Background
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.
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.
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 Cathedral of Pavia.
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 Saint Dizier
Felix Friedrich (d 1550)
Johanna (d 1550), married in 1539 to Baron James III, Seneschal of Waldburg-Trauchburg (1512–1542).