The House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch was a sub-branch of the senior Swabia

Swabia

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n branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty whose more famous younger Franconia

Franconia

Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...

n 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 Karl 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
  Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1576 and remained so until his death....
  
   (1547–1606)
• Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1552–1592)

All three territories were located in south-western Germany

Germany

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 and were fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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. The area is now part of the German Land

States of Germany

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 of Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

. Hechingen

Hechingen

Hechingen is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border.- City districts :...

, Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....

, and Haigerloch

Haigerloch

-Geography:-Geographical situation:Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limestone valley...

 were the capitals of the three states.

Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1576-1767)

• Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1575–1601)
• Johann Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1601–1623)
• Johann III of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1623–1634)

(Between 1634 and 1681 the countship was part of the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

-Noble jurisdictions:Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and descendants of his nephew Ferdinand ruled over the Kingdom of Romania, as Karl Eitel did not have children...

.)

• Franz Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1681–1702)
• Ferdinand Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1702–1750)
• Franz Christoph Anton of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1750–1767)

With the death of the last count, the countship was permanently incorporated into the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

External links

• Family tree of the House of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch