Elisabeth of Meissen

Elisabeth of Meissen
Burgravine of Nuremberg
Born	(1329-11-22)22 November 1329 Wartburg
Died
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 1350, at the age of twenty, 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 (ca. 1362, Nuremberg–10 June 1414, Perchtoldsdorf), married in Vienna 1375 Duke Albert III of Austria
3. Anna (ca. 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 (ca. 1369–11 June 1420, Plassenburg).
6. Frederick (1371–1440).
7. Margarete (d. 1406, Gudensberg), married in Kulmbach 1383 Landgrave Hermann of Hesse.
8. Katharina (d. 1409), Abbess in Hof.

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