Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick I
Frederick I as depicted on the Cadolzburger Altar (by the Meister des Cadolzburger Altars, c. 1425-1430)
Elector of Brandenburg
Reign30 April 1415 – 20 September 1440
PredecessorSigismund of Luxembourg
SuccessorFrederick II
Born(1371-09-21)21 September 1371
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Died20 September 1440(1440-09-20) (aged 68)
Cadolzburg Castle, Principality of Ansbach
Spouse
(m. 1401)
IssueElisabeth, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Cecilia, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Margaret, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Magdalene, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
Dorothea, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg
HouseHohenzollern
FatherFrederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
MotherElisabeth of Meissen

Frederick (Middle High German: Friderich,[1] Standard German: Friedrich; 21 September 1371 – 20 September 1440) was the last Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1397 to 1427 (as Frederick VI), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1398, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1420, and Elector of Brandenburg (as Frederick I) from 1415 until his death. He became the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

  1. ^ Anon. (1506). Was mein gnediger herre Margraf Friderich zu Brandenburg etc. vber die von Nurmberg dreyer artigkel der stock ploch hewser vnd glaitehalben vor de pund zu Thunawerd hat lassen furpringen vnnd die von Nurmberg zu anttwort geben auch die punds Rethe dorinn gehandelt haben Egidij Anno etc. VI. Nürnberg: Hieronymus Höltzel. p. 1.