Friedrich I of Nuremberg (before 1139 – after 1 October 1200), the first Burgrave of

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

from the

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. He was the younger son of Count Friedrich II of Zollern, and became Count of Zollern as Friedrich III after the death of his other male relatives.

Life

From 1171 Friedrich I proved himself an adherent of the

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party, namely of Holy Roman Emperor

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and his sons, Friedrich V, Duke of Swabia, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, and German king

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, and was party to the action by Barbarossa against Henry the Lion in 1180. Especially significant would prove the marriage of Friedrich, whose possessions at this time lay in the

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, to Sophie of Raabs around 1184, the only daughter of Conrad II of Raabs, and heiress of the Burgraviate of Nuremberg. When he was granted the burgraviate by Henry VI after Conrad's death around 1191, he became the founder of both the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern family, and of the

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n line of the (later imperial) House of Hohenzollern, which he renamed '' Hohenzollern'' at this time to distinguish it from the House of Zollern. Through his wife, as the lone heiress of the Counts of Raabs and Abenberg, Friedrich was able to add possessions in

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and Franconia, respectively, to his line.

Family and children

With Sophie of Raabs he had following children: # Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (died 1261). Eldest son. (Franconian branch, later Electors of Brandenburg and Kings of Prussia) # Friedrich IV of Zollern''Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe'', JiříLouda & Michael Maclagan, 1981, pp. 178-179. (died 30 December 1255). (Swabian branch) # Elisabeth (died 1255), married to Landgrave Gerhard III of Leuchtenberg.

References

External links

genealogie-mittelalter.de
{{Authority control Burgraves of Nuremberg 12th-century births 13th-century deaths House of Hohenzollern Counts of Zollern