Frederick VI of Zollern

Frederick VI of Zollern, called the Knight, succeeded his father Frederick V as Count of Zollern around 1289 and died on 4 May 1298. In the year of his succession he divided the family lands with his younger brother Frederick the Younger, who received Schalksburg and founded a cadet line.

Frederick kept the ancestral county around Hohenzollern Castle. In 1281 he married Kunigunde, daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden. His son Frederick VII succeeded him.