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.

He most likely was the son of

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

External links

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