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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 died on October 11 , 1347 .
Louis was the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria, who was married to Beatrix von Silesia-Glogau. Their children were:
Louis V the Brandenburger, duke of Bavaria, born 1316 Stephen II of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, born 1317 In 1324 he married Margaret of Holland , countess of Hainaut and Holland . Their children were:
Louis VI the Roman , duke of Bavaria, born 1330 William V of Holland, Count of Hainaut and Holland, born 1327 Albert of Holland, Count of Hainaut and Holland, born 1336 Beatrix, born 1344 Otto V the Bavarian, Duke of Bavaria, born 1346 In January 1328 he entered Rome and had himself crowned emperor by the aged senator Sciarra Colonna , called captain of the Roman people . Three months later Louis published a decree declaring "Jacque de Cahors" (Pope John XXII) deposed on grounds of heresy. He then installed a Spiritual Franciscan, Pietro Rainalducci as Antipope Nicholas V , who was deposed after Louis left Rome in early 1329.
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