Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen  (German)
1576–1850
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Coat of arms
Motto: Nihil Sine Deo  (Latin)
Nothing without God
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (including Haigerloch from 1767 onwards) in 1848
Status
CapitalSigmaringen
Common languagesGerman
GovernmentPrincipality
Prince 
• 1623–1638
Johann (first)
• 1848–1849
Karl Anton (last)
Historical era
1576
• Raised to principality
1629
• Incorporation into
    Prussia
1850
Population
• 1835
41,800[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Zollern
Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Province of Hohenzollern
Today part ofGermany

The House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen is the cadet branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty, less known than the Franconian branch which became Burgraves of Nuremberg and later ruled Brandenburg-Prussia and the German Empire. The state which the cadet branch ruled was the County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Grafschaft Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen), which later became a principality (Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen).

References

  1. The Metropolitan Magazine. Vol. 14. London: Saunders and Otley. 1835. p. 187.