Frederick VI, Count of Zollern
| Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Kunigunde of Baden |
| Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
| Father | Friedrich V, Count of Zollern |
| Mother | Udilhild of Dillingen |
| Died | 4 May 1298 |
Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern (died: 4 May 1298), also known as Friedrich the Knight, or Friedrich the Elder, was a Count of Hohenzollern
Life
Friedrich was a son of Count Friedrich V of Hohenzollern from his marriage to Udilhild of Dillingen. He succeeded his father around 1288 as Count of Zollern. Later that year, he divided his inheritance with his younger brother Friedrich the Younger. Friedrich VI kept the County of Zollern, while his younger brother received the Lordships of Schalksburg and Mühlheim.
In 1296 Friedrich sold some land to the Bebenhausen Abbey.
Marriage and issue
In 1281, Friedrich married Kunigunde (1265–1310), the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children:
- Albrecht
- Kunigunde (died between 1380 and 1384), abbess of Lichtenthal Abbey
- Friedrich VII (d. 1298), Count of Hohenzollern
- married in 1298 to Countess Eufemia of Hohenberg (d. 1333)
- Friedrich VIII "Easter Sunday" (d. 1333), Count of Hohenzollern
- Sophia (died after 1300), a nun at Stetten Abbey
- Friedrich († 1361)
| Frederick VI, Count of Zollern Died: 4 May 1298 | ||
| Preceded by Friedrich V |
Count of Hohenzollern 1288–1298 |
Succeeded by Friedrich VII |
See also
References
- Ottmar F. Schönhuth: Die Burgen, Klöster, Kirchen und Kapellen Württembergs und der Preußisch-Hohenzollern'schen Landestheile mit ihren Geschichten, Sagen und Mährchen, Fischhaber, 1860, p. 292
- Graf Rudolph Stillfried-Alcántara, Traugott Maercker: Hohenzollerische Forschungen, C. Reimarus, 1847, p. 169 ff