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Albert VI of Bavaria (German: Albrecht VI., der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg; 26 February 1584 – 5 July 1666) son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.
Albert VI inherited from his wife the lands of Leuchtenberg, and from 1646 reorganizes them as a new Bavarian duchy, the short-lived Duchy of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg. Albert VI 26 February 1584
Feb 26, 2024 · Albrecht VI (February 26, 1584 – July 5, 1666) son of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria and Princess Renata of Lorraine, the second child and eldest daughter of Duke François I of Lorraine and his wife Princess Christina of Denmark, daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Archduchess Isabella of Austria.
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Albert was educated at Ingolstadt by Catholic teachers. On 4 July 1546 he married Anna of Austria, a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547), daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. The union was designed to end the political rivalry between Austria and Bavaria....
Albert was now free to devote himself to the task of establishing Catholic conformity in his dominions. A strict Catholic by upbringing, Albert was a leader of the German Counter-Reformation. Incapable by nature of passionate adherence to any religious principle, and given rather to a life of idleness and pleasure, he pursued the work of repression...
In 1546, Albert and his father William IV ordered the construction of Dachau Palace (completed 1577), a Renaissance stylefour-winged palace with a court garden which eventually become the preferred dwelling of the rulers of Bavaria. In 1552, Albert commissioned an inventory of the jewelry which he and his wife Anna owned. The resulting manuscript, ...
With Archduchess Anna of Austriahe had seven children: 1. Charles, born and died in 1547 2. William V, Duke of Bavaria(29 September 1548 – 17 February 1626) 3. Ferdinand(20 January 1550 – 30 January 1608) 4. Maria Anna(21 March 1551 – 29 April 1608) 5. Maximiliana Maria(4 July 1552 – 11 July 1614) 6. Friedrich (26 July 1553 – 18 April 1554) 7. Erne...
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goetz, Walter (1908). "Albert V. of Bavaria and the Counter-Reformation of Bavaria". In Jackson, Samuel Macauley (ed.). N...
Hofkleiderbuch (Abbildung und Beschreibung der Hof-Livreen) des Herzogs Wilhelm IV. und Albrecht V. 1508–1551. (Court and Coat of Arms Book of Bavarian Dukes: William IV and Albert V) at the Bavarian State Library
Charles VII Albert (1697 –1745) Elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1742. Charles was the first person not born of the House of Habsburg to become emperor in over three centuries. Grand Master of the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception.
Wilhelm V von Bayern mit seinem Sohn Albr.png 1,240 × 2,011; 5.28 MB. Album z portretami moznowladcow swieckich i duchownych. 1501-1725 (5551432).jpg 4,020 × 5,616; 10.61 MB. Categories: Albert (given name) 1584 births. 1666 deaths. Dukes of Bavaria. House of Wittelsbach. Births in Munich.
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Albert VI of Bavaria (German: Albrecht VI., der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg; 26 February 1584 – 5 July 1666) son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.
