Johann III. (Nuremberg)

Johann III. von Nürnberg (* around 1369; † June 11, 1420 ) was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1397 to 1420 and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1398 to 1420.

Life

Johann III., From the house of the Hohenzollern , was the older son of Burgrave Friedrich V of Nuremberg and his wife Elisabeth of Meißen and thus the brother of Burgrave Friedrich VI. of Nuremberg, the later Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg .

As early as 1375 he was betrothed to Margaretha, a daughter of Emperor Charles IV and sister of the later Roman-German King Wenceslaus and the later Emperor Sigismund . In 1385, Burgrave Friedrich V decided to let his sons participate in the government and, in the so-called Dispositio Fridericiana, he decided on the future division of the country between the two. In 1396, Johann III. at the side of his brother-in-law Sigismund in the battle of Nicopolis in Bulgaria , where he saved his life. After his father's abdication in 1397, he ruled for a few years with his brother. In 1403 at the latest, the division of the estate was carried out according to the decree of the father, Burgrave Johann III. received the principality ob dem Gebirg and established his residence in the Plassenburg ob Kulmbach .

Since around 1390, Burgrave Johann was one of King Wenceslas' closest confidants and tried to encourage the energetic Luxembourger to do more work in the empire. Nevertheless, he could not prevent his deposition in 1400. While Johann's brother Friedrich was heavily involved in imperial affairs and was often tied to the Mark Brandenburg after his elevation to Elector of Brandenburg , he mostly took care of the interests of his Franconian property.

Since Johann III. died without male descendants, despite the division of the estate, the Principality of Kulmbach went to his brother Friedrich VI. over. Even though personal unions arose again and again in the following years, Friedrich V's division of the estate was retained. Johann III. died on June 11, 1420 and found his final resting place in the minster Heilsbronn .

progeny

From his marriage to his wife Margaretha, the daughter of Emperor Charles IV, only the daughter Elisabeth emerged, who married Count Eberhard von Württemberg in 1406 .

See also

• Tribe list of the Hohenzollern

literature

• Harald Stark : Burgrave Johann III. of Nuremberg (1369–1420) . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Vol. 83. Bayreuth 2003. pp. 65-80.
• Theodor Hirsch :  Johann III., Burgrave of Nuremberg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 275.
• Günther Schuhmann:  Johann III .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 504 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich V.	Burgrave of Nuremberg 1397–1420	Friedrich VI./I.
––	Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1398–1420	Friedrich VI./I.