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Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
The
House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
is the senior
Swabian branch
of the
House of Hohenzollern
. The branch ruled the
Swabian
County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
, which in 1623 became a principality. The small sovereign state with the capital city of
Sigmaringen
was
annexed
to the
Kingdom of Prussia
in 1850 following the abdication of its sovereign in the wake of the
revolutions of 1848
, then became part of the newly created
Province of Hohenzollern
.
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