Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (''Burggraf'') of

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 ...

, of the House of Hohenzollern.

Life

He was the elder son of

John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg John II of Nuremberg ( 1309 – 1357) was a Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern. He was the elder son of Frederick IV of Nuremberg and Margarete of Görz. Life He succeeded his father in 1332. He attained his name "the Acqui ...

and Elisabeth of Henneberg. From the death of his father in 1357, Frederick bore the title of ''Burgrave'' and so was responsible for the protection of the strategically significant

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castle of

. His zeal in the imperial cause led Charles IV to elevate him in 1363 to be the first Burgrave of royal rank. After his death, his sons divided their inheritance. The eldest son, John III became the first Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Johann's brother Frederick VI became the next Burgrave of Nuremberg as well as the first Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Frederick VI went on to become the first Hohenzollern

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Family and children

He married in 1356 Elisabeth of Meissen, daughter of

Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen Frederick II (; 30 November 1310 – 18 November 1349) was the margrave of Meissen from 1323 until his death. Early life Frederick was born on 30 November 1310 in Gotha. His parents were Margrave Frederick I of Meissen and Elisabeth von Lob ...

and Matilda of Bavaria. Their children were: # Elisabeth (1358–26 July 1409,

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), married in Amberg 1374 to Rupert of Germany. # Beatrix (c. 1362,

–10 June 1414, Perchtoldsdorf), married in

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1375 Duke

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. # Margaret (died 1406, Gudensberg), married in Kulmbach 1383 Landgrave Hermann II of Hesse. # Anna (c. 1364–after 10 May 1392), a nun in Seusslitz. # Catherine (died 1409), Abbess in Hof. # Agnes (1366 – 22 May 1432), Convent in Hof (1376–1386) married in Constance 1386 Baron Friedrich of Daber, Returned to Convent in Hof (1406) Abbess in Hof (1411–1432). # John III (c. 1369–11 June 1420, Plassenburg). # Frederick VI (1371–1440). # Veronica of Hohenzollern, married

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Ancestors

References

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