Elisabeth of Meissen

Elisabeth of Meissen (1329–1375), born at the Wartburg, was the daughter of Margrave Frederick II of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria. In 1356 she married at Jena Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg, and became Burgravine of Nuremberg when he succeeded to the title in 1357.

Of her nine children, her younger son Frederick, born in 1371, became the first Hohenzollern Elector of Brandenburg, while her daughter Elisabeth married Rupert of Germany. She died in 1375 aged forty-five.