Frederick III of Nuremberg

Frederick III (c. 1220 – 14 August 1297) was Burgrave of Nuremberg, son of Conrad I and Adelheid of Frontenhausen. He held the western Hohenzollern lands around Cadolzburg and in 1248 received Bayreuth through the Meranian inheritance. He succeeded his father in 1261.

In 1273 his deciding vote elected Rudolf of Habsburg King of the Romans, and Rudolf made him Prince-Elector and entrusted him with the royal district court of Franconia. Frederick fought at Dürnkrut against Ottokar of Bohemia in 1278, gaining Wunsiedel and Erlangen. By his second wife Helene of Saxony he fathered his successor Frederick IV.