Ludwig IV (Louis) of Thuringia, son of Landgrave Hermann, and Duchess Sophia, daughter of Otto de Wittlesbach, Duke of Bavaria, ascended to the throne at the age of 16 upon his father's death in 1216. In 1218, at age 18, on the Feast of St. Kilian, he was armed as a knight in the Church of St. George in Eisenach. The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... Duke Otto I of Bavaria (1117, Kehlheim – 11 July 1183, Pfullendorf, (German: Otto I Wittelsbach , Herzog von Bayern), since 1180 Duke of Bavaria. ... The following is a list of rulers of Bavaria: Dukes of Bavaria, 889-1623 Liutpolding Dynasty Liutpold 889-907 Arnulf the Bad 907-937 Eberhard 937 Berthold 938-947 Liudolfing (Ottonian) Dynasty Henry I 947-955 Henry II the Quarrelsome 955-976 Otto I 976-982 Liutpolding Dynasty Henry III... Events Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons War Henry III becomes King of England. ... // Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. ... Saint Kilian, also spelt Chilian or Killian was an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of eastern Franconia (a region in the north of Bavaria, Germany), where he began his labors towards the end of the 7th century. ... Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. ...

Louis was married at age 20, to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Age 13, Duchess of Thuringia and Hesse, in Anno Domini 1220 in the Court of Wartburg. He set up court in Eisenach, NW of Frankfurt, in Thuringia. He was inspired by the Third Crusade of Richard the Lion- Hearted, some 40 years prior to his embarking on a Crusade, after being inspired the the tales of his Uncle, who had been to the Levant with the Holy Roman Emperor. Elisabeth of Hungary St. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 - 1220 - 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 See also: 1220 state leaders The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols... Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. ... ▶ (help· info) is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. ... Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ... The Levant Levant is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ...

Louis embarked on a journey to the Holy Land with five counts, Louis de Wartburg, Gunther de Kefernberg, Meinrad de Muhlberg, Henry de Stolberg and Burkhard de Brandenberg. The phrase The Holy Land (Arabic الأرض المقدسة, al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah; Hebrew ארץ הקודש: Standard Hebrew Éreẓ haQodeš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÉreṣ haqQāḏēš; Latin Terra Sancta) generally refers to Palestine or the Land of Israel. ...

In August of 1227 Louis transversed the mountains between Thuringia and Upper Franconia, through Swabia and Bavaria, crossing the Tyrolian Alps. He caught fever after reaching Brindisi and Otranto. He received Extreme Unction from the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Bishop of Sante Croce. He died on September 11, 1227. He wife, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, would also die early some years later, at the age of 24, after establishing the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Eisenach. Events Henry III of England declares himself of age and assumes power Births September 30 - Pope Nicholas IV Deaths March 18 - Pope Honorius III (b. ... Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is both a historic and linguistic region in Germany. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... This article is about the Tyrol, the region in the eastern Alps. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Categories: Italy-related stubs | Towns in Puglia ... Otranto is a seaport and archiepiscopal see of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Lecce, from which it is 291 miles southeast by rail, 49 ft. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Events Henry III of England declares himself of age and assumes power Births September 30 - Pope Nicholas IV Deaths March 18 - Pope Honorius III (b. ...