Frederick Virneburg Count

Frederick was born about 1271 in Virneburg,Rhineland,Prussia.  Frederick's father was Henry I Virneburg Count and his mother was Ponzette Oberstein.  His maternal grandfather was Eberhard III Von Oberstein. He had five brothers and eight sisters, named Rupert II, Eberhard, Henry, Werner, Philip II, Matilda, Aleidis Countess, Margaret, Imagine, Lise, Ponzette, Jutte and Elisabeth.  He was the seventh oldest of the fourteen children.