Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl II, Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (1547 – 8 April 1606) became Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
in 1576 and remained so until his death.
Charles II was one of three sons of Charles I of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenzollern, and Anna of Baden-Durlach (1512–1579). Charles II was married to Euphorosyne of Öttingen-Wallerstein and later to Elisabeth of Cuyienburg.
The Hohenzollern lands were divided, in 1576, into three sections: those of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
, Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
. Charles II was the first Count of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
From his second marriage with Elisabeth of Cuyienburg:
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...
in 1576 and remained so until his death.
Charles II was one of three sons of Charles I of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenzollern, and Anna of Baden-Durlach (1512–1579). Charles II was married to Euphorosyne of Öttingen-Wallerstein and later to Elisabeth of Cuyienburg.
The Hohenzollern lands were divided, in 1576, into three sections: those of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a county and principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.-History:...
, Hohenzollern-Haigerloch, and 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...
. Charles II was the first Count of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
Children
From his first marriage with Euphorosyne of Öttingen-Wallerstein:- Ferdinand (1571)
- Anna Marie
- Marie Magdalene
- Barbara Marie
- Jakobe
- Johann (1578–1638), first FürstFürstFürst is a German title of nobility, usually translated into English as Prince.The term refers to the head of a principality and is distinguished from the son of a monarch, who is referred to as Prinz...
(elevated in 1622) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Karl
- Euphrosyne
- Eitel FriedrichEitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-SigmaringenEitel Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was a Roman Catholic Cardinal-Priest, Bishop of Osnabrück and member of the noble and ancient Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family....
- Maria Maximiliane
- Ernst Georg
- Marie Eleonore
- Marie Sabine
- Jakob Friedrich
- Marie
From his second marriage with Elisabeth of Cuyienburg:
- Elisabeth
- Georg Friedrich
- Marie Salome
- Marie Juliane
- Philipp Eusebius
- Christian
- Marie Cleopha
- Maria Christiane
- Marie Katharine
- Marie Amalie
External links
- The Family tree from the website of Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern