The Thurn und Taxis are catholic, too, as well as the Waldburg-Zeil, the Schonburg-Glauchau and the spanish branch of the Hohenlohe.
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: As I understand, Germany had five kingdoms
: before World War I. Only one of them
: (Bavaria) was solidly Catholic -- in terms
: of sovereigns and subjects. Hanover and
: Prussia were solidly Protestants. But
: Saxony and Württemberg were mixed: I believe
: the subjects in both were Protestants, but
: the sovereigns were Catholics -- thanks to a
: change of hands through intermarriages. Is
: this true?
:
: As for the smaller German states that were
: Catholics, I can think of only two: the
: princely house of Hohehnzollern-Sigmaringen
: and the Kohary branch of the ducal house of
: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The present Belgian
: sovereign, although descending from the
: former, actually descends from the
: Protestant branch of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
:
: Anyhow, what were other German houses that
: were Catholics?
:
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