title: Frederick VII, Count of Zollern
text: # Frederick VII, Count of Zollern
  
  Friedrich VII, Count of Zollern (died after 6 October 1309) was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Count of Zollern from 1298 until his death.
  
  ## Life
  
  He was the elder son of Count Friedrich VI from his marriage with Kunigunde (1265–1310), a daughter of Rudolf I of Baden.
  
  In 1298, he married Euphemia (d. 1333), a daughter of Count Albrecht II of Hohenberg-Rotenburg. This marriage had been mediated by Emperor Rudolf I himself, and brought an end to many years of rivalry between the Swabian Counts of Zollern and Hohenberg.
  
  Friedrich VII died after 6 October 1309. After his death, the County of Zollern was inherited by his younger brother Friedrich VIII.
  
  ## Issue
  
  Friedrich and Euphemia had two sons:
  
  * Fritzli I (d. 1313), Lord of Zollern
  * Albrecht (d. 1320), married Guta of Gutenstein
  