Burchard I

count of Zollern

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Burchard I was the first recorded ancestor of the Hohenzollern dynasty, serving as count of Zollern in the 11th century. The Hohenzollern dynasty is historically significant, primarily for ruling Brandenburg-Prussia and imperial Germany. From Burchard I, two main lines of descent emerged: Zollern-Hohenberg, which became extinct, and the line of the burgraves of Nuremberg, from which all surviving branches of the dynasty originated. This lineage eventually led to the electors of Brandenburg, kings in Prussia, and German emperors.1

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Hohenzollern dynasty
Burchard I, the first recorded ancestor of the dynasty, was count of Zollern in the 11th century. In the third and fourth generation from him two lines were formed: that of Zollern-Hohenberg, extinct in all its branches by 1486, and that of the burgraves of…
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Burchard I, the first recorded ancestor of the dynasty, was count of Zollern in the 11th century. In the third and fourth generation from him two lines were formed: that of Zollern-Hohenberg, extinct in all its branches by 1486, and that of the burgraves of…
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