Frederick V of Zollern

Frederick V of Zollern succeeded his father Frederick IV as Count of Zollern around 1255 and died at Hohenzollern Castle on 24 May 1289. As reeve of Beuron Archabbey he founded Stetten Abbey in 1259, and with his wife Udilhild of Dillingen expanded it in 1267 with a crypt for the Zollern family.

His long feud with the Counts of Hohenberg ended through the mediation of King Rudolf I in 1286. The County of Zollern reached its greatest influence under him, and after his death was partitioned among his sons and lost importance. His son Frederick of Merkenberg founded the Schalksburg line, and Udilhild died as a nun at Stetten.