Frederick I Elector of Brandenburg Biography

Frederick (German: Friedrich; September 21 1371 in Nuremberg – September 20 1440) was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.