Frederick VI, Count of Zollern

Friedrich VI. of Zollern († May 4, 1298 ), called " the knight " or " the Elder ", was a Count of Zollern.

Life

Frederick was the son of Count Frederick V of Zollern from his marriage to Udilhild of Dillingen.

He succeeded his father as Count of Zollern to 1288. In the year of his succession he shared ownership with his younger brother Frederick I the young. Thus parted at the end of the 13th century by Frederick I reasoned Schalk Burger and foremost on the main stem. Friedrich received while the Hohenzollern castle and the surrounding areas, while his brother Frederick I the dominions Schalksburg and Mülheim obeyed. The line of the younger brother went out 1408th In the 14th century the country was then ruled by Frederick the Strasbourg line and the Black Count's line of the family. The Black Count's line died out in 1412.

Friedrich 1296 sold some goods to the monastery Bebenhausen.

Marriage and issue

Frederick married in 1281 Gwendolyn ( 1265-1310 ), daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children:

  • Albrecht
  • Cunegonde († 1380/4 ), Abbess of light Thal
  • Frederick VII († 1298 ), Count of Zollern
  • Frederick VIII Ostertag († 1333), Count of Zollern
  • Sophia ( † after 1300), a nun in Stetten
  • Friedrich ( † 1361 )
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