Berthold von Zollern

Berthold von Zollern (1320–1365) was the second son of Burgrave Frederick IV of Nuremberg and Margaret of Görz. He joined the Teutonic Order at thirteen in 1333 and rose to Landkomtur.

In 1351 Pope Clement VI named him Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt before he was even ordained; he received minor orders, the diaconate and priesthood within three weeks. Bishop Albrecht of Hohenfels still held the see, so the two divided the work until Albrecht resigned in 1353.

Berthold enlarged the bishopric's lands and began the Willibaldsburg, moving in during 1355; his successors lived there until 1725. A councillor of Emperor Charles IV, he went with him to Avignon in 1365, fell ill on the way home, and died that September at Eichstätt. He was buried at Heilsbronn Abbey.