Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern

Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern (1494 – 15 January 1525 in Pavia) was Count of County of Hohenzollern from 1512 until his death.

Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern
Portrait Eitel Friedrich III by Joseph Weiß, on display in the Museum of Sigmaringen
Born	1494
Died	(1525-01-15)15 January 1525 Pavia
Buried	Cathedral of Pavia
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Johanna of Witthem
Father	Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern
Mother	Magdalena of Brandenburg

Life

Eitel Friedrich was a son of Count Eitel Friedrich II (1452–1512) from his marriage to Magdalena (1460 -1496), the daughter of Margrave Friedrich of Altmark. Eitel Friedrich succeeded his father as Count of Hohenzollern in 1512.

In 1515, he married Johanna of Witthem (d. 1544), the daughter of Philip, Lord of Beersel and Boutersem.

Eitel Friedrich III was top councillor and great chamberlain to Emperor Maximilian I, which demonstrates that he, like his father before him, had excellent relations with the Habsburgs. He was also Imperial Archchamberlain and captain of the Lordship of Hohenberg.

He died in Pavia in 1525; he may have been poisoned. He was in Pavia to serve as captain of the Landsknecht regiment. He was buried in the Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro of Pavia.

Gravestone of Eitel Friedrich III, Pavia, Musei Civici.

Issue

His marriage Eitel Friedrich had the following children:

• Karl I (1516–1576), his successor as Count of Hohenzollern, married in 1537 to Margravine Anna of Baden-Durlach (1512–1579)
• Ferfried (died young)
• Anna (d. 1574)
• Margaret (died young)
• Eitel Friedrich, (d. 1544), fell during the Siege of St. Dizier
• Felix Friedrich (d. 1550)
• Johanna (d. 1550), married in 1539 to Baron James III, Seneschal of Waldburg-Trauchburg (1512–1542)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern

16. Frederick XI, Count of Hohenzollern 8. Eitel Friedrich I, Count of Hohenzollern 17. Adelheid of Fürstenberg-Zindelstein 4. Jobst Nikolaus I, Count of Hohenzollern 18. Heinrich V. of Rhäzüns 9. Ursula of Rhäzüns 19. Verena of Stoffeln 2. Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern 20. Eberhard III, Count of Werdenberg-Sargans 10. John IV, Count of Werdenberg-Sargans 21. Anna of Zimmern 5. Countess Agnes of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 22. Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg 11. Elisabeth of Württemberg 23. Elisabeth of Nuremberg 1. Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern 24. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg 12. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg 25. Elisabeth of Meissen 6. Frederick III of Brandenburg 26. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria 13. Elisabeth of Bavaria 27. Maddalena Visconti 3. Magdalene of Brandenburg 28. Wartislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania 14. Barnim VIII, Duke of Pomerania 29. Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg 7. Princess Agnes of Pomerania-Wolgast 30. Julius of Wunstorf 15. Anna of Wunstorf 31. Jutta of Diepholz

References

• Wolfgang Neugebauer: Die Hohenzollern. Anfänge, Landesstaat und monarchische Autokratie bis 1740, vol. 1, Stuttgart, Berlin and Cologne, 1996

External links

• Entry at rootsweb.ancestry.com Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Family tree of the Hohenzollern dynasty