Frederick VI, Count of Zollern


Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern, 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, the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children: