Arnulf I, called der Böse (the Bad) (died July 14, 937), was duke of Bavaria from 907 until his death. ...Arnulf the Bad 907_937
Eberhard 937
Berthold 938_947
Liudolfing ( Ottonian dynasty is a name sometimes given to a ruling dynasty of German kings, sometimes regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, (though Charlemagne is commonly viewed as the original founder. ...Ottonian) Dynasty
Henry I 947_955
Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951_995) was the son of Henry I the Quarrelsome and Judith of Bavaria. ...Henry II the Quarrelsome 955_976
Otto I 976_982
Liutpolding Dynasty
Henry III the Younger 983_985
Liudolfing Dynasty
Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951_995) was the son of Henry I the Quarrelsome and Judith of Bavaria. ...Henry II the Quarrelsome (restored) 985_995
Henry II of Germany (972 _ 13 July 1024), was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ...Henry IV the Saint 995_1005
House of Luxembourg _ a small country in west Europe Luxembourg (city) _ the capital city of the country Luxembourg (district) _ a district in the country Luxembourg, province of Belgium Luxemburg, Iowa _ a city in the USA Luxemburg, Wisconsin _ a village in the USA Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France Luxemburg Township, Minnesota _ a township in...Luxemburg
Henry V 1005_1026
The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire was founded by Conrad II (c. ...Salian Dynasty
Henry III (1017_1056) was a member of the Salian (sometimes Franconian) dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. ...Henry VI the Black 1026_1041
House of Luxembourg _ a small country in west Europe Luxembourg (city) _ the capital city of the country Luxembourg (district) _ a district in the country Luxembourg, province of Belgium Luxemburg, Iowa _ a city in the USA Luxemburg, Wisconsin _ a village in the USA Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France Luxemburg Township, Minnesota _ a township in...Luxemburg
Henry VII 1042_1047
Conrad II 1049_1053
The Salian Dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire was founded by Conrad II (c. ...Salian Dynasty
Henry IV (November 11, 1050 — 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Emperor from 1084, until his abdication in 1105. ...Henry VIII 1053_1054
Conrad III 1054_1055
Henry IV (November 11, 1050 — 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Emperor from 1084, until his abdication in 1105. ...Henry VIII 1055_1061
House of Süpplingenburg is a municipality of 700 inhabitants (2003) in the district of Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. ...Supplinburg
Otto II 1061_1070
The Welfs were a Bavarian dynasty so named because many of its members were named Welf. ...Welf Dynasty
Welf I 1070_1101
Welf II 1101_1120
Henry IX the Black 1120_1126
Henry II, known as the Proud (1108 _ October 20, 1139) was Duke of Saxony (1138_1139) and Duke of Bavaria (1126_1139) as Henry X. He was the son of Henry the Black Duke of Bavaria, and Wulfhild, daughter of Magnus Billung, Duke of Saxony, and thus a member of...Henry X the Proud 1126_1139 (also List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880_1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. ...Duke of Saxony)
Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 _ 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ...Babenberg Dynasty
Leopold IV, the Generous (born around 1080; died October 18, 1141 in Niederaltaich (Bavaria)), was Margrave of Austria from 1136 and Duke of Bavaria from 1139 until his death. ...Leopold 1139_1141
Heinrich (Henry) II, (born 1107, died January 13, 1177), Count Palatine of the Rhine 1140_1141, Margrave of Austria from 1141 to 1156, Duke of Bavaria from 1143 to 1156, Duke of Austria 1156_1177, was a prince from the dynasty of Babenberg. ...Henry XI Jasomirgott 1141_1156
The Welfs were a Bavarian dynasty so named because many of its members were named Welf. ...Welf Dynasty
Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129/1131 _ August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180. ...Henry XII the Lion 1156_1180 (also List of Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Saxony, 880_1918 The original Duchy of Saxony was in Northern Germany, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Lower Saxony and Westphalia. ...Duke of Saxony)
The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German kingdom of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been a kingdom since 1806. ...Wittelsbach Dynasty
On Otto II's death, Bavaria was divided between his sons. Henry became Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Louis of Upper Bavaria. From this point until the beginning of the 16th century, the territories were frequently divided between brothers, making the Dukes difficult to list.
Dukes of Lower Bavaria
Henry XIII 1253-1290
Otto III 1290-1312 ( This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád. ...King of Hungary, 1305_1307)
Stephen I 1290_1309
Otto IV 1309_1334
Henry XIV the Elder 1309_1339
Henry XV the Natterberger 1312_1333
John I the Child 1339_1340
Dukes of Upper Bavaria
Louis II 1253_1294
Rudolf I 1294_1317
Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach, born 1282, was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor. ...Louis III 1294_1347
Following the death of the last Duke of Lower Bavaria, Bavaria was reunited under Emperor Louis IV (Louis III of Bavaria)
Dukes of Bavaria
Louis III 1340_1347
Stephen II 1347_1375
at Stephen II's death, Bavaria was divided again between his sons, who became Duks of Bavaria_Ingolstadt, Bavaria_Landshut, and Bavaria_Munich
Dukes of Bavaria_Ingolstadt
Stephen III 1375_1413
Louis VII the Bearded 1413_1443
Louis VIII the Younger 1443_1445
Dukes of Bavaria_Landshut
Frederick 1375_1393
Henry XVI the Rich 1393_1450
Louis IX the Rich 1450_1479
George the Rich 1479_1503
Dukes of Bavaria_Munich
John II 1375_1397
Ernest 1397_1438
Albert III 1438_1460
John IV 1460_1463
Sigismund 1460_1501 (from 1467, Duke of Bavaria_ Categories: Germany_related stubs | Cities in Germany ...Dachau)
Albert IV the Wise 1465_1508
In 1503, all the Bavarian lands were reunited under Albert iV
Not to be confused with King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825), prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph). ...Maximilian I 1597_1623
Electors of Bavaria, 1623_1805
In 1623, Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria was raised to Electoral Status, gaining the seat of the Elector Palatine, who had been put under the ban of the Empire.
Not to be confused with King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756_1825), prince_elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph). ...Maximilian I 1623_1651
Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria (October 31, 1636 _ May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. ...Ferdinand Maria 1651_1679
Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 _ February 26, 1726) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire. ...Maximilian II Emanuel 1679_1726
Categories: People stubs | Holy Roman emperors | Dukes of Bavaria ...Charles Albert 1726_1745
Karl Theodor (born in 1724) reigned as Duke of Bavaria from 1777 until his death in 1799. ...Charles Theodore 1777_1799 ( A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ...Elector Palatine from 1745)
In 1805, Bavaria became a Kingdom, and Elector Maximilian IV became King Maximilian I
This page refers to King Maximilian I of Bavaria. ...Maximilian I Joseph 1805_1825
Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name) (August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until 1848. ...Ludwig I Augustus 1825_1848
Maximilian II of Bavaria (November 28, 1811 _ March 10, 1864) was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. ...Maximilian II 1848_1864
Ludwig (Louis) II, King of Bavaria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm, also known as Ludwig the Mad, and Mad King Ludwig (August 25, 1845 _ June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until his death. ...Ludwig II 1864_1886
Ludwig III (7 January 1845 - 18 October 1921) was briefly Prince Regent of Bavaria and was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918. ...Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Regent 1912_1913
Ludwig III (7 January 1845 _ 18 October 1921) was briefly Prince Regent of Bavaria and was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918. ...Ludwig III 1913_1918
Heads of the House of Bavaria since 1918 (not legally recognized)
King Ludwig III 1918_1921
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria or Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria (German: Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern) (18 May 1869_ 2 August 1955) Rupprecht was the son of Louis III, the last King of Bavaria. ...Crown Prince Rupert 1921_1955
Duke Albert 1955_1996
Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born July 14, 1933), styled as the Duke of Bavaria, is head of the Wittelsbach family, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. ...Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria, Duke of Bavaria 1996_present
External link
The Royal Family of Bavaria _ House of Wittelsbach (http://www.haus_bayern.com/)
Following the death of the last Duke of Lower Bavaria, Bavaria was reunited under Emperor Louis IV (Louis IV of Bavaria).
On the death of Meinhard, Upper Bavaria was divided between Bavaria-Straubing and Bavaria-Landshut.
In 1623, ElectorMaximilian I of Bavaria was raised to Electoral Status, gaining the seat of the ElectorPalatine, who had been put under the ban of the Empire.
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (October 31, 1636 - May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.
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.
The Theatiner Church in Munich was built from 1663 onwards as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel.
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