Frederick (German: Friedrich) I (1371–1440), Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I from the House of Hohenzollern. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meißen. Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London. ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... List of Burgraves of Nuremberg Hause von Raabs 1105–ca. ... Historically the Margrave of Brandenburg was one of the most powerful titles in the Holy Roman Empire in being one of the 4 temporal electors and so being one of only 7 lords in the empire with a say in who became the next emperor. ... The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. ... Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333–21 January 1398), Burgrave of Nuremberg from House of Hohenzollern. ...

Life

Frederick entered early into the service of Austria and fought at the side of Hungarian King (and later Holy Roman Emperor) Sigismund. After he returned he divided the inheritance from his father with his brother Johann who received Bayreuth, Frederick kept Ansbach. At first he tried to mediate in the imperial confusion between king Wenceslaus and the party of Ruprechts of the Palatinate, nevertheless he fought on the side of Ruprecht in September 1399. The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ... Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. ... Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... Wenceslaus (German: Wenzel, Czech: Václav IV; sometimes known as the Drunkard) (February 26, 1361 – August 16, 1419), of the house of Luxembourg, was king of Bohemia from 1378 to his death; until 1400, he also headed the Holy Roman Empire (as King of the Romans), and he continued to... Rupert of the house of Wittelsbach (1352–1410) succeeded his father Rupert II as Rupert III, Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate) and one of the foremost rulers in western Germany in 1398. ... Events September 30 - Accession of Henry IV of England October 13 - Coronation of Henry IV of England November 1 - Accession of John VI, Duke of Brittany Births William Canynge, English merchant (approximate date; died 1474) Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1468) Deaths January 4 - Nicolau Aymerich, Catalan theologian and...

He resumed his rule of Ansbach in 1409 and after heavy feuding entered into the service of king Sigismund. As a representative of Brandenburg he took part 20 September 1410 in the election of the emperor in Frankfurt am Main and helped Sigismund to become Holy Roman Emperor. In gratitude, King Sigismund made him Obersten Hauptmann and Verwalter der Marken (1411). With an iron hand Frederick fought against the rebellious nobility of the Margravate of Brandenburg (in particular, the Quitzows family) and, in the end, restored security. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Events July 15 – Battle of Grunwald (a. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Events February 11 : Peace of ToruÅ„ 1411 signed in ToruÅ„, Poland Births September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (died 1460) Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (died 1456) Deaths June 3 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (born 1371) November 4 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of...

At the Council of Constance 30 April 1415 king Sigismund granted him the titles of margrave and elector of Brandenburg. On 21 October 1415 the Brandenburg states meeting in a Landtag asked him to rule in Berlin. The king awarded him the formal enfeoffment of the margravate 18 April 1417. As Frederick did not agree with the forcible action of Sigismund against the Hussites, relations between them cooled. But also the constant feuds and disorders in Brandenburg annoyed Frederick, so that he withdrew in 1425 to his castle at Cadolz and transferred the regency of the margravate to his son Johann (Frederick, however, remained elector). After 1427 he organized the imperial war against the Hussites and helped on the occasion of the Council of Basel substantially in the mediation by the Prager Kompaktaten (30 November 1433). The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, the pope recently elected at Pisa. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Margrave is the English and French form of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg (Sorbian/Lusatian: Brandisborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Berlin is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ... Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ... The Council of Basel was a council of bishops and other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church that was held at Basel, Switzerland. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... Events Births June 23 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany Kettil Karlsson Vasa, later Regent of Sweden. ...

Family and children

He married Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut, daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut and Maddalena Visconti. Their children were: Duke Frederick of Bavaria (1339–4 December 1393,Budweis), (German: Friedrich , Herzog von Bayern), since 1375 Duke of Bavaria. ...

1. Johann "der Alchemist"
2. Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg.
3. Albrecht Achilles.
4. Friedrich "der Fette" (ca. 1424–6 October 1463, Tangermünde).
5. Elisabeth (1403–31 October 1449, Liegnitz), married:
   1. in Konstanz ca. 1420 Duke Ludwig II of Liegnitz and Brieg;
   2. ca 1438 Duke Wenzel I of Teschen.
6. Cäcilie (ca. 1405–4 January 1449), married in Berlin 30 May 1423 Duke Wilhelm I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
7. Margarete (1410–27 July 1465, Landshut), married:
   1. in 1423 to Duke Albrecht V of Mecklenburg;
   2. in Ingolstadt 20 July 1441 to Duke Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria;
   3. in 1446 to Martin von Waldenfels.
8. Magdalene (ca. 1412 –27 October 1454, Scharnebeck), married in Tangermünde 3 July 1429 to Duke Friedrich of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
9. Sofie, born and died 1417.
10. Dorothea (9 February 1420–19 January 1491, Rehna), married 1432 to Duke Heinrich IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Sources

• Mast, Peter: Die Hohenzollern - Von Friedrich III. bis Wilhelm II., Graz, Wien, Köln 1994.