Ludwig of Bavaria

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ludwig of Bavaria, sometimes Louis of Bavaria may refer to several Dukes and Kings of Bavaria.

[edit] Dukes

• Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173 – 1231) was the Duke of Bavaria in 1183 and the Count of Palatinate of the Rhine in 1214. He was a son of Otto I.
• Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229 – 1294) was Duke of Bavaria from 1253 and Count Palatine of the Rhine.
• Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Lower Bavaria 1290-1296.
• Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, also known as "Ludwig the Bavarian", (1282 – 1347) was Duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, Count of the Palatinate until 1329 and German king from 1314. He was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in 1328.
• Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315 – 1361), also called "the Brandenburger" was Duke of Bavaria, Margrave of Brandenburg and Count of Tyrol.
• Louis VI the Roman (1328 – 1365), was the second son of the Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland. He was Duke of Bavaria and from 1351 to 1365 Margrave and from 1356 also elector (Kurfürst) of Brandenburg.
• Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1365 – 1447), Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. He was a son of Stephen III.
• Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403 – 1445), was Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1443 until his death.
• Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (1417 – 1479) was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margarete of Austria.
• Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495 – 1545), was Duke of Bavaria (1516-1545), together with his older brother William IV, Duke of Bavaria. His parents were Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.

[edit] Kings

• Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786 – 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.
• Ludwig II of Bavaria(1845 – 1886), sometimes known as "Mad King Ludwig" and in German as the Märchenkönig (Fairy-tale King), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death.
• Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845 – 1921) was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918.

[edit] Others

• Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born June 14, 1982) is the eldest son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. 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.