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4 days ago · Duke of Bavaria: Albert II 1397–1439 King of Germany r. 1438–1439: Elizabeth of Luxembourg 1409–1442: Isabella I 1451–1504 Queen of Castile: Ferdinand II 1452–1516 King of Aragon and Castile: Albert IV 1447–1508 Duke of Bavaria: Kunigunde of Austria 1465–1520: Maximilian I 1459–1519 German King r. 1486–1519 Holy Roman Emperor ...
5 days ago · A consolidation began when Duke Albert IV (the Wise) of Bavaria-Munich (reigned 1467–1508) established in 1506 the principle of primogeniture in Bavaria. Albert also made Munich the capital of his duchy. Albert’s son William IV (reigned 1508–50) reunified Bavaria into one duchy in 1545.
3 days ago · On Duke Otto II's death in 1253, his sons divided the Wittelsbach possessions between them: Henry became Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Louis II Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the Emperor Louis IV , a son of Duke Louis II, reunited the duchy.
6 days ago · Though the first Ascanian duke is counted either as Bernard III (because of two predecessors of the same name before 1180) or as Bernard I, his successor, Albert I is counted as the first, although before 1180 he had one predecessor of the same name, Albert the Bear.
Jun 23, 2024 · One of the key figures in this expansion was Duke Garibald I, who ruled Bavaria from around 555 to 591 AD. Garibald's marriage to Waldrada, a Lombard princess, forged an important alliance with the Lombards, another Germanic people who had established a powerful kingdom in Italy.
6 days ago · Frederick III. Albert II had left only an infant son, and the leadership of the house of Habsburg passed to his cousin Frederick, duke of Styria. Inside the electoral college the duke was vigorously supported by his brother-in-law Frederick of Saxony and was elected unanimously on February 2, 1440. The choice of Frederick tightened the hold of ...
Post la formorto de la dukoj de Bavario-Ingolstadt, Alberto liberigis tiun duklandon al la kuzo de sia patro Henriko la 16-a (1386-1450) de Bavario-Landshut en 1447. En 1455, Albert fondis la benediktan monaĥejon en Andechs. Li mortis en Munkeno en 1460 kaj estis entombigita en Andechs.
