They use 'nihil sine deo' as motto, and one of its members was made a king by emperor Leopold I.
They use 'nihil sine deo' as motto, and one of its members was made a king by emperor Leopold I. Alledgedly founded by Burkhardt I, they split into two lines after the death of Frederick III. Frederick IV founded its Swabian branch, which after the death of Charles I in 1579 split in another 3 branches. One of those was offered the Romanian crown in 1866, and another member of this subbranch was offered the Spanish crown, but refused. The senior or Franconian branch, originally burgraves of Nuremberg, brought forth the margraves and subsequently electors of Brandenburg. Most famous through such Kings as Frederick Wilhelm I and Frederick the Great, FTP, what family included the kings of Prussia and emperors of the 2nd German Empire?
They use 'nihil sine deo' as motto, and one of its members was made a king by emperor Leopold I.
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