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The House of Wittelsbach (German: Haus Wittelsbach) is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, Holland, Zeeland, Sweden (with Swedish-ruled Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bohemia, and Greece.
Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267) was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, of the House of Welf, by his first wife Agnes of Hohenstaufen, daughter and heiress of Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Count Palatine of the Rhine. She married Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.
House of Wittelsbach, German noble family that provided rulers of Bavaria and of the Rhenish Palatinate until the 20th century. The name was taken from the castle of Wittelsbach, which formerly stood near Aichach on the Paar in Bavaria. The dynasty was overthrown in the closing days of World War I.
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Jan 28, 2021 · Agnes is the daughter of Ludwig II 'der Strenge', Duke of Bavaria, of the house of Wittelsbach, and his third wife, Mechtild von Habsburg, and was born about 1276-1277, probably at Munich. [1]
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Otto II (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), called the Illustrious ( German: der Erlauchte ), was the Duke of Bavaria from 1231 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
WITTELSBACH, the name of an important German family, taken from the castle of Wittelsbach, which formerly stood near Aichach on the Paar in Bavaria. In 1124, Otto V., count of Scheyern (d. 1155), removed the residence of his family to Wittelsbach, and called himself by this name.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Age 58. Death of Agnes von Wittelsbach at Everstein. Everstein, Volkmarsen, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany. Genealogy for Agnes von Wittelsbach (c.1160 - 1218) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
