John I, Duke of Bavaria

John I, Duke of Bavaria
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Margaret of Bohemia
Born	(1329-11-29)29 November 1329
Died	20 December 1340(1340-12-20) (aged 11) Landshut

John I of Bavaria (29 November 1329 – 20 December 1340), (German: Johann I das Kind, Herzog von Niederbayern), he was the Duke of Lower Bavaria since 1339.

John I was the son of Henry XIV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Margaret of Bohemia. His maternal grandparents were John I of Bohemia and Elisabeth of Bohemia

Life

He married Anna of Bavaria (1326 - 3 June 1361), daughter of Louis IV of Bavaria. Still a minor, John I was the last duke of Lower Bavaria for one year only; after his early death in 1340 the duchy of Lower Bavaria passed to Louis IV, who then reunited the duchy of Bavaria in January 1341. His mother Margaret of Bohemia, as a member of the Luxemburg dynasty, then had to return to Bohemia.

Ancestors

Ancestors of John I, Duke of Bavaria

16. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

8. Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria

17. Agnes of the Palatinate

4. Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria

18. Béla IV of Hungary

9. Elisabeth of Hungary

19. Maria Laskarina

2. Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria

20. Bolesław II the Bald

10. Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica

21. Hedwig of Anhalt

5. Jutta of Świdnica

22. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

11. Beatrice of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

23. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg

1. John I, Duke of Bavaria

24. Henry VI of Luxembourg

12. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor

25. Beatrice d'Avesnes

6. John of Bohemia

26. John I, Duke of Brabant

13. Margaret of Brabant

27. Margaret of Flanders

3. Margaret of Bohemia

28. Ottokar II of Bohemia

14. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

29. Kunigunda of Slavonia

7. Elisabeth of Bohemia

30. Rudolph I of Germany

15. Judith of Habsburg

31. Gertrude of Hohenburg

German royalty
John I, Duke of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 1329 Died: 1340
Regnal titles
Preceded by Henry XIV	Duke of Lower Bavaria 1339–1340	Succeeded by Louis IV of Upper Bavaria

External links

Cawley, Charles, His listing along with his wife . The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments.", Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012
A listing of descendants of Otto I, Count of Scheyern, including Henry XIII and his children

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