Frederick I, Count of Zollern

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.

Frederick I
Count of Zollern
Painting of Frederick I from Peleș Castle
Died	Before 1125[1]
Noble family	Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Udilhild of Urach-Dettingen[2]^:XXXII
Issue 9, including: Frederick II of Zollern
Father	Burkhard I (most likely)[2]^:XXIX

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

• House of Hohenzollern

References

1. Schultze, Johannes; Seigel, Rudolf (1972). "Hohenzollern, Dynastengeschlecht". Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 9, Hess – Hüttig, Berlin. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
2. Schmid, Ludwig (1862). Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Anhang. Historisch-topographische Zusammenstellung der Grafschaft und Besitzungen des Hauses Zollern-Hohenberg. Google Book: Gebrüder Scheitlin. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
3. "Friedrich I. Graf von Zollern". Retrieved January 30, 2013.

External links

• Page at genealogie-mittelalter.de
• Page at Genealogie Mittelalter – Mittelalterliche Genealogie im Deutschen Reich bis zum Ende der Staufer