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Louis the Strict (German: Ludwig der Strenge) (13 April 1229 – 2 February 1294) was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. He is known as Louis II or Louis VI following an alternative numbering.
William II of Bavaria (5 April 1365—31 May 1417) was Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland (listed as William VI), Hainaut (listed as William IV) and Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 until 1417, when he died from an infection caused by a dog bite.
Jul 14, 2023 · Happy Birthday to the Duke of Bavaria, who turns 90 today! The third child and elder son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria and Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan, Prince Franz was the grandson of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and grew up in Munich before moving to Sárvár Castle in Hungary ahead of the Second World War, as the Wittelsbach Dynasty were opposed to the Third Reich.
Bavaria, [a] officially the Free State of Bavaria, [b] is a state in the southeast of Germany.With an area of 70,550.19 km 2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its ...
Henry the Proud (German: Heinrich der Stolze) (c. 1108 – 20 October 1139), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Bavaria (as Henry X) from 1126 to 1138 and Duke of Saxony (as Henry II) as well as Margrave of Tuscany and Duke of Spoleto from 1137 until his death.
Otto I's eldest son Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern was father of the count palatine of Bavaria, Otto IV (died 1156), who was the first Count of Wittelsbach and whose son Otto was invested with the Duchy of Bavaria in 1180 after the fall of Henry the Lion and hence the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach. Duke Otto's son Louis I ...
Franz, Duke of Bavaria (Q251502) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Head of the House of Wittelsbach. Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Prinz von Bayern;
