It also provided a framework to legitimize his claim to the right to rule both Germany and northern Italy.

But some officials feel differently about homes seized by the Communist Government that ruled Germany for four decades.

The Salians were the 4th dynasty to rule Germany and were related by marriage to all the others.

Do not be disheartened if some of those whom I appoint to rule Germany betray me.

The Hohenstaufen were the 6th dynasty to rule Germany and were related by marriage to all the earlier dynasties.

Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the Hohenzollern family that ruled Prussia and Germany until 1918.

"This danger is called national socialism," he said, referring to the Nazism that once ruled Germany.

He and his descendants would rule Germany (later the Holy Roman Empire) from 919 until 1024.