Frederick VII (Zollern)

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Friedrich VII von Zollern († after October 6, 1309) was a Count of Zollern .

Life

Friedrich was the older son of Count Friedrich VI. von Zollern from his marriage to Kunigunde (1265–1310), daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden .

In 1298 he married Euphemia († 1333), daughter of Count Albrecht II von Hohenberg . The marriage was initiated personally by King Rudolf I and ended the long rivalry between the two Swabian counts Hohenberg and Zollern. After Friedrich's death, his brother Friedrich VIII ruled over the ancestral home of the Hohenzollern family.

progeny

From his marriage Friedrich had two sons:

  • Fritzli I († around 1313), Lord of Zollern
  • Albrecht († around 1320)

literature

  • Ludwig Schmid: History of the Counts of Zollern-Hohenberg , Gebrüder Scheitlin, 1862, p. 115
  • EG Johler: History, geography and local history of the sovereign German principalities of Hohenzollern, Hechingen and Sigmaringen. Stettin'sche Buchhandlung. Ulm 1824, e-book
  • Gustav Schilling: History of the House of Hohenzollern in genealogically continuous biographies of all its rulers from the oldest to the most recent times, according to documents and other authentic sources. Fleischer, Leipzig 1843, e-book
predecessor Office successor
Friedrich VI. Count of Zollern
1298–1309 		Frederick VIII
personal data
SURNAME Frederick VII
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich VII of Zollern (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Zollern
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after October 6, 1309