Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (German: Karl II, Graf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) (1574-April 8, 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 und 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 of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

[edit] 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

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

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