Elisabeth of Meissen

Elisabeth of Meissen
Burgravine of Nuremberg
Born	(1329-11-22)22 November 1329 Wartburg
Died	21 April 1375(1375-04-21) (aged 45)
Spouse	Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
Issue	Elisabeth Beatrix Anna Agnes John III Frederick I Margaret Katharina
House	House of Hohenzollern House of Wettin
Father	Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Mother	Mathilde of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg (22 November 1329 – 21 April 1375) was the daughter of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria and a member of the House of Wettin.

Marriage and children

She was born in Wartburg. On 7 September 1356, at the age of twenty six, she married Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg in Jena. In 1357 her husband succeeded to the title, and from that time until her death in 1375, she was styled as Burgravine of Nuremberg. Together Frederick and Elisabeth had eight children, six girls and two boys, who survived to adulthood:

1. Elisabeth (1358–26 July 1411, Heidelberg), married in Amberg 1374 to Rupert of Germany.
2. Beatrix (c. 1362, Nuremberg–10 June 1414, Perchtoldsdorf), married in Vienna 1375 Duke Albert III of Austria
3. Anna (c. 1364–after 10 May 1392), a nun in Seusslitz.
4. Agnes (1366 – 22 May 1432), Convent in Hof (1376–1386) married in Konstance 1386 Baron Friedrich of Daber, Returned to Convent in Hof (1406) Abbess in Hof (1411–1432).
5. John (c. 1369–11 June 1420, Plassenburg).
6. Frederick (1371–1440).
7. Margarete (died 1406, Gudensberg), married in Kulmbach 1383 Landgrave Hermann of Hesse.
8. Katharina (died 1409), Abbess in Hof.
9. Veronica of Hohenzollern, married Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania.

Elisabeth died at the age of 45.

Ancestry

Family of Elisabeth of Meissen

16. Henry III, Margrave of Meissen 8. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen 17. Constantia of Austria 4. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen 18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 9. Margaret of Sicily 19. Isabella of England 2. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen 20. Otto IV, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 10. Hartmann XI, Count of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 21. Hedwig of Schwarzburg 5. Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk 22. Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde 11. Elisabeth, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde 1. Elisabeth of Meissen 24. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria 12. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 25. Agnes of the Palatinate 6. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor 26. Rudolph I of Germany 13. Matilda of Habsburg 27. Gertrude of Hohenburg 3. Mathilde of Bavaria 28. Bolesław II Rogatka 14. Bolko I the Strict 29. Hedwig of Anhalt 7. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau 30. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel 15. Beatrice of Brandenburg 31. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg