Gottfried III of Raabs

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Gottfried III of Raabs (died c. 1160) was the Burgrave of Nuremberg from about 1146 until his death. He belonged to the von Raabs noble family, named after Burg Raabs in Lower Austria. His father, Gottfried II, and his uncle, Conrad I, were effectively joint rulers of Nuremberg from 1105, though they used the title Castellan. Gottfried III is the first von Raabs member known specifically as Burgrave; a 1154 document calls him burggravius de Norinberg. He died around 1160 and was succeeded by his cousin Conrad II of Raabs. When Conrad II died around 1192, the von Raabs male line ended and the Burgraviate of Nuremberg passed to the Hohenzollern dynasty.