Notes:

From Hans-Dietrich Lemmel

Heinz Groß - the rich one
◆ Father: Heinz Groß

(* about? 1250), † zw 1314/1317

In Nuremberg, first documented 1276-1306. Death between 1314-1317.

∞1) (about? 1273) with Sofie v. Vestenberg N631

(* about? 1250), † about? 1286

her father: Conrad v. Vestenberg Nc44 , (* about? 1215)

∞2) (about? 1287) with Gisela Esler N629

(* about? 1265), † after 1339

Sister of the mayor Conrad Esler .

her father: Konrad Esler N600 , (* 1215)
documented in 1253 in Bamberg. 1276 with his son Konrad citizen to Bamberg. See Eslr-21 / a

Children:
from 1st marriage:
1. Margarete Gross Nn81 , (* about? 1274)

∞ with Heinrich Geusmid N664

(* about? 1265)

1298-1336 documented, ∞ Margret ... 1306 mayor. See Gsm-22 / h

his parents: Ropold / Rapoto Gewsmyd N665 , (* about? 1230)
1270-1288 in Nuremberg documentary. See Gsm-21 / r ; ∞ with (Elisabeth) Pfinzing N666 , (* about? 1240).

2. Heinrich, (* about? 1276) -, see Gros-23 / b

3. Conrad, c. 1280 - mayor Nbg, "the founder", see Gros-23 / e

4. Catharina Groß N771 , (* about? 1282), † after 1343
(sister of the mayor Conrad Groß)

∞ with Konrad Waldstromer N609

(* about? 1275), † 28.12.1357

His name is Stromer . After being loaned to the Nuremberg Forestry Office, he is alternately called Stromer and Waldstromer . "Konrad III". See Wstr-23 / a

his parents: Conrad Stromeir gen.Waldstromer N770 , (* about? 1245), † 3.2.1307
Forstmeister in Nuremberg. Documented 1270-1307. See Stro-22 / w ; ∞ (about? 1275) with Margarete Parsberger N610 , (*? 1250?
1309 ).

from 2nd marriage:
5. Bartholomew, (* 1288), see Gros-23 / i

6. Philipp, (* about? 1290) - council builder in Nuremberg, see Gros-23 / u

7. Anna Groß Ni56 , (* about? 1295), † 1357
No children.

∞ with Conrad Grundherr Ni57

(* about? 1295)

his parents: Werner dJ landlord N333 , (* about? 1255), † 1303
See Gru-22 / a ( Er ∞1) before 1289 with Kunigunde Turprecht H042 , (* about? 1265) ) ; ∞ (about? 1295) with Kunigunde Holzschuher H017 , (* about? 1275).

Regesten:
• Heinrich Groß / Magnus , also Reichheinz , Dives

• 1274-1298 , ext. 1306, † 1317

• ∞1) Sophie v. Vestenberg , † before 1298

• ∞2) Gisela Esler , † after 1339, sister of the mayor Conrad Esler .
[A.Scharr: The ans. Citizen of Nuremberg, in: Gen.Jb. Bd.3 1963 p.16]

• In addition to the above children:

• Ulrich Groß , called 1315f., Married ?, † after 1350?

• Eberhard, monk ?, † 1331.
[Bullemer: Great]

• Berthold VII Pfinzing ∞ 1340 with ... Grosin , Tv Heinrich Gros ∞ with ... Eslerin .
[Biedermann plaque 396, Pfinzing]

• 1276: Friedrich and Herdegen the Holzschuher are Burgmannen of the burgrave Friedrich in his castrum Kraftshof ... Witnesses: Hermann and Sifrid called the Ebener , Heinrich by the surname Groß , Conrad called by Neuenmark , Berthold called Pfinzing Schultheiß in Nuremberg, Conrad called Stromaier , Wernher called Nützel , relatives (cognati) by Friedrich Holzschuher . Sealed by Friedrich Holzschuher alone, as his brother Herdegen does not have his own seal.
[Nuremberg Yearbooks Vol. 1-2, 1834, p.54]

Apparently from a ministerial or landed gentry residing south of Nuremberg.

• As early as 1283 citizens in Nuremberg.

• In 1298 he sold to the monastery Ebrach the bailiwick of this to pass over the village Katzwang.

• Konrad, probably his eldest son, first documented in 1305.
[W. Schultheiß: Money and Financial Transactions ... p.67]

• Alleged parents (not assignable): The "Grindige Heinz" ∞ Anna Straß / Strezz from Jahrsdorf.

• Heinrich Groß of the "Reichheintz" at the beginning of the main sequence. Also "Heinricus Magnus" . Documented 1276-1306.

• Henricus Gross , civis in Nuremberg, d. Sep. 6. 1284 (or 1283).

• Geisel Groß , Wwe of the "Grosse Heintzen", buys a bread bench at Sebalduskirchhof on 9.6.1339.

• His descendants s. [Friedrich Bullemer : The Nuremberg patrician family Groß in the 14th century, in: Bl.f.fränk.Fam'kde Bd.13 1989 p.137-166.]

• Scharr states that the daughter Catharina "probably" comes from the first marriage with Sophie v. Vestenberg.

• According to Gottlob Heckel, the grand come from the Reichs-Dienstmannen-Sex of the Groß v . (Hilpolt) Stein.
[Scharr: Waldstromer, MVGN 52 p.23]

According to miracle the son Konrad is to come from the first marriage with v. Vestenberg [miracle: "Pfinzing" p.39].

• According to Reddig, the son Konrad comes from the second marriage: "From the second marriage Heinrich Groß 'with Gisela donkey was towards the end of the 1280s Konrad Groß " (sources: mayor, Knefelkamp). [WFReddig: citizen hospital and episcopal city, Bamberg 1998, S.48]

→ Konrad was born according to his age of death around 1280 and not until the end of the 1280s. Therefore, he probably comes from the first marriage (HDL).

• The son Philipp from the marriage Heinrich ∞ v. Vestenberg.
[B.Aign: AL Zinn, Gen.Jahrbuch Vol.45 / 46 2008]

→ Or from the marriage Esler? (HDL)

• In [B.Aign: AL Zinn, Gen.Jahrbuch Bd.45 / 46 2008] it says: Heinrich Groß ∞ 1285 with Sofie von Vestenberg , she * around 1270 in Steyerwald, daughter of the knight Konrad v.Vestenberg , who around 1293 married. This is not possible in time (HDL).

• 1303/1313: Heinrich Groß , a citizen of Nuremberg, has 2 tenths in Feldbrecht (near Neustadt / Aisch) and asks to transfer these goods to his sons.
[Internet Database 2013 Hochstift Würzburg Lehenbuch 1303-1313]

Regesta to Sofie v. Vestenberg:
• For her was stated: † before 1298. Because of the second marriage of her husband Heinz Gross, she would have died shortly after 1285. (HDL)

• 10.8.1340: Jahrestagstiftung of Konrad Groß for his parents Heinrich and Suffey.
[Miracle p.39 footnote 36]

Regesta to Conrad v. Vestenberg:
[Bullemer: Large p.139]

Regesta to Gisela Esler:
[Miracle MVGN 49 p.38] - [Scharr: Waldstromer, MVGN 52 p. 23]

Regesta to Margarete Gross:
• Bullemer suspects that Margret, the wife of Heinrich Geusmid , is the daughter of Heinz Groß .
[Bullemer, Great]

• Age-appropriate, she can only come from the first marriage of Heinz Gross (HDL).

Regest to Catharina Groß:
• † after 1343 [Bullemer: Great]

[Scharr: Waldstromer, MVGN 52 p.18,22]

• Comp. [B.Aign: AL Zinn, Gen.Jahrbuch Vol.45 / 46 2008]

Regesta to Kunigunde Holzschuher:
• Cunigunda Holzschuherin , consort Mr. Werner Junior landlord , assessor at the Imperial Land Court and Senator to Nuremberg, married anno 1289, † anno 1303.
[Biedermann panel 166 Holzschuher, there, however, as a father another Heinrich Holzschuher stated, which agewise wrong. ]

Heinz married Esler, Gisela about 1287 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Gisela (daughter of Esler, Konrad) was born about 1265 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; died after 1339 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinz married von Vestenberg, Sofie about 1273 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Sofie (daughter of von Vestenberg, Conrad) was born about 1250 in Germany; died about 1286 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Konrad married Zollner named Geyer, Agnes about 1310 in Bamberg, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany. Agnes (daughter of Geyer, Friedrich and Zoellner, Agnes) was born about 1295 in Bamberg, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany; died on 13 Aug 1342 in Bamberg, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Geusmid, Heinrich in UNKNOWN in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Heinrich (son of Gewsmyd, Rapoto and Pfinzing, Elisabeth) was born about 1265 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; died after 1336 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Heinrich Stromer N613 - in Nuremberg on the Salzmarkt
Parents: Stro-22 / a Conrad Stromer N578 , (Sofie?) Esler N612

(* about? 1270), † 30.4.1347 in Nuremberg

1313: Mr. Hainrich, Mr. Conrat Stromeir's son. 1323 at the salt market.

∞1) (about? 1291) with (Kunigunde) Gnatznapf N775

(* about? 1272)

8 children Stromer.

her father: Konrad Glatznapf Ni17 , (* about? 1255), † 1329
1316 councilman in Nuremberg. ∞ with Adelheid....

∞2) (about? 1324) with Margarete Geusmid N663

(* about? 1295), † 24.11.1350

her parents: Heinrich Geusmid N664 , (* about? 1265)
1298-1336 documentary, ∞ Margret ... 1306 mayor. See Gsm-22 / h ; ∞ with Margarete Gross Nn81 , (* about? 1274).

Children:
from 1st marriage:
1. Peter, * 1292 - politician, inventor of softwood seeds , see Stro-24 / a

2. Conrad Stromeir, (* about? 1300) - at the Milchmarkt in Nuremberg, see Stro-24 / b

3. Margarete Stromer N871 , (* about? 1310/1315), † 1350

∞ (about? 1330/1335) with Albrecht Behaim Nj00

* 1288, † 1359

Councilman in Nuremberg. See Beh-23 / o

his parents: Albrecht Behaim N731 , * 6.2.1250, † 6.10.1342 in Nuremberg, 92 years old
merchant in Nuremberg, the spices from Venice moved. Since 1288 in the council, mayor of several times. See Beh-22 / a ; ∞ 1.10.1280 with Ursula Kingfisher N732 , (* about? 1262), † 25.5.1328 in Nuremberg St. Cath ..

he ∞1) (about? 1315) with Agnes Ebner Hb84

(* about? 1291)

he ∞3) after 1350 with Cunegunda Weigel Nj02

(* about? 1320)

4th Heinrich Stromeir N866 , (* about? 1315/1320), † between 1350/1355
childless.

∞ with Gerhaus Koler N867

(* about? 1325)

Died without children.

her parents: Erkenbrecht Koler N671 , (* about? 1280), † probably 1340
1311 Schultheiß, from 1315 Schöffe in Nuremberg. See Colr-23 / e ; ∞2) (about? 1325) with Gerhaus Pfinzing No70 , (* ca.? 1304)
erw. 1335/1360, wife, then widow of Erkenbrecht Koler; her son Erkenbrecht. See Pfin-24 / ef ( Sie ∞2) (about? 1341) with Otto Coler gen.Forstmeister H895 , (* about? 1305), † 11.4.1351
see Colr-23 / o ) .

from 2nd marriage:
5th Cunrat Stromer N820 , (* about? 1325), † 1398 in Milan

6. Franz, (* about? 1327) - in Nuremberg, see Stro-24 / c

7. Ulman / Ulrich, * 6.1.1329 - wholesale merchant in Nuremberg, see Stro-24 / d

8. Andreas, (* about? 1330) - alderman in Nuremberg., See Stro-24 / e

Regesten:
• Has 18 children out of 2 marriages.
[G.Wunder: "Pfintzing" MVGN 52 p.20,37]

Councilor Nuremberg, † 1346, ∞1) Tv Conrad Glaßnapf ; ∞2) 1298 Margaret Geuschmidt , † 1350, Tv Heinrich Geuschmidt , imperial mayor.

• From his first marriage: Peter * 1292; Heinrich; Marg. ∞ Behaim ; the nuns Agnes, Clara, Gerhauss; Conrad.

• Second marriage: Albrecht unmarried; Erhard ∞ Volkamer ; Nuns Margarete, Catharina and two daughters without giving their first name; Andreas; Franz; Ulmann; Conrad † 1358 in Mayland.
[Biedermann panel 462 B]

[Scharr: Waldstromer, MVGN 52 p.20, 37]

• Children: [Stromer: Hochfinanz]

→ Birthdays and order of children estimated by me. Further details and children see [Biedermann panel 462B]. Marg. Geuschmidt states here: "married in the year 1298". This year can not be correct. 1298 is at most the marriage of Marg. Geuschmidt's parents. The first wife had 8 children, with Peter born in 1292 arguably as the oldest. Since the second marriage may have been impossible in 1298. (HDL)

Regesten zu (Kunigunde) Gnatznapf:
• (Kunigunde), Tv Conrad Glatznapf ∞ Adelheid.
[Scharr: Forest Streamers p.38]

Regesta to Konrad Glatznapf:
• Konrad Glatznapf ∞ Adelheid.
[Scratching]

• Conrad glass bowl , 1316 council man in Nuremberg, † 1329.
[B.Aign: AL tin, Gen.Jahrbuch Bd.45 / 46 2008]

• 1303/1313: Albert " Kruter " of Nuremberg and Konrad "Gnasnapf" , his father, have to fief the village Hennenbach (district Ansbach) ...
[Internet database 2013 Hochstift Würzburg Lehenbuch 1303-1313]

Regesta to Margarete Geusmid:
[Scharr: Forest Streamers p.38]

Regesta to Margarete Gross:
• Bullemer suspects that Margret, the wife of Heinrich Geusmid , is the daughter of Heinz Groß .
[Bullemer, Great]

• Age-appropriate, she can only come from the first marriage of Heinz Gross (HDL).

Regesta to Heinrich Stromeir:
[Scharr: Waldstromer p.39]

Regests to Gerhaus Koler:
• Gerhaus, Erkenbrecht Kolers daughter, has Heinrich Stromer . In 1374 she buys Leibding to Franz, Franz Stromer's son, and to Uhlein, Erkenbrecht Koler's son.
[Miracle: Col. p.148]

• Gerhauß Colerin called Forstmeisterin , died without children, ∞ Herr Heinrich Stromer , † 1348.
[Biedermann Tafel 599]

Regesten to Cunrat Stromer:
Conrad junior Stromer von Reichenbach died in Milan around the year 13x8 and was buried there in the choir by the barefoot.
[Biedermann Plate 462 B] No further information. The badly printed year could be called 1398. (HDL)

Margarete married Stromer, Heinrich von Reichenbach about 1324 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Heinrich (son of Stromer, Conrad von Reichenbach and Esler, Sofie) was born about 1268 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; died on 30 Apr 1347 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 30 Apr 1347 in St Lorenz, Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Never married

Erhard married Volkamer, Catharina in UNKNOWN. Catharina was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Nun at St Clara

Notes:

Buried:
Ward daselbst bei den Barfüßern im Chor begraben

Notes:

From Hans-Dietrich Lemmel

Franz Stromer - in Nuremberg
◆ Parents: Heinrich Stromer and Margarete Geusmid
◆ He was born (* about? 1327), † 1362
◆ ∞1) (about? 1350) with Unknown
⁃ (* about? 1330), † about? 1355
◆ ∞2) after 1357 with Gerhaus / Gertrud Pömer
⁃ (* about? 1310), † 1362 in Nuremberg
⁃ her parents: Heinrich Pömer, (* about? 1270), † on the day of Galli 1331 in Nuremberg (Thoma Note: day of Galli is 24 Mar) councilman in Nuremberg. He donated a benefice in St.Sebald, where his shield and window were also visible. See Ursula Pfinzing, (* about? 1280); ∞ with Mechtild Zenner, (* about? 1285), † 1337 or 1357.
⁃ Gerhaus first ∞ with Friedrich Holzschuher
⁃ (* about? 1308), † 22.9.1357 in Nuremberg, buried in the Sebaldkirche
⁃ Friedrich was 1332-1357 Consul in Nuremberg. He lives at the Long Bridge. See wood 24 / b

Children:
From 1st marriage:
1 Margarete Stromer, (* about? 1350)
⁃ ∞ (about? 1370) with Martin Groland
⁃ He was (* about? 1315)
⁃ He was 1348 Senator in Nuremberg
⁃ His parents: Heinrich Groland; (* about? 1280); † 1350; 1346 councilman in Nuremberg; ∞ with Anna Sachs. Anna was (* about? 1290).
From 2nd marriage:
2 Martin, (* about? 1360)
3 Franz, (* about? 1362) - alderman in Nuremberg

Regesten:
◆ Franz Stromer † 1362, buried Nuremberg St.Sebald.
◆ ∞ Gerhauß Pömer † 1362, buried St. Sebald. She was previously married to Fritz Holzschuher , who died in 1357.
◆ children: Franz; Margareta; Martin. [further see Biedermann panel 465A]
◆ Gerhaus, Erkenbrecht Kolers daughter, has Heinrich Stromer. In 1374 she buys Leibding to Franz, Franz Stromer's son, and to Uhlein, Erkenbrecht Koler's son. [Miracle: Col. p.148]
◆ Error note:
⁃ Franz Stromer and his wife Gerhauß Pömer have a daughter, Margarete, who married Martin Groland , who became a senator in 1348 and died in 1358. [Biedermann panel 613 Groland]
⁃ Since Franz Stromer married Gerhauß Pömer only after 1357, the daughter Margarete, who may have been born around 1350, must have come from a previous marriage (HDL).

Regesten zu Gerhaus / Gertrud Pömer:
◆ Gerhauss Poemmer † 1362
◆ ∞1) Mr. Friz Holzschuher , † 1357
◆ ∞2) Mr. Franz Stromer , † 1362
◆ [Biedermann panel 571 Pömer]

Regest to Mechtild Zenner:
◆ Albrecht Ebner † 1368, ∞ Agnes Pömer; daughter of Heinrich Pömer ∞ Mechtild Zenner. [Biedermann panel 24 Ebner]
◆ The name is also given with Zeuner , Zeumer , Zenner or Zollner.
◆ [Date of death 1337 according to ancestor lists from all German districts. - 1357 according to Biedermann plaque 571]
◆ In 1349, Hermann Weigel sells a manor near St. Johannis in Nuremberg to Mechtild Pömer . [Hirschmann, "Muffle", p.274]
◆ In 1379 Friedrich Behaim dies and leaves the widow Kunigunde geb. Weigel . Behaim was first married to a Pfinzing . In 1380 Michel Behaim (son of Friedrich?) And Seitz Pfinzing (nephew of Friedrich Behaim's first wife -HDL) sell the left house to the brothers Seitz Weigel ∞ Agnes and Hermann Weigel ∞ Elsbeth. In 1381, Conrad Hirschvogel bought the one half of the house from Hermann Weigel , Hermann's son, and his wife Elsbeth, born. Wooden shoe . In 1402 Ulrich Hirschvogel buys, Son of Conrad, the other half of Agnes's house, the widowed Seitz Weiglin , who is already remarried with Konrad Keusch , and their children Konrad and Gerhaus Weigel . [Christa Schaper: "Hirschvogel", Nbger F'gen Bd.18 (1973) p.13, 20, 290]

From Wilbur Hanson Kalb:
Franz Stromer von Reichenbach is the common ancestor of King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Margarethe II of Denmark, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King Philippe of the Belgians, and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.  He is also, in at least two lines, a descendant of Charlemagne.

Franz married Stromer, N.N. von Reichenbach about 1350 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. N.N. was born about 1330 in Germany; died about 1355 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Franz married Pömer, Gerhaus after 1357 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Gerhaus (daughter of Pömer, Heinrich and Zenner, Mechtild) was born about 1315 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; died in 1362 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany; was buried in 1362 in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Ullman
• FSID: LZ27-5L2
• Occupation: Wholesale Merchant

Notes:

From Wilbur Hanson Kalb

Ulman Stromer was also the one who went to Emperor Charles IV on the behalf of the Free and Imperial City and demanded of him, “Is Nuremberg a Jewish city or a Christian city???”  The Emperor did not have the intelligence and backbone to have him thrown to the dungeons for his rudeness so Nuremberg went back to being The City of the Christians, keeping Bavaria on its 1,900-year-long descent into the Holocaust.

Here’s the English translation of Ulman’s biography from the German Wikipedia to show what was life like for his brother, Franz the Elder, your ancestor, as a member of one of the richest and strongest of the Partizierfamilien of Nuremberg.  Note the mentions of “The Golden Road” and “New Bohemia”.

Ulman Stromer was born as the twelfth of eighteen surviving children of the merchant from Nuremberg, Heinrich Stromer ( d. 1347 ) ( from the Stromer von Reichenbach ) and his second wife Margarete Geusmid ( Geuschmidtin, d. 1350 ).

He was apprenticed as a merchant in the family businesses in Barcelona [ then in the Principality of Catalonia, under the Crown of Aragon, now Spain ], Genoa [ then an independent republic ], Milan [ then an autonomous dominion of the Kingdom of Italy ] and Kraków and undertook his own business trips already to Kraków and Lwów [ then in Poland, now Lviv in the Ukraine ].  In 1358 Stromer married his first wife Anna Hegner ( d. 1365 ), the daughter of the richest owner of the forges and furnaces in Sulzbach [ = Sulzbach bei Amberg, identified by Lemmel as a town 8.6 miles northwest of Amberg and 31 miles east of Nuremberg, prospered as a stopover on “The Golden Road” between Nuremberg and Prague and also, from 1353 to 1373, as the capital of “New Bohemia”.  It once belonged to the County Palatinate of the Rhine but, in 1349, Emperor Charles IV got it by marrying the Count’s daughter, Anna. ].  A year after her death, he took in 1366 the then 14-years-old Agnes Groland ( d. 1413 ) to the altar.  In 1368 he acquired for 1,825 gulden a large estate on the Hauptmarkt, immediately north of the Frauenkirche ( Hauptmarkt 16 / Obstgasse 2 ) and built on it for about 2,000 gulden to a representative residence and Kauffahrerhof [ hostel for traveling mechants ].

From his own information Stromer began in 1360 with the recording of his Püchel von meim geslecht und von abentewr [ “Little Book of My Family and Adventures” ], in which he documented events in his family, the undertakings, but also the politics.  In 1370 he took over, together with his brothers Peter and Andreas, the management of the Großhandelshaus [ store of wholesale goods ] of the family, whose shops ranged from Barcelona to Riga [ then a German city in the Hanseatic League, now as thoroughly Latvian as the rest of Latvia ] and Tana [ then a colony of Venetian and Genoese merchants in the lands of the Golden Horde, but now known as Azov, a town in Russia ].

From 1371 he was a councilor in the Inner Council of the Free and Imperial City of Nuremberg. Although he already held from 1396 the most important office in the City Militia as the Oberster Hauptmann [ Colonel-Captain ], he was already seen from the decade of the 1380s as the “Gray Eminence” ( Fleischmann ) in the Nuremberger Council.  Since 1372 was he was, for 18 years long, the caretaker of the nunnery of St. Clara.  During the War of the Cities of 1388, he acted successfully against Burggraf [ “Castle Count” = Burgrave ] Friedrich V ( 1395 – 1397 ) ; Ulman Stromer allied Nuremberg with the Schwäbisch-Rheinischen Städtebund [ “League of the Swabian-Rhenish Cities”, known in English as the Swabian League of Cities ].  In an inglorious way, he was probably also involved with the so-called Judenschuldentilgung [ cancellation of the debts owed to the Jews ] of 1388.

In 1390 he converted the Gleissmühle on the Pegnitz River to the Hadermühle ( Hader = “rags”, used to make paper ) as to the first paper mill north of the Alps. Therefore, even north of the Alps, the paper produced in relatively cheap mass production began to replace the expensive parchment made from animal hides. The oldest illustration of the ( at this time no longer active ) paper mill can be found in the Nuremberg Chronicle [ in the lower right corner of the traveller’s view of Nuremberg — the paper had to be made outside the City’s walls because the work was noisy and smelly. ]

Ulman Stromer was closely associated with the Wittelsbach Elector of the Palatinate Ruprecht II and his financial support contributed in 1400 to the fall of [ the King of Germany ] Wenceslaus ( [ reigned ] 1376 – 1400 ) and the election of the son of Ruprecht II, Ruprecht [ III ], as the King ( [ reigned ] 1400 – 1410 ).  Ruprecht II was, during his visit to Nuremberg, a guest of Ulman Stromer and in 1401 his wife Elisabeth, the Burggräfin [ “Castle Countess” = Burgravess ] of Nuremberg ( 1358 – 1411 ) stood as the godmother for a granddaughter of Ulman.

The Nuremberger pestilience of the Winter of 1406 – 1407, in which less than eight members of the family, including Stromer’s son of the same name, had found Death, he himself fell on 3 April 1407 “on the Sunday after Easter [ am suntag nach ostern ]”.

Ulrich married Reichswirth, Margaretha in UNKNOWN. Margaretha was born in UNKNOWN in Bayern, Germany; died in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Alderman of Nürnberg

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Nun in St Clara