Will the fate of Hohenzollerns still the same if (East/Old) Prussia never Germanized?

Given that the POD was the earlier (and more peaceful) Christianization of Old/East Prussia, in which the (Old) Prussian language not just survived but also spoken by most people living there, its impact could change the history of Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the east of present-day Germany, particularly the Hohenzollerns.

Will the fate of the said dynasty remain the same (e.g. margraves of Brandenburg from 1415) just like in OTL?

(I know this is quite a little bit far-fetched, but at least I tried.)
 
Personally I think them being more involved in southern Germany and probably remain Catholic unless the region converts to Protestantism en masse. They could expand from there, of course, but it would be drastically different from OTL. Also Brandenburg at that time was a sparsely populated territory and typically under Bohemian influence, so without the nearby power base of Prussia I don't think the Hohenzollerns would seriously attempt to get access to it.

So I'd say that the Hohenzollerns would be pretty much unrecognizable compared to OTL if you don't allow them control over a Germanized, secularized East Prussia.
 
The Franconian branch of the house of Hohenzollern (under burgrave Frederick VI of Nuremberg) was eventually rewarded with the margraviate of Brandenburg and the electoral dignity (including archoffice) by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg.

IMHO they'll still accept this, but they probably won't expand to Prussia, unless they end up Christianizing the region. A different nationality, culture etc. does not prevent a union, just look at the OTL Habsburg monarchy.

Maybe they don't end up in Prussia nor Brandenburg ITTL, but they won't hesitate to expand either, which ITTL could still (but might not) be Brandenburg or Prussia. Though the latter is less likely than the former.
 
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With a PoD that far back, you may well have erased the rise of the Hohenzollerns beyond, say, baronial rank.

You are surely going to butterfly away the specific history that caused them to end up in Brandenburg.
 
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