House of Hohenstauffen

House von Hohenstauffen is a Royal House in Dundorf, and it's head has been pretender to the throne of the Dundorfian Empire since 1922. The Current head of House Hohenstauffen is Kronhpinzen Georg Friedrich, from 2478.

History
House Hohenstauffen was established in 1179, when Otto von Hohenstauffen was granted the title of Elector Count of Oderveld by Gunther I von Burchardinger, for his service in securing Heinz-Gunther's throne.

Kingship
Heinz-Friedrich von Hohenstauffen was crowned King of Oderveld in 1701, becoming Friedrich I, der Grosse.

The Dundorfian Empire
Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Oderveld was crowned Kaiser Wilhelm I von Dundorfreich in 1875. His 17-year-old Grandson Georg Wilhelm I, was forced to abdicate in 1922, and his Uncle Ludwig Otto von Hohenstauffen, ruling as regent from Georg Wilhelm's asscension in 1915, briefly declared himself military dictator during a 3 month civil war, until he lost power in 1923 and grudgingly ascented to peaceful reconciliation with the despised new Republic.

After the Fall
From this date on the Hohenstauffens have been military officers to a man, with a string of generals, Ministers of Defence and Heerkommandants exceeded only by the von Rommels, if anyone.

Subsequent Heads of the House
In the 2260s the victories of General Albrecht von Hohenstauffen's Panzer-Grenadier Kampfgruppen were celebrated as just about the only success of the war in Barmenistan.

In the 2320s Tancred von Hohenstauffen was instrumental in seeing off the Deltarian invasion, and suppressing the leftist element, which won the House von Hohenstauffen long-lasting respect in Right-Wing circles in Dundorf.

In the 2360s Johann Georg von Hohenstauffen dedicated the family fortune to fighting for the Right Wing in the Second Dundorfian Civil War.

In 2428 amidst the clamour for a King to sit on teh Throne of Dundorf, Eckhard von Hohenstauffen vied for the throne, peacefully, but Kovacs Marton, through questionable electoral process won the day. Sullenly, Eckhard supported the claim of Kovacs Marton to the throne of Dundorf, more through lack of rebellion than open statement's of support. This was done, he insisted in his later life, because he was unwilling to plunge the Nation into another Civil War.

After the fall of Marton's ill-fated reign in 2453 Karl Wilhelm von Hohenstauffen-Schlossheim, Eckhard's son, declared that House Hohenstauffen retained it's claim to the Throne of Dundorf, and opposition to the newly-founded "Republic".

In 2478 Karl-Wilhelm and his heir Fredericus von Hohenstauffen died in a plane-crash; foul play was suspected, and although no proof ever saw light of day, conspiracy theories still abound.

With the daeths of his father and elder brother, Georg Freidrich von Hohenstauffen became Krohnprinzen, and heir to the throne of Dundorf.

After Dissolution
The House von Hohenstauffen retained the family fortune after losing power in 1923, and are often thought to use their money and influence in politics as much at home as abroad, with conspiracy-theories attributing many over-seas events to their perceived meddling.