Frederick III of Nuremberg ( 1220 – 14 August 1297 in

Cadolzburg Cadolzburg (outdated also ''Kadolzburg'', colloquially pronounced "Kalschbuʳch" or "Sporch" ) is a municipality in the Middle Franconian district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated west of Fürth. Its name derives from its central ...

Burgrave Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from german: Burggraf, la, burgravius, burggravius, burcgravius, burgicomes, also praefectus), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especia ...

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

from the

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, was the eldest son of Conrad I of Nuremberg and Adelheid of Frontenhausen.

Life

He owned the possessions of Hohenzollern on the west of

around the castle Cadolzburg. In 1248 he received from the Counts of

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the region of Bayreuth by so-called ''Meran's inheritance''. However, this led to a quarrel with other noble houses who also had claims on these lands. After the death of Conrad I in 1261 he became Burgrave of Nuremberg and tried to eliminate the

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ish power in the Main region. That resulted in the violent opposition of the bishops of

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and Bamberg. In 1273 he gave his deciding vote for his friend

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on the election of the king of the Romans. As a reward the King confirmed his position as a Burgrave and granted the rank of a

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. Thus Frederick was entrusted with the royal district court of

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, took part in the imperial war against the outlawed Otakar II of Bohemia and also joined in the struggle in the

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in 1278. More particularly, he had a territorial quarrel with Bohemia about the

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. At this time,

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and Arzberg came into the possession of the House of Hohenzollern.

Family and children

Friedrich was married twice. After marrying

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, the daughter and heir of

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, they had the following children: # John, murdered near Nuremberg ca. 1262. # Siegmund, murdered near Nuremberg ca. 1262. # Marie (d. before 28 March 1299), married bef. 28 July 1263 to Count

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. # Adelheid (d. ca. 1307), married bef. 25 March 1273 to Count

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. # Elisabeth (d. 1288), married to: ## bef. 17 April 1280

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; ## bef. 13 March 1285

Gottfried II of Hohenlohe Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) a ...

. He married a second time. On 10 April 1280, Helene of Saxony, daughter of

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, and Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg, became his wife. They had the following children: # John I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (ca. 1279–1300). #

Frederick IV of Nuremberg Frederick IV of Nuremberg (1287–1332) from the House of Hohenzollern was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1300 to 1332. He was the younger son of Burgrave Frederick III from his second marriage with the Ascanian princess Helene of Saxony. Life H ...

(1287–1332). # Anna (d. after 1355), married before 3 January 1297 to Count Emicho I of Nassau-Hadamar.

Ancestors

External links

www.genealogie-mittelalter.de
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