Last Updated: 6 March 2003
Frederick III von Zollern
also known as
Frederick I von Zollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg
Frederick III, Count von Zollern & Frederick I, Burgrave of Nuremberg [Nuernberg] (d. ca. 1200) , son of Count Frederick II von Zollern, m. Sofie von Raabs, heiress of Konrad von Raabe, the old Burgrave of Nuremberg
The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I "Barabossa's" son, Emperor Henry IV gave Frederick III von Zollern, the grandson of Burchard I's, the position of Burgrave of Nuremberg in ca. 1191.
Burgrave when translated means:
burg=fort
grave = graf = Count
This meant that Frederick III became Frederick I and the new governor of the city of Nuremberg. With his title came the responsibility of the city's protection and as the city's administer of the peace and justice among it's citizen under loyal to Emperor Henry VI of the House of Hohenstaufen.
It was at this time our family left the family Castle on the Hill near Tuebingen [Ba.-Wu.] and struck out on a new adventure to Nuremberg [Bayern; Bavaria]
I have not visited Nuremberg. According to historians the city is on the River Pegnitz and was baby damaged in WW II.
It's started out as two settlements, St. Sebald and St. Lorenz, much like Berlin, one on each side of the River. Each had their own defensice wall.
The town called Nuremberg was founded by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (ruled 1026-1042; was King Henry VI, House of Salian) in the 11th century as a military bass for his troops for his campaign in Bohemia. The location quickly turned it into a powerful trading center.
The Emperor's Castle [Kaiserburg) was built by Emperor Friedrich I "Barbarossa" [House of Hohenstaufen], the great grandson of Emperor Henry III, on the standstone crags above the western side of the river in the 11th c. The two towns developed below..
1191 is when Frederick III von Zollern arrived and claim their resdience to be the original Salic Royal Castle .
It appears Frederick I von Hohenzollern did not hinder the sucess of the trade of this town and it continued to flourish...
Frederick I and Sofie's known Issue: