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William I, Duke of Bavaria - Straubing ( Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1330 – 15 April 1389, [1] Le Quesnoy ), was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Margaret II of Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland .
of Bavaria 1551–1608: William V 1548–1626 Duke of Bavaria: Mary I 1516–1558 Queen of England: Philip II(I) 1527–1598 King of England, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, and Portugal: Anna of Austria 1549–1580: Rudolf II 1552–1612 King in Germany r. 1575–1612 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1576–1612: Ernest of Austria 1553–1595: Elisabeth ...
Aug 7, 2023 · Were it not for a law passed at the beginning of the 18th century, the Duke of Bavaria might have also held the title as our current king. In 1701, the Act of Settlement effectively banned all Catholics from taking the throne. Passed by Queen Anne, it was done to solidify the Protestant rule of Great Britain.
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On 16 February 1799, the head of the House of Wittelsbach Charles Theodore of Bavaria died without legitimate issue. Wittelsbach had been the ruling house of Bavaria since 1180 with the title of a Duke of Bavaria, and the higher title of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire since 1623. As after the Landshut War of Succession primogeniture was establ...
Wilhelm, the first Duke in Bavaria, was descended from the line of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen. His ancestors were: 1. Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526–1569), m. Anna of Hesse. 1.1. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560–1600), fifth son of Wolfgang, m. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1.1.1. Christian...
The members of the family used the title Duke or Duchess in Bavaria, with the style of Royal Highness. If we take 1799 as the beginning of somewhat a House of its own, the heads of this house were: 1. William(1799–1837), previously the Count Palatinate of Gelnhausen since 1789 2. Pius August(1837), only son of William, died seven months after his f...
Wilhelm (1752–1837), second son of Johann, m. 1780 Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1753–1824), and had issue:
In 1813 Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria acquired a former monastery after its secularisation, the Franconian Banz Abbey. His grandson Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria purchased Possenhofen Castle on Lake Starnberg which became his major residence and where his children, notably the later Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of Hungary ("Sisi"), were brough...
Marek, Miroslav. "The descendants of Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen". Genealogy.EU.
William I, Duke of Bavaria - Straubing ( Frankfurt am Main, 1330–1389, Le Quesnoy ), was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Margaret II of Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland . This page uses content from the English Wikipedia.
May 13, 2024 · William I. king of England. Also known as: Guillaume de Normandie, Guillaume le Bâtard, Guillaume le Conquérant, William of Normandy, William the Bastard, William the Conqueror. Written by. Frank Barlow. Emeritus Professor of History, University of Exeter, England. Author of William I and the Norman Conquest and others. Frank Barlow.
William I 'The Conqueror' (r. 1066-1087) Born around 1028, William was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert I of Normandy, and Herleve (also known as Arlette), daughter of a tanner in Falaise. Known as 'William the Bastard' to his contemporaries, his illegitimacy shaped his career when he was young. On his father's death in 1035, William was ...
