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Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

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Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg
Born1367
Died1406
Gudensberg
Noble familyHouse of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
FatherFrederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
MotherElisabeth of Meissen

Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg (1367-1406) was a daughter of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and his wife, Elisabeth of Meissen.

In 1383 in Kulmbach, she married Landgrave Herman II of Hesse, as his second wife. They had the following children:

  • Anna (1385–1386)
  • Henry (1387–1394)
  • Elisabeth (1388–1394)
  • Margarete ( 1389–1446), married to Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • Agnes (1391–1471), married to Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen
  • Hermann (1396–1406)
  • Frederick (1398–1402)
  • Louis (1402–1458), succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse