Elisabeth of Nuremberg


Elisabeth of Nuremberg was Queen of Germany and Electress Palatine as the wife of Rupert, King of the Romans.

Life

Elisabeth was born in 1358, into the Nuremberg branch of the House of Hohenzollern, as the daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and his wife, Elisabeth of Meissen, the daughter of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen.

Marriage

In Amberg, on 27 June 1374, Elisabeth married Rupert, the son and heir of Rupert II, Elector Palatine. Upon Rupert's succession to the Palatinate in 1398, she became Electress consort of the Palatinate. When Rupert was elected King of the Romans in 1400, Elisabeth became Queen of the Romans.

Issue

  1. Rupert Pipan
  2. Margaret, married on 6 February 1393 to Duke Charles II of Lorraine
  3. Frederick
  4. Louis III, Elector Palatine
  5. Agnes, married in Heidelberg shortly before March 1400 to Duke Adolph I of Cleves
  6. Elisabeth, married in Innsbruck 24 December 1407 to Duke Frederick IV of Austria
  7. Count Palatine John of Neumarkt
  8. Count Palatine Stephen of Simmern-Zweibrücken
  9. Count Palatine Otto I of Mosbach

Death

Elisabeth survived her husband, who died on 18 May 1410, by a year, dying on 26 July 1411. She was buried alongside her husband in the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg.