuremberg, Margraves of Brandenburg, Kings of Prussia, and finally Emperors of Germany. Unlike their northern relatives, the Swabians remained Catholic.
The countship of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was created in 1576, when Charles I of Hohenzollern died and his lands were divided 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)
All three territories were located in south-western Germany and were fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire. The area is now part of the German Land of Baden-Württemberg. Hechingen, Sigmaringen, and Haigerloch were the capitals of the three states.
[edit] Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576-1767)
- Christopher of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1575–1601)
- John Christopher, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1601–1623)
- Charles, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1623–1634)
(Between 1634 and 1681 the county was part of the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.)
- Franz Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1681–1702)
- Ferdinand Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1702–1750)
- Francis Christopher Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1750–1767)
With the death of the last count, the county was permanently incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
