Search results
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III , William succeeded his elder brother George IV , becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover .
William III, Duke of Bavaria. Albert III and his uncle William III. William III (1375 – 12 September 1435; (German: Wilhelm III., Herzog von Bayern ), was Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1397–1435), together and in concord with his older brother Ernest, Duke of Bavaria. William III was a son of John II and a member of the Parakeet Society .
Leopold, Duke of Bavaria. Leopold ( German: Luitpold, c. 1108 – 18 October 1141), known as Leopold the Generous ( German: Luitpold der Freigiebige ), was margrave of Austria (appearing in lists as Leopold IV) from 1136, and duke of Bavaria from 1139 until his death in 1141. [1]
Father. Louis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. Mother. Ludmilla of Bohemia. 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.
Roman Catholicism. 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 .
Otto I (1117 – 11 July 1183), called the Redhead ( German: der Rotkopf ), was Duke of Bavaria from 1180 until his death. He was also called Otto VI as Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1156 to 1180. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach, a dynasty which reigned until the abdication of King Ludwig III of Bavaria in the ...
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria. 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 ...
