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2 days ago · Duke of Bavaria: Judith of Bavaria 925–c. 985: Hugh Capet c. 941 –996 King of the Franks: Liudolf c. 930 –957 Duke of Swabia: Liutgarde 931–953: Conrad c. 922 –955 Duke of Lorraine: William 929–968 Archbishop of Mainz: Otto II the Red 955–983 King of Germany r. 961–983 Holy Roman Emperor r. 967–983: Theophanu c. 955 –991 ...
3 days ago · On Duke Otto II's death in 1253, his sons divided the Wittelsbach possessions between them: Henry became Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Louis II Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the Emperor Louis IV , a son of Duke Louis II, reunited the duchy.
- 11th century
- Ludwig III
May 13, 2024 · At the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, William, duke of Normandy, defeated the forces of Harold II, king of England. William thus became King William I of England, completing the Norman Conquest, which produced significant political, administrative, and social changes in the British Isles.
- Frank Barlow
- What is William I remembered for?Before he became the king of England, William I was one of the mightiest nobles in France as the duke of Normandy, but he is best remembered for le...
- Who were William I’s parents?William was the elder of the two children of Robert I, duke of Normandy and his concubine Herleva (the daughter of a tanner or undertaker from the...
- How did William die?In July 1087, while attempting to enforce his claim to Mantes, on the border of Normandy and the French royal demesne, William either suffered a fa...
May 15, 2024 · William Duke of Bavaria intercedes for the Duke of Wirtenberg; but the Emperor insists on that Duke ceding his rule to his son Christopher, who has not yet favoured the religion of the Protestants and is son of the said William's sister. So now the Smalcaldic league is in great part dissolved.
5 days ago · DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2018. Date accessed: 17 May, 2024. Frederick Barbarossa is arguably one of the most important German rulers of the Middle Ages, and certainly one of the best known. Still, English-speaking readers have had to wait a long time for a biography of this Holy Roman Emperor.
May 2, 2024 · Henry II (born May 6, 973, Albach?, Bavaria—died July 13, 1024, Pfalz Grona, near Göttingen, Saxony [Germany]; canonized 1146; feast day July 13) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry IV, 995–1005), German king (from 1002), and Holy Roman emperor (1014–24), last of the Saxon dynasty of emperors.
2 days ago · House. Hohenstaufen. Father. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia. Mother. Judith of Bavaria. Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190.
