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.
Children
From his first marriage with Euphorosyne of Öttingen-Wallerstein:
- Ferdinand (1571)
- Anna Marie
- Marie Magdalene
- Barbara Marie
- Jakobe
- Johann (1578–1638), first Fürst (elevated in 1622) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Karl
- Euphrosyne
- Eitel Friedrich
- 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
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 1547 births
- 1606 deaths
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