Elisabeth of Meissen


Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine of Nuremberg was the daughter of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria and a member of the House of Wettin.

Marriage and children

She was born in Wartburg. On 7 September 1356, at the age of twenty six, she married Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg in Jena. In 1357 her husband succeeded to the title, and from that time until her death in 1375, she was styled as Burgravine of Nuremberg. Together Frederick and Elisabeth had eight children, six girls and two boys, who survived to adulthood:
  1. Elisabeth, married in Amberg 1374 to Rupert of Germany.
  2. Beatrix, married in Vienna 1375 Duke Albert III of Austria
  3. Anna, a nun in Seusslitz.
  4. Agnes, Convent in Hof married in Konstance 1386 Baron Friedrich of Daber, Returned to Convent in Hof Abbess in Hof.
  5. John.
  6. Frederick.
  7. Margarete, married in Kulmbach 1383 Landgrave Hermann of Hesse.
  8. Katharina, Abbess in Hof.
  9. Veronica of Hohenzollern, married Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania.
Elisabeth died at the age of 45.