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{{Short description|First documented member of the Hohenzollern dynasty}}
{{infobox nobility
| name         = Burkhard I
| title        = Lord of Hohenzollern
| image        = Burckhard I, Grav zu Zollern.png
| caption      = Painting of Burkhard I from [[Peleș Castle]]
| noble family = [[House of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]]
| father       = (possibly) Friedrich of Sülichgau
| mother       = (possibly) Irmentrud of Nellenburg
| spouse       = Anastasia von Rheinfelden
| issue        = [[Frederick I, Count of Zollern]]
| birth_date   = Before 1025
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = 1061
| death_place  = 
}}
'''Burkhard I, Lord of the [[House of Hohenzollern]]''' ({{langx|la|Burchardus, Burcardus}}; born {{Circa}} before 1025; killed as part of a feud in 1061<ref name="GM"/>) is considered the first well-documented ancestor of the [[Hohenzollern]] dynasty.<ref name="Schmid"/>  Because of his name, it has been attempted to link the Hohenzollern family's descent to the medieval [[Burchardings]] family, but without success.<ref name="NDB"/>  His father may have been Friedrich, a count in the [[Sülichgau]] area (roughly corresponding to today's [[Tübingen (district)|Tübingen]] district).  His mother may have been Irmentrud, the daughter of Count Burkhard of Nellenburg.<ref name="GM"/>{{unreliable source|date=September 2020}}

In the annals of the monk [[Berthold of Reichenau]] from the year 1061, ''Buchardus de Zolorin'' and ''Wezil de Zolorin'' are mentioned.  Based on this source, Burkhard was killed due to a [[feud]].{{dubious |Death |date=May 2019}}  Little is known about the aforementioned persons themselves, or their possible relationship.

The next documented member of the dynasty is [[Frederick I, Count of Zollern]], who was probably a son or a grandson of Burkhard I. He was the ancestor of Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]], King [[Frederick the Great]], and Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]].

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="NDB">{{cite web |url=http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00016326/image_512 |title=Hohenzollern, Dynastengeschlecht |last1=Schultze |first1=Johannes |last2=Seigel |first2=Rudolf |date=1972 |work=Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 9, Hess - Hüttig, Berlin |publisher=Bayerische Staatsbibliothek |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="GM">{{cite web |url=http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/hohenzollern_burggrafen_von_nuernberg/burkhard_1_von_zollern_+_1061.html |title=Burkhard I. von Zollern ("de Zolorin")|accessdate=January 30, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Schmid">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6ZY4AAAAYAAJ |title=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg|last1=Schmid |first1=Ludwig |date=1862 |work=Geschichte der Grafen von Zollern-Hohenberg. Anhang. Historisch-topographische Zusammenstellung der Grafschaft und Besitzungen des Hauses Zollern-Hohenberg |publisher=Gebrüder Scheitlin|page=XXV|location=Google Books|accessdate=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519233638/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/hohenzollern_burggrafen_von_nuernberg/burkhard_1_von_zollern_%2B_1061.html Page at genealogie-mittelalter.de]
* [http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/hohenzollern_burggrafen_von_nuernberg/burkhard_1_von_zollern_+_1061.html Page at Genealogie Mittelalter - Mittelalterliche Genealogie im Deutschen Reich bis zum Ende der Staufer]

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[[Category:Counts of Zollern]]
[[Category:House of Hohenzollern]]
[[Category:11th-century births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:1061 deaths]]
[[Category:11th-century German nobility]]


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