Spouse(s) Udilhild of Dillingen Name Frederick Count | Mother Elisabeth of Abensberg | |
Father Friedrich IV, Count of Zollern Died May 24, 1289, Hohenzollern Castle, Bisingen, Germany Parents Frederick IV, Count of Zollern Children Frederick VI, Count of Zollern Grandchildren Frederick VII, Count of Zollern, Frederick VIII, Count of Zollern Grandparents Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg Great grandchildren Frederick IX, Count of Hohenzollern, Frederick of Strasbourg | ||
Great-grandparents Frederick II of Zollern Noble family House of Hohenzollern | ||
Friedrich V. of Zollern (died: 24 May 1289 at Hohenzollern Castle) nicknamed, the Illustrious was a Count of Zollern.
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Life
Friedrich was a son of the Count Friedrich IV of Zollern from his 1248 marriage to Elisabeth of Abensberg. He succeeded his father around 1255 as Count of Zollern.
Friedrich was appointed reeve of Beuron Archabbey. He founded the Stetten Abbey in Gnadental in 1259 and he and his wife expanded the abbey in 1267. They added a crypt where members of the Zollern family would be buried. A tunnel may have connected the castle to this crypt. Legend has it that Friedrich built this abbey to resolve a problem he had with Emperor Friedrich II, after he had refused to contribute troops when the Emperor was raising an army.
Friedrich has a long-running conflict with the Counts of Hohenberg, which was settled when King Rudolf I of Germany mediated in 1286.
Friedrich was described as pious and respectful. During his reign, the county of Zollern reached the peak of its influence. After his death, the county was divided among his sons and lost its importance.
Marriage and issue
In 1258, Friedrich married Udilhild, the daughter of Hartmann, the last Count of Dillingen, and sister of Bishop Hartmann of Augsburg. Udilhild survived her husband and died as a nun in Stetten Abbey. They had the following children: