- Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach (1282 – October 11 1347) was duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, also count of the Palatinate until 1329 and, German king since 1314 and crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in 1328. Louis died on October 11, 1347 when he suffered a stroke during a bear-hunt in Puch near Fürstenfeldbruck. He is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich. - Elisabeth Of Bavaria
Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria, (December 24, 1837 - September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. Her father was Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and her mother was Ludovika, Royal Princess of Bavaria; her family home was Possenhofen Castle. - Elisabeth Of Bavaria
Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium (July 25, 1876 – November 23, 1965), was the queen consort of Albert I of Belgium and was the mother of Leopold III of Belgium. The father of Duchess Elisabeth was Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, an ophthalmologist of recognized reputation. Her mother was the Maria Josepha of Portugal, daughter of exiled Miguel I of Portugal. Maria-Josepha was the sister of Maria of Portugal, … - Prince Ludwig Of Bavaria
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (legal name: "Ludwig Heinrich Prinz von Bayern") (born June 14, 1982) is the eldest son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and of his wife Beatrix Wiegand. He is the grandson of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and his wife Princess Irmingard of Bavaria, and a great-great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria Ludwig III. Ludwig was born at Landsberg am Lech and was raised at his parents' castle Schloss Kaltenberg. - Maximilian I Joseph Of Bavaria
Maximilian I (also known as Maximilian Joseph) (May 27, 1756 - October 13, 1825) was prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1805, king of Bavaria (as Maximilian I) from 1805 to 1825 - Anna Of Bavaria
Anna of Bavaria (or of the Palatinate) was the daughter of Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, and of Anna, daughter of Otto II, Duke of Carinthia. She was born on 26 September, 1329. She was a member of the House of Wittelsbach. On 4 March, 1349 she married Charles, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans (with opposition). After Charles' second election on 17 June, 1349, she became Queen of the Romans without opposition. - Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V, King of Bohemia (1619–20, for his short reign here often nicknamed the Winter King, Czech "Zimní král"). He was the son and heir of Frederick IV and of Louise Juliana of Nassau, the daughter of William I of Orange and Charlotte de Bourbon-Monpensier. Born at "Jagdschloss" (Hunting Lodge) Deinschwang near Amberg in the Upper Palatinate, … - Henriette Adelaide Of Savoy
Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, was the wife of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. Born in Turin, she lost her father Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy when she was just one year old. Her mother was Christine Marie of France, daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. Her maternal uncles were Louis XIII of France, Nicholas Henry, Duke of Orleans and Gaston, Duke of Orléans. Her maternal aunts were Elisabeth of Bourbon and Henrietta Maria of France. - Therese Of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony-Hildburghausen (Therese of Bavaria) (8 July, 1792 in Seidingstadt (Castle in the duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen) - 26 October 1854 in Munich) was queen of Bavaria. Therese was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Charlotte Georgine Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In 1810 she married the Bavarian crown prince Ludwig. The wedding was the occasion of the first ever Oktoberfest. - Maria Anna Of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Bavaria (28 November 1660, Munich - 20 April 1690, Versailles), Dauphine of France, was also known as "Dauphine Victoire". Her full birth name was "Maria Anna Christine Victoria von Wittelsbach". She was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Adelaide Henriette of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and Christine Marie of France. - Maria Anna Of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Bavaria (21 March, 1551- 29 April, 1608) was daughter of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria and Anne Habsburg of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503-1547), daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. Maria Anna married her maternal uncle, Charles II of Austria. They had fifteen children: * Ferdinand (b./d. 1572) * Anna of Austria (1573-1598), … - Maria Anna Of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Bavaria (8 December 1574 - 8 March 1616) was daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata von Lothringen. on 23 April 1600, Maria Anna married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. They had seven children: * Archduchess Christine (1601-1601) * Archduke Charles (1603-1603) * Archduke John-Charles, born on November 1 1605 died at 14 on December 28 1619 *Ferdinand III (July 13, 1608-April 2, 1657) *Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (January 13, … - Maria Anna Of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Bavaria (8 December 1574 - 8 March 1616) was daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata von Lothringen. on 23 April 1600, Maria Anna married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. They had seven children: * Archduchess Christine (1601-1601) * Archduke Charles (1603-1603) * Archduke John-Charles, born on November 1 1605 died at 14 on December 28 1619 *Ferdinand III (July 13, 1608-April 2, 1657) *Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (January 13, … - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian I, Elector and Duke of Bavaria, called "the Great,", was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector ("Kurfürst") of the Holy Roman Empire. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). - Christopher Of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria known by his Danish and Norwegian title as Christoffer (III) af/av Bayern and by his Swedish title as Kristofer av Bayern (26 February 1416-5 January/6 January 1448) was union king of Denmark (1440-1448) and Norway (1442-1448), and of Sweden (1441-1448). - Ferdinand Of Bavaria
Ferdinand of Bavaria was Prince-elector archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne (Germany) from 1612 to 1650 as successor of Ernest of Bavaria. He was also bishop of Hildesheim, Freising, Liège, Münster, and Paderborn. - Maximilian Joseph Duke in Bavaria
Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Bamberg, 4 October, 1808 - 15 November, 1888 in Munich) was the husband of Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, a daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. He is most famous for being the father of Elisabeth, who became Empress of Austria. He was the owner of Possenhofen Castle since 1834. - William V, Duke of Bavaria
William V, Duke of Bavaria (29 September 1548 - 7 February 1626), called "the Pious", (German: "Wilhelm V., der Fromme, Herzog von Bayern") was Duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597. - Ferdinand Maria Elector of Bavaria
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector ("Kurfürst") of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. He was born in Munich. He was the eldest son of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria - whom he succeeded, and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria, daughter of the emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. He was crowned on October 31, 1654. His absolutistic style of leadership became a benchmark for the rest of Germany. - Maria Anna Of Austria
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. Born in Graz, her parents were Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor of Habsburg and Maria Anna of Bavaria. She married Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria on the 15 July 1635 in Vienna, was the mother to Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria ("de Bavière (Wittelsbach)") and Maximilian Philip ("Landgrave, de Bavière (Wittelsbach), de Leuchtenberg"). - Rupprecht, Crown Prince Of Bavaria
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria or Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria (German: "Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern") (18 May 1869 - 2 August 1955) was the last Bavarian Crown Prince. His full title was "His Royal Highness Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, of Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine". Rupprecht was born in Munich, the eldest son of Ludwig III, the last King of Bavaria, … - Princess Ludovika Of Bavaria
Marie Ludovika Wilhelmine (or Louise), Princess of Bavaria (August 30, 1808 - January 25, 1892) was the sixth child of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Frederica Caroline Wilhelmina of Baden. She was born and died in Munich. Ludovica married Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (October 4, 1808 - November 15, 1888), who was also her cousin, on September 9, 1828, in Tegernsee. They had ten children: * Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria ("Louis") (June 21, … - Otto Of Greece
King Otto of Greece "also" Prince of Bavaria (June 1, 1815 - July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (Great Britain, France and the Russian Empire). - Maximilian Ii Emanuel Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector ("Kurfürst") of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last Governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg. An able soldier, his ambition led to conflicts that limited his ultimate dynastic achievements. He was born in Munich to Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676). - William I, Duke of Bavaria
William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, May 12 1330 - April 15 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland. In 1345 William's father was conferring Hainaut, Holland, … - Charles I Louis Elector Palatine
Charles Louis, (German: "Karl I. Ludwig"), Elector Palatine (22 December 1617 - 28 August 1680) was the second son of Frederick V, the Winter King, and his wife, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland). After the death of his older brother in 1629, and of his father in 1632, Charles Louis inherited his exiled father's possessions in the Palatinate. - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Louis I of Bavaria (German: "Ludwig I der Kelheimer, Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein") (Kelheim, 23 December, 1173 - 15 September 1231 in Kelheim) was the Duke of Bavaria in 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1214. He was a son of Otto I and his wife Agnes of Loon - Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick III the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (February 14, 1515 - October 26, 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine ("Ottheinrich") in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made Calvinism the official religion of his domain. Under his supervision the Heidelberg Catechism was constructed. - Maria Theresia Of Austria-Este
Maria Theresia Henriette Dorothee von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria-Este (July 2, 1849 - February 3, 1919) was the daughter and only child of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. She was the last Queen of Bavaria and a Jacobite pretender. - Louis Vi The Roman
Louis VI the Roman (May 7, 1328 - May 17, 1365) was the first son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. Louis VI was Duke of Bavaria (1347-1365) and Margrave of Brandenburg (1351-1365). He also served as Prince-elector of Brandenburg since 1356. Louis was born at Rome when his parents travelled there for his father's coronation. - Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Born in Amberg, his father had died in October 1583 and Frederick came under the guardianship of his uncle John Casimir, an ardent Calvinist. The Calvinist mathematician and astronomer Bartholemaeus Pitiscus served as Frederick's tutor and later became court preacher. In January 1592, Frederick assumed control of the government of the Palatinate upon the death of John Casimir. - Rupert Of Germany
Rupert of Germany of the house of Wittelsbach (5 May 1352 - 18 May 1410), he was the son of Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine and Beatrix of Sicily. Rupert was Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400 until his death. - Sophie, Hereditary Princess Of Liechtenstein
Hereditary Princess Sophie Elisabeth Marie Gabrielle of Liechenstein (born October 28, 1967 in Munich), is the daughter of Prince Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria, and Swedish Countess Elisabeth Douglas. She was styled HRH Princess Sophie of Bavaria; in 1973, her father inherited the family name and style Duke in Bavaria from a distant cousin who had adopted him as heir in 1965. Sophie was then styled HRH Duchess Sophie in Bavaria, … - Sophia Of Hanover
Electress Sophia of Hanover was the youngest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, of the House of Wittelsbach, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart. She is frequently referred to as the "Duchess Sophia", particularly when the text is also discussing her future daughter in-law Princess Sophia. - Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Louis II of Bavaria (German: "Ludwig II der Strenge, Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein"; 13 April 1229 - 2 February 1294), was Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of duke Otto II and Agnes of Palatinate. She was a daughter of the Welf Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, her grandfathers were Henry XII the Lion and Conrad of Hohenstaufen. - Caroline Of Baden
Frederica Caroline Wilhelmina of Baden was the eldest daughter and child of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden and his wife, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was born July 13, 1776, twin sister of Katharina Amalie Christiane Luise. On March 9, 1797 in Karlsruhe, she became the second wife of Maximilian, Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, who two years later would inherit the Electorate of Bavaria. In the ensuing years she advanced from Electress to Queen (1806). - Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich (15 December 1447 in Munich - 18 March 1508 in Munich),, from 1467 Duke of Bavaria-Munich, from 1503 Duke of the reunited Bavaria. Albert was a son of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck. After the death of his older brother John IV, Duke of Bavaria he gave up his spiritual career and returned from Pavia to Munich. When his brothers Christoph and Wolfgang had resigned Albert became sole duke, … - Otto Of Bavaria
Otto I of Bavaria, (Otto Wilhelm Luitpold Adalbert Waldemar Wittelsbach) (27 April 1848 - 11 October 1916) was King of Bavaria from 1886 to 1913. He was the son of Maximilian II and his wife, Marie of Prussia, and younger brother of Ludwig II. Otto of Bavaria is not to be confused with Otto of Greece, who was his uncle and godfather. Prince Otto served in the Bavarian army since 1863. When King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor on January 18, … - Princess Sophie Of Bavaria
Sophie Friederike Dorothee Wilhelmine, Princess of Bavaria (27 January 1805 - 28 May 1872) was born to King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Karoline of Baden. On 4 November 1824, she married Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria. They had four sons and a daughter, Francis Joseph (later Emperor of Austria), Maximilian (later Emperor of Mexico), Karl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria, Marie Anna Caroline Pia and Archduke Ludwig Viktor. - Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (29 February 1528 - 24 October 1579), (German: "Albrecht V., Herzog von Bayern"), was Duke of Bavaria from 1550 until his death.
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