Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern (died: 4 May 1298), also known as ''Friedrich the Knight'', or ''Friedrich the Elder'', was a Count of
Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...
Life
Friedrich was a son of Count
Friedrich V Frederick V or Friedrich V may refer to:
* Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164–1170)
*Frederick V, Count of Zollern (d.1289)
*Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (c. 1333–1398), German noble
*Frederick V of Austria (1415–1493), or Frederick III ...
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
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...
, while his younger brother received the Lordships of Schalksburg and
Mühlheim.
In 1296 Friedrich sold some land to the
Bebenhausen Abbey
Bebenhausen Abbey (''Kloster Bebenhausen'') is a former Cistercian monastery complex located in Bebenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The complex is also the location of Bebenhausen Palace, a hunting retreat created and maintained by two K ...
.
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
An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey.
Description
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Copt ...
of
Lichtenthal Abbey
Lichtenthal Abbey (german: Kloster Lichtenthal) is a Cistercian nunnery in Lichtenthal in the town of Baden-Baden, Germany.
History and buildings
The abbey was founded in 1245 by Irmengard bei Rhein, widow of Margrave Hermann V of Baden, whos ...
*
Friedrich VII (d. 1309), Count of Zollern
: 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 Stetten is a common German place name, literally meaning ''places'' or ''sites'', with ''Stätten'' being the proper German language word, while ''Städte'' means cities. Over 60 locations are named Stetten in Southern Germany alone, with many more ...
* Friedrich († 1361)
See also
*
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenbu ...
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
External links
* http://thepeerage.com/p10881.htm#i108805
Counts of Hohenzollern
Counts of Zollern
House of Hohenzollern
13th-century births
1298 deaths
Year of birth unknown
13th-century German nobility
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