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hohenzollern

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Ho⋅hen⋅zol⋅lern

  [hoh-uhn-zol-ern; Ger. hoh-uhn-tsawl-uhrn]
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–noun
a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
Origin:
1890–95
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Ho·hen·zol·lern   (hō'ən-zŏl'ərn, -tsôl'-)   
German royal family who ruled Brandenburg from 1415 and later extended their control to Prussia (1525). Under Frederick I (ruled 1701-1713) the family's possessions were unified as the kingdom of Prussia. From 1871 to 1918 Hohenzollern monarchs ruled the German Empire.
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