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{{Short description|Count (later Prince) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1606-1638)}}
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{{infobox nobility
| name = Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
| image = Jean de Hohenzollern 1578-1638.jpg
| caption =
| noble family = [[House of Hohenzollern]]
| father = [[Karl II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]
| mother = [[Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
| spouse = [[Johanna of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]]
| birth_date = 17 August 1578
| birth_place = [[Sigmaringen]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1638|3|22|1578|8|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Munich]]
}}
[[File:Sigmaringen Marktbrunnen BW 2015-04-28 16-52-05.jpg|thumb|200px|Memorial to Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in the market fountain in Sigmaringen, by [[Hans Baur (sculptor)|Hans Baur]], 1891.]]
Prince '''Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen''' (17 August 1578 in [[Sigmaringen]] &ndash; 22 March 1638 in [[Munich]]), was the ruling Count of [[Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]] from 1606 to 1623.  He was elevated to the rank of [[prince]] in 1623 and so was ''Prince'' of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1623 until his death.
== Life ==
Johann was the eldest surviving son of Count [[Karl II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Karl II]] of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1547–1606), from his marriage to Euphrosyne (1552–1590), the daughter of Count Friedrich  V of Oettingen-Wallerstein.  He studied law and political sciences at the Universities of [[University of Freiburg|Freiburg]] and [[University of Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]].
On 30 June 1602 in Sigmaringen, Johann married the three years younger Countess Johanna (1581–1634), the daughter of Count [[Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern|Eitel Friedrich IV]] of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
On 8 April 1606, his father died and Johann inherited the county.
Unlike their relatives who ruled the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Electorate of Brandenburg]], the Sigmaringen branch of the [[House of Hohenzollern]] had remained [[Catholic]].  However, Sigmaringen was located in the immediate vicinity of the [[Evangelical]] [[Duchy of Württemberg]], and thus on a prominent position in the escalating confessional conflict.  Johann aligned himself closely to the [[Duchy of Bavaria]], the pioneer of the [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]].  Johann's son and successor, [[Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad I]], was even born in [[Munich]] in 1605.
The alliance with Duke [[Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria|Maximilian I]] of Bavaria, who had been a close friend of the later Emperor [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand]] since his teens, paid divident in 1623, after [[Bohemia]] had been subdued by Bavaria and Bavaria had been elevated to an electorate, Johann and his cousin [[Johann Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen|Johann Georg]] of [[Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] were elevated to [[Prince]]s.
In 1634, the Hohenzollern-Haigerloch line died out and its territory fell to Johann.  His financial situation allowed Johann to make substantial donations to the churches and monasteries in his territory and to further expand his [[Sigmaringen Castle]].
Sigmaringen was affected by the devastation of the [[Thirty Years' War]].  In 1632, Sigmaringen Castle was conquered by [[Sweden]].  In 1633, it was liberated by imperial troops.  However, during the fighting it burned down.  Johann fled to [[Braunau am Inn]], together with Duke Maximilian, whom he served as secret councillor.  After Johann resigned from Maximilian's service, he received the Lordship of Schwabegg from the Duke.  Johann remained in Bavaria and died at the age of 60, in Munich in 1638, four years after his wife had died.  Earlier that year, he had been elevated to the rank of [[Imperial Prince]], in other words, he had received a seat in the college of princes in the Imperial Diet.
== Issue ==
From his marriage to Johanna, Johann had the following children:
* [[Meinrad I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen|Meinrad I]] (1605–1681), Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
: married in 1635 to Countess Anna Maria Toerring-Seefeld (1613–1682)
* Marie (1606–1674), married:
*# in 1625 to Count Paul Andreas of Wolkenstein (1595–1635)
: to Baron Rudolph Georg of Haßlang (died after 1676)
* Euphrosyne Sibylle (1607–1636)
: married in  1628 to Count Ernst Benno of Wartenberg (1604–1666)
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen'''
|2= 2. [[Charles II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]
|3= 3. [[Countess Euphrosyne of Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|4= 4. [[Karl I, Count of Hohenzollern]]
|5= 5. [[Anna of Baden-Durlach]]
|6= 6. [[Frederick V, Count of Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|7= 7. [[Countess Eufrosine of Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|8= 8. [[Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern]]
|9= 9. Johanna van Witthem
|10= 10. [[Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach]]
|11= 11. [[Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach|Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach]]
|12= 12. [[Count Ludwig XV of Oettingen]]
|13= 13. [[Countess Salome of Hohenzollern]]
|14= 14. [[Count Martin of Oettingen-Wallerstein]]
|15= 15. [[Countess Anna von Leuchtenberg]]
|16= 16. [[Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern]]
|17= 17. [[Magdalena of Brandenburg, Countess of Hohenzollern|Magdalene of Brandenburg]]
|18= 18. Filips Corsselaar van Wittem-Boutersem
|19= 19. Johanna van Halewijn
|20= 20. [[Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden]]
|21= 21. [[Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen]]
|22= 22. [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
|23= 23. [[Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Sophia of Poland]]
|24= 24. [[Wolfgang I of Oettingen|Count Wolfgang I of Oettingen]]
|25= 25. [[Anna von Waldburg-Waldsee]]
|26= 26. [[Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern]] (= 16)
|27= 27. [[Magdalena of Brandenburg, Countess of Hohenzollern|Magdalene of Brandenburg]] (= 17)
|28= 28. [[Count Joachim of Oettingen-Flochberg]]
|29= 29. [[Countess Dorothea von Anhalt-Köthen]]
|30= 30. [[John IV, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg]]
|31= 31. [[Margaret of Schwarzburg]]
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== References ==
* Gustav Schilling: ''Geschichte des Hauses Hohenzollern in genealogisch fortlaufenden Biographien aller seiner Regenten von den ältesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, nach Urkunden und andern authentischen Quellen'', Fleischer, Leipzig, 1843, p.&nbsp;266 ff, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10428461?page=286 Online]
* E. G. Johler: ''Geschichte, Land- und Ortskunde der souverainen teutschen Fürstenthümer Hohenzollern Hechingen und Sigmaringen'', Stettin'sche Buchhandlung, Ulm, 1824, p.&nbsp;65 ff, [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10019836?page=77 Online]
== External links ==
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080102075520/http://www.hohenzollern.com/schloss-sigmaringen/schloss/stammbaum.php Family tree]'' on the site of Hohenzollern.com
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[[Category:Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]]
[[Category:Counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]]
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