HOHENZOLLERNS, THE

HOHENZOLLERNS, THE
   the family which in 1415 became Electors of Brandenburg, kings of Prussia, and are now at length emperors of Germany; derived their name from an old castle so called near the springs of the Danube, a little way north from Constance and its lake.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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