Elisabeth of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg
Elisabeth von Hohenzollern-Nürnberg (* 1358 ; † July 26, 1411 ) was the German Queen and Electress of the Palatinate .
She was born as the daughter of Burgrave Friedrich V of Nuremberg and his wife Margravine Elisabeth of Meißen and Thuringia.
On June 27, 1374 she married Ruprecht III in Amberg . , Elector of the Palatinate and from 1400 German King. The marriage had nine children. Queen Elizabeth died in 1411, just a year after her husband, at the age of 53. Both were buried in the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg; her grave with a magnificent double epitaph has been preserved there.
In the collegiate church of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , a memoria of the House of Wittelsbach , King Ruprecht and his wife Elisabeth von Hohenzollern-Nürnberg, as well as their son Elector Ludwig III. von der Pfalz with his 1st wife Blanca von England contemporary, as life-size figures of a “Last Judgment”, painted on the choir ceiling.
Elisabeth von Hohenzollern-Nürnberg was the sister of Friedrich I of Brandenburg , the first Brandenburg Elector from the House of Hohenzollern and ancestor of the Prussian rulers.
progeny
- Ruprecht Pipan (1375–1397) ⚭ 1392 Countess Elisabeth von Sponheim (1365–1417), widow of Count Engelbert III. from the mark
- Margarete (1376–1434) ⚭ 1393 Duke Charles II the Bold of Lorraine (1364–1431)
- Friedrich (1377-1401)
- Ludwig III. (1378-1436)
- ⚭ 1401 Princess Blanca of England , from the House of Lancaster (1382–1409)
- ⚭ 1417 Princess Mechthild (Mathilde) of Savoy (1390–1438)
- Agnes (1379–1401) ⚭ 1400 Duke Adolf II of Kleve and the Mark (1373–1448)
- Elisabeth (1381–1408) ⚭ 1406 Duke Friedrich IV of Austria (1382–1439)
- Johann von der Pfalz (1383–1443)
- ⚭ 1407 Princess Catherine of Pomerania (1390–1426)
- ⚭ 1428 Princess Beatrix of Bavaria-Munich (1403–1447), widow of Count Hermann III. by Cilli († 1426)
- Stefan von der Pfalz (1385–1459) ⚭ 1410 Countess Anna von Veldenz (1390–1439)
- Otto I of the Palatinate (1390–1461) ⚭ 1430 Princess Johanna of Bavaria-Landshut (1413–1444)
literature
- Brigitte Sokop: Family tables of European rulers . 3rd edition Vienna 1993.
Individual evidence
- ^ Photo of the "Last Judgment" in the choir of the Neustadt / Weinstrasse collegiate church. The queen at the top left, upside down. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Elisabeth of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Queen and Electress of the Palatinate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1358 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1411 |