- Elisabeth of Nuremberg
Elisabeth, Burggravine of
Nuremberg , was the daughter ofFrederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg andElisabeth of Meissen . She was a member of theHouse of Hohenzollern .She was born in 1358, and on
27 June 1374 married Rupert, then heir to the Elector Palatine, Rupert II. Elisabeth became Electress Palatine when Rupert succeeded to his father's estate6 January 1398 , and Queen of the Romans when Rupert was electedKing of the Romans on21 August 1400 . Rupert died on18 May 1410 ; Elisabeth survived him by a little over a year, dying on26 July 1411 .Elisabeth and Rupert had nine children, six sons and three daughters, who survived to adulthood:
# Rupert Pipan (20 February 1375, Amberg – 25 January 1397, Amberg).
# Margaret (1376 – 27 August 1434,Nancy ), married in 1394 toCharles II, Duke of Lorraine .
# Frederick (ca. 1377, Amberg – 7 March 1401, Amberg).
# Louis (23 January 1378 – 30 December 1436, Heidelberg).
# Agnes (1379 – 1401, Heidelberg), married in Heidelberg shortly before March 1400 to Duke Adolf of Kleve.
# Elisabeth (27 October 1381 – 31 December 1408,Innsbruck ), married in Innsbruck 24 December 1407 to DukeFrederick IV of Austria .
# John (1383,Neunburg vorm Wald – 13–14 March 1443).
# Stephen (23 June 1385 – 14 February 1459,Simmern ).
# Otto (24 August 1390,Mosbach – 5 July 1461).succession box
title=Electress Palatine
before=Beatrice of Berg
after=Matilda of Savoy
years=1398 – 1410
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