Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Hohenzollern-Hechingen
State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)
←
1576–1850 →
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Latin: Nihil Sine Deo
(Nothing without God)
Hohenzollern-Hechingen in 1848
Capital Hechingen
Languages German
Religion Roman Catholic
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Partition of County of
    Hohenzollern		  
1576 1576
 • Raised to Principality 1623
 •  Incorporation into
    Kingdom of Prussia		  
1850 1850

Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a small principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

History

The New Castle at Hechingen

The County of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was created in 1576, upon the partition of the County of Hohenzollern, a fief of the Holy 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:

Unlike the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg and Prussia, the Hohenzollerns of southwest Germany remained Roman Catholic. The County was raised to a principality in 1623.

The principality joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and was a member state of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1850. The democratic Revolution of 1848 was relatively successful in Hohenzollern, and on 16 May 1848, the Prince was forced to accept the establishment of a constitution. However, the conflict between monarch and democrats continued, and on 6 August, Hohenzollern was occupied by Prussian forces. On 7 December 1849, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin sold the country to his relative, King Frederick William IV of Prussia. On 12 March 1850, Hohenzollern-Hechingen officially became part of Prussia, and formed together with Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen the Province of Hohenzollern.

Rulers

Arms of a Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Counts of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1576–1623)[1]

Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1623–1850)

  • Johann Georg, 1st Prince Mar 23-Sep 28 1623 (1577-1623)
    • Eitel Friedrich V, 2nd Prince 1623–1661 (1601-1661)
    • Philipp Christoph Friedrich, 3rd Prince 1661–1671 (1616-1671)
      • Friedrich Wilhelm, 4th Prince 1671–1735 (1663-1735)
      • Prince Hermann Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1665-1733)
        • Josef Friedrich Wilhelm, 6th Prince 1750–1798 (1717-1798)
        • Prince Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1720-1765)
          • Hermann, 7th Prince 1798–1810 (1751-1810)
            • Frederick, 8th Prince 1810–1838 (1776-1838)
              • Constantine, 9th Prince 1838–1850 (1801-1869), sons were without dynastic rights, the Counts of Rothenburg
After cession of territory to Prussia, the Prince continued to use his title.
Line became extinct 1869 at Prince Constantine's death, and titles passed to the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen line.

References

  1. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hohz/hohenz9.html

External links

Holy Roman Empire Swabian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
Ecclesiastical
Secular
Prelates
Counts
Lords
Cities
France States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)
Rank elevated
by Napoleon
Kingdoms
Grand Duchies
Duchies
States created
Kingdoms
Grand Duchies
Principalities
Pre-existing
states
Other duchies
Principalities
  • 1 from 1810
  • 2 until 1810
  • 3 until 1809
  • 4 from 1809
  • 5 until 1811
Empires
Kingdoms
Electorates
Grand Duchies
Duchies
Principalities
City-states
Unrecognized
  • 1 w/o areas listed under other territories
  • 2 Merged with Anhalt from 1863
  • 3 until 1847
  • 4 from 1839
  • 5 from 1826
  • 6 until 1826
  • 7 until 1850
  • 8 1849–60
  • 9 as of 1849
  • 10 until 1837
  • 11 until 1829
  • 12 until 1848/57
  • 13 until 1848
  • 14 as of 1848
  • 15 as of 1829
  • 16 as of 1864
Authority control
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 31, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.