Brief Life History of Friedrich V
When Friedrich V Burggraf von Nürnberg Hohenzollern was born on 3 March 1333, in Germany, his father, John II Burgrave of Nuremberg, was 23 and his mother, Gräfin Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen, was 18. He married Elisabeth of Meissen Wettin on 7 September 1350, in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 11 daughters. He died on 21 January 1398, in Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 64, and was buried in Heilbronn, Feuchtwangen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Friedrich V von Nürnberg, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name for the highest ranking judge of a castle and its adjacent territory or the governor of a town, from Middle High German burc ‘castle’ + grāve ‘highest (territorial) judge’, such a person being appointed by the king.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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