Frederick IV, Count of Zollern

Frederick II of Nuremberg and Frederick IV of Zollern -Hohenzollern (* 1188, † 1255 ) was Burggraf of Nuremberg, Count of Zollern.

Life

Frederick II was the younger son of Frederick I of Nuremberg - Zollern (around 1139 to 1200) and his wife Sophia Raab († 1218 ). After the death of his father, he was first appointed in 1200 as the successor Burggraf of Nuremberg. As a 1218 (1214? ) Zollerische of home ownership was restructured, he handed over to his elder brother Konrad I. The Frankish possessions with the viscount title.

After delivery of the Nuremberg Burggrafenamt he took over the location in the Swabian master field of Zollern County of Hohenzollern. Thus it was when Frederick IV of Zollern the founder of the Swabian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, the Count of Zollern- Hohenzollern. His successor as Count of Hohenzollern was his son Frederick V of Zollern († May 24, 1289 ).