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William V (29 September 1548 – 7 February 1626), called the Pious, (German: Wilhelm V., der Fromme, Herzog von Bayern) was Duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597. Education and early life [ edit ] William V was born in Landshut , the son of Albert V and Archduchess Anna of Austria .
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael; 3 May 1905 – 8 July 1996 [1]) was the son of the last crown prince of Bavaria, Rupprecht, and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria. He was the only child from that marriage that reached adulthood. His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last king of ...
Louis I (born Dec. 23, 1174, Kelheim, Bavaria—died Sept. 15, 1231, Kelheim) was the second Wittelsbach duke of Bavaria, who greatly increased his family’s territory and influence. Succeeding his father, Otto I, as duke in 1183, Louis enlarged the Bavarian domains and founded the cities of Landshut, Landau, Iser, and Straubing.
William IV, Duke of Bavaria. William IV ( German: Wilhelm IV; 13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria . He was born in Munich to Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III .
Apr 13, 2024 · Maximilian I (born April 17, 1573, Munich, Bavaria [Germany]—died Sept. 27, 1651, Ingolstadt, Bavaria) was the duke of Bavaria from 1597 and elector from 1623, a champion of the Roman Catholic side during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). After a strict Jesuit education and a fact-finding trip to Bohemia and Italy, Maximilian succeeded to ...
Franz, Duke of Bavaria, the current head of the Royal House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria, was born on July 14, 1933 in Munich, Germany. His parents were Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and Countess Maria Drascovich whose father belonged to the old Croatian nobility of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and whose mother ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Otto II (died Jan. 11, 1083) was the duke of Bavaria and also a leading noble in Saxony, the most implacable opponent of the German king Henry IV. In 1061, Agnes of Poitou, regent for her young son Henry IV, invested Otto with the duchy of Bavaria. The following year, however, he helped Archbishop Anno of Cologne to kidnap Henry IV, an act that ...
