Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern (died 4 May 1298), also known as Friedrich the Knight, or Friedrich the Elder, was a Count of Hohenzollern
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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 (1265–1310), the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children:
Albrecht
Kunigunde (died between 1380 and 1384), abbess of Lichtenthal Abbey
Friedrich VII (d. 1309), Count of Zollern
married in 1298 to Countess Eufemia of Hohenberg (d. 1333)
Friedrich VIII "Easter Sunday" (d. 1333), Count of Hohenzollern
Sophia (died after 1300), a nun at Stetten Abbey
Friedrich († 1361)
