Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

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1835 – 1905

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Who was Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern?

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and played a fleeting role in European power politics, in connection with the Franco-Prussian War.

He was born into the dynasty's surviving Sigmaringen branch, which inherited all the dynasty's Swabian lands when the Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct.

Leopold's parents were Josephine of Baden and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. Leopold was the older brother of King Carol I of Romania and father of the future King Ferdinand of Romania. Carol ascended the Romanian throne in 1866, and Leopold renounced his rights to the Romanian succession in favor of his sons in 1880.

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Born
Sep 22, 1835
Krauchenwies
Also known as
  • Leopold Stefan Karl Anton Gustaf Eduard Tassilo von Hohenzollern Sigmaringen
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Lived in
  • Baden-Württemberg
Died
Jun 8, 1905
Berlin

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on July 23, 2013

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