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John III of Nuremberg (c. 1369 – 11 June 1420 in Plassenburg), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from the House of Hohenzollern. He was elder son of Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen.

Family and children

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He was married c. 1381 Margaret of Luxemburg, daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Elizabeth of Pomerania, with whom he had been betrothed since he was 2.[1] They had only daughter, Elisabeth (1391–1429), who married Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg.

  1. ^ Historische Commission bei der königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften (1878), "Friedrich V., Burggraf von Nürnberg", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Bd. 7, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1. ed.), München/Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 573, retrieved 2022-09-16
Ancestors of John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
16. Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
8. Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg
17. Helene of Saxony
4. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg
18. Albert of Carinthia
9. Margaret of Carinthia
19. Agnes, Countess of Hohenberg
2. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
20. Berthold V, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
10. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
21. Sophie of Schwarzburg
5. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen
22. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
11. Adelheid of Hesse
23. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1. John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg
24. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
12. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen
25. Margaret of Sicily
6. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
26. Hartmann XI of Lobdaburg-Arnshaugk
13. Elisabeth of Lobdaburg-Arnshaugk
27. Elisabeth, Countess of Orlamünde
3. Elisabeth of Meissen
28. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
14. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
29. Matilda of Habsburg
7. Mathilde of Bavaria
30. Bolko I the Strict
15. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau
31. Beatrice of Brandenburg

John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Born: 1369 Died: 11 June 1420
German nobility
Preceded by Burgrave of Nuremberg
1397–1420
with Frederick VI 		Succeeded by
New title

Division of inheritance
from Frederick V

 Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1398–1420