Friedrich VIII, Count of Zollern, nicknamed ''Easter Sunday'' (d. 1333) was a Count of

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Friedrich was the younger son of the Count Friedrich VI of Hohenzollern from his marriage to Kunigunde (1265–1310), the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden. After his elder brother Friedrich VII died in 1309, Frederik VIII ruled Zollern jointly with his nephew Fritz I. After Fritz I died in 1313, Friedrich VIII ruled alone. Friedrich VIII founded the

line when he divided the county with his brother.Alexander von Daniels: ''Handbuch der deutschen Reichs und Staatenrechsgeschichte'', vol. 2, part 3, Laupp & Siebeck, 1863, p. 513 In the power conflict of his time, Friedrich VIII supported the Austrian side, and later sided with Emperor Louis IV.

Issue

The name of Friedrich's wife has not been preserved. He had the following children: * Fritz II (died between 1355 and 1359), Count of Zollern * Friedrich IX (died between 1377 and 1379), Count of Hohenzollern, married in 1341 to Countess Adelheid of Hohenberg (d. after 1385) * Friedrich "Easter Sunday" II (d. 1395), prior of the

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(d. 1365), married in 1343 to Countess Margaret of Hohenberg-Wildberg, parents of: **

Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern Friedrich XI, Count of Hohenzollern (died 26 November 1401), nicknamed ''Friedrich the Elder'' was a German nobleman. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and a ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Life Friedrich was the younger son ...

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* Count Rudolph Stillfried-Alcántara and Traugott Maercker: ''Hohenzollerische Forschungen'', C. Reimarus, 1847, p. 172 ff Counts of Zollern Counts of Hohenzollern 13th-century births 1333 deaths 14th-century German nobility {{Germany-noble-stub

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