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Frederick VI, Count of Zollern | |
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Count of Zollern | |
Reign | 24 May 1289 – 4 May 1298 |
Predecessor | Frederick V |
Successor | Frederick VII |
Died | 4 May 1298 |
Spouse | Kunigunde of Baden |
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House | Hohenzollern |
Mother | Udilhild of Dillingen |
Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern (died: 4 May 1298), also known as Friedrich the Knight, or Friedrich the Elder, was a Count of Hohenzollern
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.
In 1281, Friedrich married Kunigunde (1265–1310), the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children: