Elisabeth of Nuremberg [SEP] mother
Elisabeth of Nuremberg
Elisabeth of Nuremberg (1358 – 26 July 1411) was the daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen. She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern, and the wife of Rupert of Germany. In 1398, she became the Electress of the Palatinate of the Rhine, and in 1400 she became Queen of the Romans.
Marriage and children.
She was born in 1358, and on 27 June 1374 married Rupert, then heir to the Elector Palatine, Rupert II
Queen of what was then "Germany," and was the progeny of highly influential burgraves and nobility in Nuremberg and Thuringia and was raised among family members whose future regencies would influence events at many Europe centers. In his family alone Otto found himself in the presence of his mother Elisabeth of Nuremberg, whose family annals were steeped in legend, partly moneyed by the rich silver mine of Freyberg, and on its own already had tremendous influence. Otto had eight brothers and sisters all older than himself by as much as fifteen years