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Frederick (1339 – 4 December 1393) was Duke of Bavaria from 1375. [1] [2] He was the second son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily. [3] Reign.
Aug 7, 2023 · As Franz, Duke of Bavaria has never fathered children, he will be succeeded by his brother, Prince Max of Bavaria, 86. Prince Max has five daughters but no sons and so, owing to the rules of male-preference primogeniture, the title will then pass to their cousin Prince Luitpold and his descendants, including Prince Ludwig and any future male heirs.
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When Frederick, Duke of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach was born on 3 March 1339, in Landshut, Bavaria, his father, Stephen II Duke of Bavaria, was 25 and his mother, Elisabeth de Sicile, was 29. He married Anna Von Neuffen in 1360.
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- Maddalena Visconti, Anna Von Neuffen
Frederick asked not only to be confirmed in the possession of Austria, but to be invested with Moravia, a demand to which Henry refused to accede; but an arrangement was subsequently made by which the duke agreed to renounce Moravia in return for a payment of 50,000 marks.
Frederick was the son of Frederick II, duke of Swabia, and Judith, daughter of Henry IX, duke of Bavaria, of the rival dynasty of the Welfs. After succeeding his father as duke of Swabia, Frederick was elected German king on March 4, 1152, in Frankfurt, succeeding his uncle, Emperor Conrad III.
Oct 23, 2022 · Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He is notable as being one of the most powerful early defenders of Martin Luther. [1] . He successfully protected Luther from the Holy Roman Emperor, the Pope and other hostile figures.
Frederick was born in about 1123 at Waiblingen in Swabia (now in Germany), the son of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, and Judith, daughter of Henry IX, duke of Bavaria. When his father died in 1147, Frederick became duke of Swabia.
