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Frederick IV (c. 1287 – 19 May 1332) was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1300, until his death in 1332. He was the younger son of Burgrave Frederick III from his second marriage with the Ascanian princess Helene of Saxony.
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When Frederick IV Burgrave of Nuremberg was born on 15 August 1287, in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Frederick III Burgrave of Nuremberg, was 67 and his mother, Helene of Saxony, was 40. He had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Margaret of Gorizia von Karnton.
Frederick II (reigned 1212–50) granted the Großen Freiheitsbrief (English: Great Letter of Freedom) in 1219, including town rights, Imperial immediacy ( Reichsfreiheit ), the privilege to mint coins and an independent customs policy, almost wholly removing the city from the purview of the burgraves.
Count Friedrich IV of Zollern ( c. 1188 – c. 1255 ), also known as Burgrave Friedrich II of Nuremberg, was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1204 to 1218 and Count of Zollern from 1218 until his death.
Frederick IV ( c. 1287 – 19 May 1332) was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1300, until his death in 1332. He was the younger son of Burgrave Frederick III from his second marriage with the Ascanian princess Helene of Saxony.
He had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Margarethe von Kärnten. He died on 19 May 1332, in Hohn am Berg, Schlüsselfeld, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 44, and was buried in Oberamt Hechingen, Hohenzollern, Prussia, Germany.
In 1322 the Jews of Nuremberg, and their taxes, were pledged to the burgrave Frederick IV. Although King Louis promised in 1331 to protect the Jews against oppression and demanded an annual payment of 400 florins for three years in lieu of all taxes, he allowed the council to increase this sum according to the Jews' ability to pay.
