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Burgraviate of Nuremberg
Origins
Around 1105 the Salian emperors appointed burgraves to command the royal castle of Nuremberg. The first family, the Raabs, died out around 1190, and Frederick of Zollern, a Swabian noble married to the Raabs' heiress, became burgrave in 1192, founding the Franconian Hohenzollern line.
Rule and society
The burgraves held the castle, rights of justice and lands around Nuremberg, and gradually built a territory in Franconia, acquiring Ansbach in 1331 and Kulmbach and Bayreuth. Frederick III of Nuremberg helped elect Rudolf I in 1273. The city of Nuremberg itself grew into a free imperial city and rival.
Decline and legacy
In 1415 Burgrave Frederick VI received the Margraviate of Brandenburg as Elector Frederick I. In 1427 he sold the burgrave's castle to the city of Nuremberg. His Franconian lands became the margraviates of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Bayreuth).
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- Burgraviate of Nuremberg was part of Holy Roman Empire1105 CE – 1427 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Burgraviate of Nuremberg. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/burgraviate-of-nuremberg
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