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13 unusual facts about Duke of Bavaria


Bavaria-Ingolstadt

Louis reigned until his own son, Louis VIII, usurped his throne in 1443 and delivered him to their enemy, Henry XVI, duke of Bavaria-Landshut.

Beatrice Regina della Scala

# Taddea Visconti, Duchess of Bavaria (1351–28 September 1381), married on 13 October 1364 Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria, by whom she had three children including Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen consort of King Charles VI of France

County of Calvelage

Hermann I, died probably in 1082, Count of Calvelage; after 1070 he married Ethelinde von Northeim, daughter of Otto of Northeim, 1061-1070 Duke of Bavaria, after he had been deposed and his daughter had been repudiated by his son-in-law and successor, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria 1070-1101 (Welf).

Friedberg, Bavaria

The town is mentioned in historical documents for the first time in letter of protection from Conrad of the House of Hohenstaufen together with Duke Ludwig II, also called "the Strict", of Bavaria and the Burgher of Ausberg, in 1264.

Gérard de Dainville

As bishop of Cambrai, Gérard received permission from the Emperor Charles IV to invest Duke Albert I of Bavaria-Straubing as regent of the County of Hainaut.

Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland

The organization was established in 1289 when William I, Duke of Bavaria (As William V, Duke of Holland) authorized the "Heemraden of Delft" to manage water and serve as a court.

Maddalena Visconti

From 1375 to 1392 Frederick ruled with his brothers Stephen III and John II, Maddalena therefore ruled as consort jointly with sister Taddea, but only for a few weeks, before Taddea died.

Mechtild of Nassau

She was Duchess consort of Bavaria, by her marriage to Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria.

Pope Urban II

In accordance with this last policy, the marriage of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany with Guelph of Bavaria was promoted; Prince Conrad of Italy was assisted in his rebellion against his father and crowned King of the Romans at Milan in 1093; and Henry IV's wife, the Empress (Adelaide), was encouraged in her charges of sexual coercion against her husband.

Richardis of Jülich

She married Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, son of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, with whom she had one child: Albert of Wittelsbach, who was born in 1332.

Series ducum Bavariae

As its subtitle implies, it covers the succession to the duchy from a semi-legendary "Theodo I" in 514 to 1244, when Otto II Wittelsbach was duke.

Sigmund Ringeck

If it is Albrecht I, who reigned from 1353 to 1404, this would signify that Ringeck was likely a direct associate or student of Liechtenauer.

William V of Holland

William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330 – 1389), son of the emperor Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his second wife Margaret of Holland


Ansprand

He was defeated at Novara by Raginpert and exiled during the subsequent war over the succession, fleeing to the court of Theudebert, duke of Bavaria, in 702.

Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

Louis was born in Creuzburg to Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Duchess Sophia, a daughter of Otto of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria.

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria

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Louis X, Duke of Bavaria

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.