John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg
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John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Statue by Ernst Herter, 1899, former Siegesallee in Berlin
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| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth of Henneberg |
| Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick IV of Nuremberg |
| Mother | Margarete of Görz |
| Born | c. 1309 |
| Died | July 31, 1357 (aged 47) |
John II of Nuremberg (c. 1309 – 1357) was a Burgrave of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern. He was the elder son of Frederick IV of Nuremberg and Margarete of Görz.
He succeeded his father in 1332. He attained his name by the increase of the Frankish house possession of the Hohenzollern. From determining meaning the acquisition of the castle Plassenburg in Kulmbach with the county of Kulmbach by the contract of inheritance which became effective with the extinction of the present owners, the counts of Orlamünde in 1340. In the time of his government, came the outbreak of the plague, which claimed numerous victims in Nuremberg. Because the Jewish population was held responsible for the epidemic, numerous Nuremberg Jews were murdered, without the burgrave intervening against it.
He married countess Elisabeth of Henneberg, daughter of Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen, before 3 March 1333. Their children were:
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