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Frederick was an advisor of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia in legal affairs and a favorable candidate for the king's succession when he died in 1393 at Budweis, South Bohemia. He was succeeded in Bavaria-Landshut by his son Henry .
His son, Otto VI, after serving the German king Frederick I, was invested duke of Bavaria, as Otto I in 1180. From that date until 1918, Bavaria was ruled by the Wittelsbachs. The first step toward extending their authority outside Bavaria was made in 1214, when Otto II, through marriage, obtained the Palatinate of the Rhine.
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After the death of Stephan II in 1392, Bavaria-Landshut was broken into three duchies, John II gained Bavaria-Munich, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut received a smaller Bavaria-Landshut, and in Bavaria-Ingolstadt ruled Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria.
May 10, 2018 · Duke of Bavaria-Landshut: Reign 1375–1393; Predecessor: Stephen II Successor: Henry XVI the Rich
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Frederick II was the eldest son of Duke Frederick I of Swabia and his wife Agnes of Waiblingen, a daughter of the Salian emperor Henry IV. He succeeded his father in 1105 and together with his brother Conrad continued the extension and consolidation of the Hohenstaufen estates. Frederick had numerous castles erected along the Rhine river and in the Alsaceregion. Frederick accompanied King Henry V on his campaign against King Coloman of Hungary in 1108. In 1110, he and Henry V embarked on an e...
Salian war of succession
Upon the death of Emperor Henry V in 1125, the Salian dynasty became extinct. Frederick II, Henry's nephew, stood for election as King of the Romans with the support of his younger brother Conrad and several princely houses. However, he lost in the tumultuous round of elections,[citation needed] led by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, to the Saxon duke Lothair II. Frederick at first rendered homage to the new king, however, he refused the feudal oath and insisted on the inheritance of the Salian...
Last years
After Lothair's death in 1137 and the following election of Conrad as King of the Romans, Frederick supported his brother in the struggle with the Welfs. According to Otto of Freising, Frederick was "so faithful a knight to his sovereign and so helpful a friend to his uncle that by valor he supported the tottering honor of the realm, fighting manfully against its foes..." Duke Frederick II died in 1147 at Alzey. He was buried at the Benedictine abbey of Walburgin Alsace. His son Frederick suc...
With Judith of Bavaria (1103- 22 February 1131), daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria: 1. Frederick III Barbarossa (1122–1190), duke of Swabia and Holy Roman Emperoras Frederick I 2. Bertha of Lorraine (1123–1195), married Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine With Agnes of Saarbrücken (d. c.1147), daughter of Frederick, Count of Saarbrücken: 1. Conrad of ...
Brooke, Christopher (2014). Europe in the Central Middle Ages: 962-1154. Routledge.Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: A Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters. Cornell University Press.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.
Frederick (1339 – 4 December 1393) was Duke of Bavaria from 1375. He was the second son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.
