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May 23, 2024 · The senior Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186–1261). The family supported the Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire during the 12th to 15th centuries, being rewarded with several territorial grants.
May 20, 2024 · Originally Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI. Appointed by King Sigismund in 1415 and enfeoffed in 1417. 1417–1426: Margraviate of Brandenburg: In spite of being granted with the Electorate in 1415, the Margraviate was only given to him in 1417, which he abdicated to his son in 1426.
May 4, 2024 · Margaret of Bohemia (1373–1410), who was married to John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Henry (1377–1378). After her husband's death at 29 November 1378 in Prague, Elizabeth's stepson Wenceslaus IV, son of Charles's previous wife, ascended the throne.
6 days ago · Death: February 16, 1281 (42-43) Wien, Österreich, Deutschland (HRR) Place of Burial: Basel, Suisse. Immediate Family: Daughter of Burchard V, Graf von Hohenberg and Mechtild, Gräfin von Tübingen. Wife of Rudolf I, King of the Germans, Count of Habsburg.
May 5, 2024 · Also, Sigismund granted control of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (which he had received back after Jobst's death) to Frederick I of Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg (1415). This step made the Hohenzollern family one of the most important in Germany.
May 18, 2024 · Friedrich IV. von Nürnberg, Burggraf von Nürnberg, born in 1287, died on 19 May 1332, 45 years old. Married to. Margarethe von Kärnten, died in 1348.
May 16, 2024 · Several dynasties (the Houses of Wittelsbach/Bavaria and Luxemburg) followed the Ascanians, until the Burgrave of Nuremberg, Frederick I from the House of Hohenzollern, was made margrave and prince elector of Brandenburg in 1415/17 by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund I, thus starting the 500-year-long rule of the House of Hohenzollern.
