Order of The Black Eagle - Princely House of Hohenzollern

Princely House of Hohenzollern

  • Karl Anton, Sovereign Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811 - 1885)
  • Leopold, Sovereign Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1835 - 1905) - son of Karl Anton
  • Wilhelm, Sovereign Prince Hohelnzollern-Sigmaringen (1864 - 1927)
  • Ferdinand, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b. 1865) - brother of Sovereign Prince Wilhelm, reigned as Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914 - 1927
  • Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839 - 1914) - second son of Karl Anton; reigned as Carol I of Romania, 1881 - 1914

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