William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, May 12, 1330 – April 15, 1388, Le Quesnoy) , was the first son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland. The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Straubing is an independent city in Niederbayern. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Events The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland A Chinese army under Xu Da sacks Karakorum Births September 14 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer September 29 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. ... Le Quesnoy is a commune of the Nord département in northern France. ... 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. ... Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 - June 23, 1356), was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, in Belgium. ... Capital Middelburg Queens Commissioner drs. ...

William had engaged in a long struggle with his mother, obtaining Holland and Zeeland from her in 1354, and Hainaut on her death in 1356. The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. ... Capital Middelburg Queens Commissioner drs. ... Hainaut (French; English traditionally Hainault, Dutch: Henegouwen, German: Hennegau, Walloon: Hinnot) is the westernmost province of Wallonia, in Belgium. ...

William I ruled Bavaria together with his five brothers between 1347 and 1349, after the first division of the Wittelsbach possesions in 1349 he kept Lower Bavaria together with Stephen II and Albert I. After the next division of Bavaria in 1353 he ruled together with his younger brother Albert I in Bavaria-Straubing, Holland, and Hainaut. The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... -1... // Events January 9 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague. ... The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. ... // Events January 9 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague. ... Lower Bavaria (German Niederbayern) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria. ... Duke Stephen II of Bavaria-Munich (* 1319; † 13. ... Duke Albert or Albrecht (July 25, 1336, Munich – December 13, 1404, The Hague) was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. ... Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ... Bavaria-Straubing was a part of Bavaria which was a state between 1353 and 1432, and part of the Holy Roman Empire In 1353, Lower Bavaria was partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing. ...

In 1357, he began to show signs of insanity, and his brother Albert assumed the regency in Holland and Hainaut. William was confined for the remainder of his life. [[ == == ===Events= July 9 - Charles Bridge in Prague was founded == == ==]] Births Vincent Ferrer April 11 - King John I of Portugal Deaths May 28 - King Afonso IV of Portugal Categories: 1357 ...

Family and children

He married in 1352 in London Matilda of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont. They had only one daughter, who died in 1356. He also had illegitimate children: Events June 4 - Glarus joins the Swiss Confederation. ... } London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (c. ... Events January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of Raška Stefan Dušan is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a...

1. Wilhelm, married 1398 Lisbeth Hughe.
2. Elisabeth, married Brustijn van Herwijnen, lord of Stavenisse.

He was succeeded by his brother Albert in 1388. Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... Duke Albert or Albrecht (July 25, 1336, Munich – December 13, 1404, The Hague) was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland A Chinese army under Xu Da sacks Karakorum Births September 14 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer September 29 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. ...

See also

• Counts of Hainaut family tree