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Louis X (German: Ludwig X, Herzog von Bayern ), ( Grünwald, 18 September 1495 – 22 April 1545 in Landshut) was Duke of Bavaria (1516–1545), together with his older brother William IV, Duke of Bavaria. His parents were Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III .
Louis IX ( German: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut, also known as Louis the Rich; 23 February 1417 – 18 January 1479) was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. [1] Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt (now the University of Munich ).
- Margaret of Austria
- Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria
- 18 January 1479 (aged 61), Landshut
- Early Reign as Duke of Upper Bavaria
- Election as German King and Conflict with Frederick The Fair
- Coronation as Holy Roman Emperor and Conflict with The Pope
- Imperial Privileges
- Dynastic Policy
- Conflict with Luxemburg
- Family and Children
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Louis was born in Munich, the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Matilda, a daughter of King Rudolph I. Though Louis was partly educated in Vienna and became co-regent of his brother Rudolf I in Upper Bavaria in 1301 with the support of his Habsburg mother and her brother, King Albert I, he quarreled with th...
The death of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII in August 1313 necessitated the election of a successor. Henry's son John, King of Bohemia since 1310, was considered by many prince-electors to be too young, and by others to be already too powerful. One alternative was Frederick the Fair, the son of Henry's predecessor, Albert I, of the House of Habsburg....
After the reconciliation with the Habsburgs in 1326, Louis marched to Italy and was crowned King of Italy in Milan in 1327. Already in 1323, Louis had sent an army to Italy to protect Milan against the Kingdom of Naples, which was together with France the strongest ally of the papacy. But now the Lord of Milan Galeazzo I Viscontiwas deposed since h...
Louis IV was a protector of the Teutonic Knights. In 1337 he allegedly bestowed upon the Teutonic Order a privilege to conquer Lithuania and Russia, although the Order had only petitioned for three small territories.Later he forbade the Order to stand trial before foreign courts in their territorial conflicts with foreign rulers. Louis concentrated...
In 1323 Louis gave Brandenburg as a fiefdom to his eldest son Louis V after the Brandenburg branch of the House of Ascania had died out. With the Treaty of Pavia in 1329 the emperor reconciled the sons of his late brother Rudolph and returned the Palatinate to his nephews Rudolf and Rupert. After the death of Henry of Bohemia, the duchy of Carinthi...
The acquisition of these territories and his restless foreign policy had earned Louis many enemies among the German princes. In the summer of 1346 the Luxemburg Charles IV was elected rival king, with the support of Pope Clement VI. Louis himself obtained much support from the Imperial Free Cities and the knights and successfully resisted Charles, ...
In 1308 Louis IV married his first wife, Beatrice of Silesia (1290-1322).Their children were: 1. Mathilda (aft. 21 June 1313 – 2 July 1346, Meißen), married at Nuremberg 1 July 1329 Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen(d. 1349) 2. Daughter (end September 1314 – died shortly after). 3. Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (July 1315 – 17/18 September 1361), duke o...
Arblaster, Paul (2018). A History of the Low Countries. Bloomsbury Publishing.Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. LCCN 67-11030.Thomas, Andrew L. (2010). A House Divided: Wittelsbach Confessional Court Cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, c. 1550-1650. Brill.Charter given by Louis to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Nuremberg taken from the collections of the LBA Marburg
- 20 October 1314 – 11 October 1347
- Matilda of Habsburg
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. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of the Palatinate.
- 2 February 1294 (aged 64), Heidelberg
- Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
- 13 April 1229, Heidelberg
- Agnes of the Palatinate
Aug 7, 2023 · Who is the Duke of Bavaria, the pioneering German prince who could have been a King of England? Franz, Duke of Bavaria, celebrated his 90th birthday in his beloved hometown of Munich. But who is the respected aristocrat from one of Germany’s oldest families? By Ollie Macnaughton and Stephanie Bridger-Linning. 7 August 2023.
Duke of Bavaria: 1120: 1126: Welf: Son of Welf I. Abdicated. Henry X the Proud: Duke of Bavaria: 1126: 1138: Welf: Son of Henry IX the Black. In a power struggle with King Conrad III of Germany, Henry X lost his duchy to the King, who granted it to his follower Leopold Margrave of Austria. Leopold I: Duke of Bavaria: 1139: 1141: Babenberg
Louis I (German: Ludwig; 23 December 1173 – 15 September 1231), called the Kelheimer or of Kelheim, since he was born and died at Kelheim, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214.
