Head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern
1835 CE
to 1905 CE
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (German: Leopold Stephan Karl Anton Gustav Eduard Tassilo Fürst von Hohenzollern) (22 September 1835 – 8 June 1905) is the head of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, and playsa fleeting role in European power politics, in connection with the Franco-Prussian War.
He was born into the dynasty's surviving Sigmaringen branch, which had inherited all the dynasty's Swabian lands when the Hohenzollern-Hechingen branch became extinct.
Leopold's parents are Josephine of Baden and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern.
Leopold is the older brother of King Carol I of Romania and father of the future King Ferdinand of Romania.