He served as High Treasurer and High Burgrave of Bohemia. In addition to his work as the burgrave, he also wrote about the castle. Crailsheim became a possession of the Burgrave of Nuremberg following the siege. Wylie referred to the book as a "tourbillon by the Burgrave of Baltimore". King Conrad had already implemented the office of a permanent burgrave at Altenburg in 1147. She appointed him burgrave of Hradec and both possibly also began an affair. The Summer Shakespeare Festival regularly takes place in the courtyard of Burgrave Palace. Around 1068, Meissen Castle received its own burgrave. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen. About 1103 he married Uta, daughter of Burgrave Ulric of Passau (died 2 February 1099). He was the elder son of John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Henneberg.