Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

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Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

Born| 1516
Brussels, Spanish Netherlands
Died| (1576-03-18)18 March 1576
Sigmaringen Castle
Noble family| House of Hohenzollern-Swabia
Spouse(s)| Anna of Baden-Durlach
Father| Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern
Mother| Johanna van Witthem

Karl I of Hohenzollern (1516 in Brussels - 18 March 1576 at Sigmaringen Castle) was Count of Hohenzollern from 1525 to 1575. He was Imperial Archchamberlain and chairman of the Aulic Council.

## Life

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Karl was the eldest son of the Count Eitel Friedrich III of Hohenzollern (1494–1525) from his marriage to Johanna van Witthem (d. 1544), daughter of Philip, Lord of Beersel and Boutersem. Karl was Imperial Archchamberlain and later chairman of the Aulic Council. In 1534, he received the Counties of Sigmaringen and Veringen as imperial fiefs from Emperor Karl V.

Karl married in 1537 with Anna (1512–1579), a daughter of Margrave Ernst of Baden-Durlach, with whom he had several children, among them:

* Ferfried (1538–1556),
* Marie (1544–1611),
* Eitel Friedrich IV (1545–1605), later the first Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
* Karl II (1547–1606), later the first Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
* Johanna (1548–1604),
* Jacobea Marie (1549–1578) wife of Leonard V of Harrach (1542–1597),
* Eleanor (1551–1598),
* Christoph (1552–1592), later the first Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
* Magdalena (1553–1571), a nun in Holz,
* Joachim (1554–1587), titular Count of Hohenzollern
* Kunigunde (1558–1595), a nun at Inzigkofen Abbey

He had held the family possessions in a single hand since the Counts of Haigerloch had died out with the death of his cousin Jobst Nicholas II in 1558. After his death in 1576, however, they were divided. His eldest son, Eitel Friedrich IV became the founder of the Hohenzollern-Hechingen line. His second son, Karl II, founded the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The third son, Christoph, founded the Hohenzollern-Haigerloch line, which died out in 1634, with Christoph's share falling to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The youngest son, Joachim, received the county of Zollern. This line was the first to die out, when Joachim's son Joachim Georg died in 1602.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

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| 8\. Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern|

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| 17\. Ursula of Rhäzüns

| 4\. Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern|

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| 18\. John IV, Count of Werdenberg-Sargans

| 9\. Countess Agnes of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg|

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| 19\. Elisabeth of Württemberg

| 2\. Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern|

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| 20\. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

| 10\. Frederick III of Brandenburg|

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| 21\. Elisabeth of Bavaria

| 5\. Magdalene of Brandenburg|

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| 22\. Barnim VIII, Duke of Pomerania

| 11\. Princess Agnes of Pomerania-Wolgast|

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| 23\. Anna of Wunstorf

| 1\. Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern|
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| 24\. Hendrik II van Wittem

| 12\. Hendrik III Corsselaar van Wittem, Baron van Boutersem|

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| 25\. Jacoba van Glymes

| 6\. Filips Corsselaar van Wittem, Baron van Boutersem|

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| 26\. Bernard van der Spout

| 13\. Elisabeth van der Spout|

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| 27\. Elisabeth d'Enghien

| 3\. Johanna van Wittem|

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| 28\. Wouter IV van Halewijn

| 14\. Johan II van Halewijn, Vicomte de Roulers|

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| 29\. Jacqueline de Wisch

| 7\. Countess Johanna van Halewijn|

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| 30\. Jean II de la Clite

| 15\. Countess Jeanne de la Clite, Vicomtesse de Nieuwpoort|

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| 31\. Jeanne d'Estouteville

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## External links

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* Hohenzollern family tree on the site of the Hohenzollern family business

Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern

House of Hohenzollern

Born: 1516 Died: 18 March 1576

Preceded by

Eitel Friedrich III

|  Count of Hohenzollern
1525–1576  | Succeeded by

Eitel Friedrich IV

as Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Succeeded by

Karl II

as Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Preceded by

Jobst Nicholas II

|  Count of Haigerloch
1558–1576  | Succeeded by

Christoph

as Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

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