What is Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Fürstentum Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen'' |conventional_long_name = Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |common_name = Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |era = Middle Ages |status = Vassal |empire = Holy Roman Empire |status_text = [[States of the Holy Roman Empire|State]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]],<br> [[States of the Confederation of the Rhine|State]] of the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], <br>[[States of the German Confederation|State]] of the [[German Confederation]] |government_type = Principality |year_start = 1576 |year_end = 1850 |event_start = Partition of [[Zollern|County of<br>{{spaces|4}}Hohenzollern]] |date_start = &nbsp;<br>1576 |event1 = Raised to Principality |date_event1 = 1623 |event_end = Incorporation into<br>{{spaces|4}}[[Kingdom of Prussia]] |date_end = &nbsp;<br>1850 |p1 = Zollern |image_p1 = [[Image:Wappen Hechingen.svg|20px|County of Zollern]] |s1 = Province of Hohenzollern |flag_s1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Hohenzollern.svg |image_flag = Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png |flag = |flag_type = |image_map = Hsigmaringen1848.png |image_map_caption = Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1848 |capital = Sigmaringen |national_motto = {{lang-la|Nihil Sine Deo}}<br>({{lang-en|Nothing without God}}) |national_anthem = |common_languages = [[German language|German]] |religion = Roman Catholic |currency = }} The '''House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen''' is the [[cadet branch]] of the senior [[Swabia]]n branch of the [[Hohenzollern]] dynasty, less known than the [[Franconia]]n branch which became [[Burgrave of Nuremberg|Burgraves of Nuremberg]] and later ruled [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] and the [[German Empire]]. The state which the cadet branch ruled was the '''County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen''' ({{lang-de|Grafschaft Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen}}), which later became a principality (''Fürstentum Hohenzollern-S