House of Sickingen
The House of Sickingen is an old southwest German noble family. The lords of Sickingen belonged to the Kraichgau nobility and from 1797 to the Imperial nobility. Significant relatives emerged from the family, who achieved great influence in both spiritual and secular offices. Reinhard von Sickingen was Prince-Bishop of Worms from 1445 to 1482 and Kasimir Anton von Sickingen was Prince-Bishop of Constance from 1743 to 1750. Imperial Knight Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) was a leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knighthood.
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Coat of arms of the Counts of Sickingen | |
| Place of origin | Kraichgau, Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire |
| Founded | 1280s (1289) |
| Founder | Ludewicus de Sickingen |
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| Dissolution | May 31, 1932 |
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The Sickingen-Sickingen line of the family died out in 1834, and the Sickingen-Hohenburgs in 1932.
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