Frederick I of Nuremberg (before 1139–after 1 October 1200), the first Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern. He was elder son of Count Frederick II of Zollern. He was also Count of Zollern as Frederick III.
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From 1171 Frederick I proved himself an adherent of the Hohenstaufen party. Specially significant would prove the marriage of Frederick, whose possession lay in the south of the Schwarzwald, with Sophia of Raabs, the heiress of the burgraviate of Nuremberg.
Henceforth, when he was acknowledged in this office by Emperor Henry VI in 1191, he became the founder of both the Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern family and the Franconian line of the (later imperial) House of Hohenzollern, which he called Hohenzollern to distinguish it from the House of Counts of Zollern.
With Sophia of Raabs he had following children:
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Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg
Born: circa 1139 Died: circa 1200 |
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| Preceded by Frederick II |
Count of Zollern as Frederick III after 1145 — circa 1200 |
Succeeded by Frederick IV |
| Preceded by Conrad II |
Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick I circa 1192 — circa 1200 |
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