House of Hohenzollern

Notable figures of the house

Wilhelm II Hohenzollern

German Emperor

1859 – 1941

Frederick III Hohenzollern

German Emperor

1831 – 1888

Wilhelm I Hohenzollern

German Emperor

1797 – 1888

Frederick II of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1712 – 1786

Frederick William III of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1770 – 1840

Frederick William IV of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1795 – 1861

Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1688 – 1740

Frederick I of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1657 – 1713

Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia Hohenzollern

King of Prussia

1744 – 1797

Sophia of Prussia Hohenzollern

Queen consort of Greece

1870 – 1932

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg Hohenzollern

Queen consort of Denmark

1575 – 1612

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Hohenzollern

Queen Consort of Sweden

1720 – 1782

The story of this house

# House of Hohenzollern The Hohenzollern line encompasses 372 individuals born across more than a thousand years, from 1010 to 2025. Nearly all carried the Hohenzollern surname, with births concentrated in several German cities. Berlin emerges as the predominant birthplace with 70 recorded births, followed by Ansbach with 35 and Potsdam with 22. Smaller clusters appear in Cölln, Bayreuth, Königsberg, Sigmaringen, and Nuremberg, suggesting a family presence across multiple regions of central Europe. Members of this line experienced an average lifespan of 53 years, with one individual reaching 94 years. The thousand-year span of births reflects a continuous family presence across medieval, early modern, and contemporary periods. The concentration of births in Berlin, Potsdam, and Ansbach suggests these cities held particular significance for the family across generations, though the data alone reveals only where members were born, not the nature of their roles or circumstances.

Those who came before

1540–1578

1714–1784

1582–1616

1733–1757

1450–1489

1412–1454

1584–1629

1507–1567

1617–1676

1663–1724

1674–1748

1670–1739

1705–1764

1745–1800

1732–1780

1579–1649

1738–1820

1612–1687