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William V, Duke of Bavaria and his wife, Renata of Lorraine. Married Renata of Lorraine (1544–1602) in Munich on 22 February 1568. They had: Christoph (born and died 23 January 1570). Christine (23 September 1571 – 27 April 1580), died in childhood. Maximilian I (1573–1651), future Duke and Elector of Bavaria; Maria Anna of Bavaria (Maria ...
Duke Frederick II died in 1147 at Alzey. He was buried at the Benedictine abbey of Walburg in Alsace. His son Frederick succeeded him as Swabian duke and was elected German king (as Frederick Barbarossa) in 1152. Marriage and children. With Judith of Bavaria (1103- 22 February 1131), daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria:
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 .
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 ...
Anna. House. House of Wittelsbach. Father. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria. Mother. Matilda of Habsburg. Rudolf I of Bavaria, called "the Stammerer" (German: Rudolf der Stammler; 4 October 1274 – 12 August 1319), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1294 until 1317.
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the ...
Stephen was born in Landshut, the son of Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria and Elizabeth of Hungary. His maternal grandparents were Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina . His mother introduced the name Stephen onto the Wittelsbach dynasty with her youngest son. She was a sister of Stephen V of Hungary, and may have named her son after him.
