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Dec 11, 2022 · Henry I of Lower Bavaria, member of the Wittelsbach dynasty (19 November 1235 3 February 1290 in Burghausen) was Duke of Lower Bavaria. As Duke of Bavaria, he is also called Henry XIII. He was the younger son of Otto II and the Countess of Palatinate Agnes of Brunswick.
Henry was knowledgeable in mechanics, architecture and mathematics. He maintained a princely library at Schloss Glücksburg, which he expanded steadily. After Henry's death, it was inherited by the Duke of Saxe-Gotha. From 1691 to 1693 he had been regent for Duke Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha, together with his brother Bernhard.
Duke Henry XVI was the first of the three famous rich dukes, who reigned Bavaria-Landshut in the 15th century. Their residence was Trausnitz Castle in Landshut, a fortification which attained enormous dimensions. Having inherited not only the black hair but also the despotic temperament of the Visconti, Henry oppressed very cruelly uprisings of ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Henry III (born Oct. 28, 1017—died Oct. 5, 1056, Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony [Germany]) was the duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI, 1027–41), duke of Swabia (as Henry I, 1038–45), German king (from 1039), and Holy Roman emperor (1046–56), a member of the Salian dynasty. The last emperor able to dominate the papacy, he was a powerful ...
House of Wittelsbach. Father. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria. Mother. Agnes of the Palatinate. Elisabeth of Bavaria ( c. 1227, Trausnitz Castle, Landshut, Bavaria – 9 October 1273, Goyen Castle, Schenna, Tyrol ), a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Queen of Germany and Jerusalem from 1246 to 1254 by her marriage to King Conrad IV of Germany .
Jun 4, 2017 · When his father died in 912, Henry became Duke of Saxony. Six years later, Conrad I of Franconia designated Henry as his heir shortly before he died. Henry now controlled two of the four most significant duchies in Germany, the nobles of which elected him king of Germany in May of 919. However, the other two important duchies, Bavaria and ...
Jun 18, 2022 · The most famous castle of Bavaria is without doubt Schloss Neuschwanstein. Neuschwanstein is also known as the Disney Castle as this is the castle that inspired Walt Disney for his fairytale castle in Sleeping Beauty. The castle was built in the 19th century by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as his private refuge. Wartburg Castle, a Medieval Castle ...
