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firft-born of the family : and on the 30th oi June 1653, his fon Freda-ick
was introduced into the council of Princes. Prince Frederick William in the
year 1692 obtained from the Emperor Leopold the title of Prince to all the
younger brothers of his houfe, which in 1750 became extindl, and the
Ibvereignty of the country devolved to Prince Jofeph William Francis,
fon to
Count Hermann Frederick, and brother to that Prince. The Sigmaringen
line has been fliewn above to be derived from Count Charles II. who died
in the year 1606. His (on John, in 1623, was created a Prince of the Empire,
and his fon Prince Meinardl. left two fons behind him whofe virtues
and accomplifliments did honour to their high birth, I'iz. Maximilian,
who continued the reigning line, and Francis Antony, from whom is dcfcended
the collateral line of Haigerloch.
§.3. The before-mentioned Princes Eitel Frederick of the Hcchingen
and Meinard I. of the Sigmari?igen line, by the Emperor's permiflion, entered
into an agreement that the title of Prince fliould be confined to the
iirfl-born reigning lords of their houfe ; and that the other children fliould
be only counts, although as is fliewn above. Prince Frederick William m
the year 1692 obtained a grant from the Emperor, by which the title of
Prince was extended to all the younger children of his houfe ; notwithllanding
which all the fifters of tlie reigning Prince of Hohenzollern, Hechingen
excepted,
are ftiled countefles.
§. 4. The Princes of Hohenzollern are hereditary chamberlains of the
holy Roman Empire, which office by virtue of the agreement made by
Count Charles in the year 1575 (§. 2.) is always to belong to the firft-bora
of the family, who receives the inveftiture of it from the Eleftor of Brandenburg
; but may make over his right to any other of his family. By virtue
of the compadl and the incorporation of the inheritance made at Niirnber'gÄn
the years 1692 and 1695 with the Eledor of Brandenburg, they
flile themfelves Burggraves of Nürnberg, as the Eleäoral houie of Brandenburg
inferts Hohe?izollern among its titles. The county o( Hohenzollern,
together with all its regalia, privileges and appurtenances, is an abfolutely
free and independent property ; and the fame is aflerted by the Princes of
Hohenzollern with refped to the county of Sigmaringen, in oppofition to the
houfe ol Außria, which has long aimed at the fovereignty th.ereof; and
aflually difpofes of the
counties of Voringen and the lordlhip of Haigerloch
as fiefs. Of the Emperor and Empire the Princes hold only the criminal
jurifdidlion and an impoft for the office of the Schultheijfen (a kind of judge)
in the Lnperial town of Reutlingen. Both lines of this family are Roman
Catholics.
§. 5. The titles of the reigning Princes of both lines runs thus, "viz.
Prince of Hohenzollern, Burggrave of t^mnhtrg, Count of Sigmaringen and
Voringen, LW c/ Haigerloch ^w// Wohrftein, and Hereditary Chamberlain
of the Holy Roman Empire. The arms for Zollern, are quarterly, diamond
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