Frederick I, Count of Zollern

Frederick I
Count of Zollern
Painting of Frederick I from Peleș Castle
DiedBefore 1125[1]
Noble familyHohenzollern
Spouse(s)Udilhild of Urach-Dettingen[2]: XXXII 
Issue9, including:
Frederick II of Zollern
FatherBurkhard I (most likely)[2]: XXIX 

Frederick I, Count of Zollern (nicknamed Maute; died: before 1125[1]), was often cited as a powerful Swabian Count and supporter of the imperial party of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.

He most likely was the son of Burkhard I,[2]: XXIX  and was married to Udilhild (or Udahild) of the House of Urach (died: 11. April, 1134),[2]: LXXXVII  which house later became the Fürstenberg family. They had nine children;[2]: LXXXVII  his eldest son was Frederick II.[1] A younger son was Burkhard,[1] who founded the Zollern-Hohenberg line[1] (which became extinct in 1486).

Frederick was the first reeve of the Swabian Alpirsbach Abbey,[2]: LXXXVIII  which had been founded by Adalbert of Zollern (from the short-lived Zollern-Haigerloch line) and other lords.[2]: XXIX 

The Zollern (later: Hohenzollern) dynasty based their rise to power on their loyalty to the ruling royal or imperial family. Frederick I served the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, and was sent on a diplomatic mission to France. He also accompanied Henry V on his Italian expedition in 1110 and again in 1111, where Henry V intended to claim the imperial crown in Rome.[3] He is also mentioned as an advisor to Henry V in both 1111 and 1114, both times while the imperial party was in Strasbourg.[2]: XC 

Family and children

Frederick I and Udilhild most likely had at least nine children:[2]: LXXXVII 

  • Frederick II (died around 1143), Count of Zollern[2]: XLI 
  • Burkhard (died between 1150 and 1155),[2]: XLI  also Burkhard II of Zollern-Hohenberg
  • Egino
  • Gotfried of Zimmern (most likely near Hechingen)[2]: XLII  (died between 1156 and 1160), likely Count of Zollern sometime around 1155[2]: XLI 
  • Ulrich (died 1135 by poisoning), who late in life became a monk, then abbot, at the Benedictine abbey in Reichenau, after supposedly having been involved in the murder of his predecessor[2]: LXXXVIII 
  • Adalbert (or Albert), who became a monk in Zwiefalten[2]: XXXIII 
  • Kuno (?)
  • Luitgard
  • Udilhild

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Schultze, Johannes; Seigel, Rudolf (1972). "Hohenzollern, Dynastengeschlecht". Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 9, Hess – Hüttig, Berlin. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Schmid, Ludwig (1862). Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Google Books: Gebrüder Scheitlin. Retrieved February 1, 2013. {cite book}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Friedrich I. Graf von Zollern". Retrieved January 30, 2013.

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Frederick I, Count of Zollern
 Died: before 1125
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