The House of Hohenzollern is a German royal dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire (respectively), and Romania. The family came from the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the late 11th century and took their name from Hohenzollern Castle. The first ancestors of the Hohenzollerns were mentioned in 1061.
Bernard I of Baden was Margrave of the Margraviate of Baden from 1391 to 1431.
Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen(German: Karl II, Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) became Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1576 and remained so until his death. He was the fifth but second surviving son of Charles I, Count of Hohenzollern, and Anna, daughter of Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
Karl Friedrich was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Lord of Haigerloch and Wehrstein from 1769 until his death.
Burkhard I, Lord of the House of Hohenzollern is considered the first well-documented ancestor of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Because of his name, it has been attempted to link the Hohenzollern family's descent to the medieval Burchardings family, but without success. His father may have been Friedrich, a count in the Sülichgau area. His mother may have been Irmentrud, the daughter of Count Burkhard of Nellenburg.
Frederick I, Count of Zollern, was often cited as a powerful Swabian Count and supporter of the imperial party of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Count Friedrich IV of Zollern, also known as Burgrave Friedrich II of Nuremberg, was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1204 to 1218 and Count of Zollern from 1218 until his death.
Count Eitel Friedrich IV of Hohenzollern was the founder and first Count of the line Hohenzollern-Hechingen as Eitel Friedrich I.
Friedrich V of Zollern nicknamed, the Illustrious was a Count of Zollern.
Count Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was the first Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.
Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern, also known as Friedrich the Knight, or Friedrich the Elder, was a Count of Hohenzollern
Friedrich VIII, Count of Zollern, nicknamed Easter Sunday was a Count of Hohenzollern.
Meinrad II Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1689 until his death.
Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern was a German nobleman from the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern from shortly after his birth until his death.
Friedrich VII, Count of Zollern was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Zollern from 1298 until his death.
Philipp Christoph Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a German nobleman. He was the third prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
Friedrich X, Count of Hohenzollern, nicknamed Friedrich the Younger or the Black Count was a German nobleman. He was a ruling Count of Hohenzollern.
Friedrich XI, Count of Hohenzollern, nicknamed Friedrich the Elder was a German nobleman. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and a ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
Friedrich XII, Count of Hohenzollern, nickname Friedrich the Oettinger was a German nobleman. He was a member of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. His father was Friedrich XI, Count of Hohenzollern; his younger brother and rival was Eitel Friedrich I, Count of Hohenzollern.
Schlüsselberg was a Franconian aristocratic family which was a member of the high nobility. Until it died out in 1347, the family was able to establish itself firmly in the region of Franconian Switzerland and turned out to be unwelcome competition for the bishops of Bamberg. The Schlüsselbergs founded inter alia the town of a number of Schlüsselfeld in 1336 as well as Schlüsselau Abbey.
