Burkhard I of Zollern

Burkhard I (died 1061), lord of Zollern in Swabia, is the first reliably documented member of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The annals of the Reichenau monk Berthold record that in 1061 a Burchardus and a Wezil de Zolorin were killed, apparently in a feud.

The next documented Zollern was Count Frederick I, probably his son or grandson. He was the ancestor of the later Prussian kings.