Hohenzollern or Brandenburg ?

Question

According to Wikipedia, the Brandenburg family is part of the house of Hohenzollern. But the first Zollern is in the 12th century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Zollern). All his ancestors are named Brandenburg, and before that Nürnberg.

Is it OK to use Brandenburg as LNAB ?

Answer 1

My preference is always to use the more recognizably genetic, rather than geographic, name, regardless of when it came into use (cf. the great Plantagenet debate) so I'd vote for Hohenzollern.

Comments

(Hohen) Zollern. The family began with Friedrich I about 1085. althouigh the first mention is reckoned to be 1061.

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016326/images/index.html?fip=193.174.98.30&id=00016326&seite=512

The question is how thre change to Brandenburg, came about. The Great Elector was Elector of Brandenburg, which is a title not a family. But the name seems to have taken over. I think I'd go woth what they saw themselves as.