House of Hohenzollern

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The House of Hohenzollern is a prominent German royal dynasty that ruled Brandenburg-Prussia and later the German Empire until the end of World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
noble family
royal house
associatedWithEvent Franco-Prussian War
North German Confederation
surface form: Unification of Germany

World War I
coatOfArms Royal arms of German states
surface form: Arms of the House of Hohenzollern
countryOfOrigin Germany
Holy Roman Empire
currentStatus mediatized princely house
endOfRuleOverGermanEmpire 1918
endOfRuleOverPrussia 1918
endOfRuleOverRomania 1947
ethnicGroup German
hasAncestralSeat Hohenzollern Castle
Hohenzollern-Hechingen Castle
Sigmaringen Castle
surface form: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Castle
hasBranch House of Hohenzollern self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brandenburg-Prussian line

Franconian branch
House of Hohenzollern self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Swabian branch
historicalRegion Baden-Württemberg
Brandenburg
Prussia
houseHeadTitle Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince of Prussia
language German
lostThronesAfter German Revolution of 1918–1919
motto Nihil Sine Deo
namedAfter Hohenzollern Castle
surface form: Zollern Castle
notableMember Carol II of Romania
Ferdinand I of Romania
Frederick I of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Carol I of Romania
surface form: Karl I of Romania

Michael I of Romania
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
William I, German Emperor
notableTitleHeld Duke of Prussia
Margrave of Brandenburg
surface form: Elector of Brandenburg

German Emperor
King of Prussia
surface form: King in Prussia

King of Prussia
King of Romania
Margrave of Brandenburg
originatesFrom County of Zollern
Duchy of Swabia
surface form: Swabia
religion Calvinism
Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
roseToProminenceAs Burgraves of Nuremberg
ruled Duchy of Prussia
Electorate of Brandenburg
German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Romania
Margraviate of Brandenburg
startOfKingshipInPrussia 1701
startOfReignInBrandenburg 1415
startOfReignInPrussia 1525
startOfRuleOverGermanEmpire 1871

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augustus William memberOfDynasty House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Augustus William of Prussia
Augustus William house House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Augustus William of Prussia
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) brother, not child nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)
John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg dynasticHouse House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern memberOf House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern associatedWithTerritory House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern hereditaryIn House of Hohenzollern
Prince of Hohenzollern linkedDynasty House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern dynasty
New Garden (Neuer Garten) ownedBy House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: New Garden
this entity surface form: Prussian royal family (historical)
Marmorpalais ownedBy House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Prussian royal family
Prince Louis Charles of Prussia memberOfDynasty House of Hohenzollern
Prince Louis Charles of Prussia house House of Hohenzollern
Treaty of Kraków (1525) party House of Hohenzollern
New Palace (Potsdam) usedBy House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Prussian royal family
Prince Albert of Prussia nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
Prince Albert of Prussia notableFamilyConnection House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern dynasty
Hohenzollern Castle namedAfter House of Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern Castle owner House of Hohenzollern
County of Zollern ancestralDomainOf House of Hohenzollern
County of Zollern dynasty House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern dynasty
Swabian branch partOf House of Hohenzollern
Swabian branch dynastyName House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern
Swabian branch distinctFrom House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Brandenburg-Prussian line of the House of Hohenzollern
Burgraves of Nuremberg nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
Burgraves of Nuremberg hasTitleHolder House of Hohenzollern
Burgraves of Nuremberg hasSuccessor House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern Electors of Brandenburg
Burgraves of Nuremberg hasSuccessor House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia
Nihil Sine Deo usedBy House of Hohenzollern
Nihil Sine Deo associatedWith House of Hohenzollern
Oranienburg Palace usedBy House of Hohenzollern
Princess of Prussia (by marriage) usedBy House of Hohenzollern
Princess of Prussia (by marriage) associatedWith House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Prussian royal family
Princess of Prussia (by marriage) dynasticContext House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern dynasty
Hohenzollern-Hechingen Castle associatedDynasty House of Hohenzollern
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia memberOf House of Hohenzollern
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia nobleFamily House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern dynasty
Wilhelmina memberOf House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
Wilhelmina house House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
Prince William of Prussia house House of Hohenzollern
subject surface form: William I, German Emperor
Prince Friedrich Heinrich Emil Karl of Prussia dynasty House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern
Prince Friedrich Heinrich Emil Karl of Prussia partOf House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: Prussian royal family
Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg memberOf House of Hohenzollern
this entity surface form: House of Hohenzollern (by marriage)
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin dynasticUnionWith House of Hohenzollern
Princess Marianne of Prussia memberOf House of Hohenzollern