Dukes of Bavaria (~Ninth Century - 1415) Grand Dukes of Bavaria (1415 - 1568) Kings of Bavaria (1568 - )[]
House of Wittelsbach[]
The rulers of Bavaria are all members of the Wittelsbach family, having ruled Bavaria since the late twelfth century. The monarchs of Bavaria style themselves as 'Grand Dukes', and thus, Bavaria is a Grand Duchy.
Heinrich XVI | |
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Portrait of Henry XVI | |
Reign | 3 April, 1415 - 3 March, 1434 |
Coronation | 1393 |
Predecessor | Office Established |
Successor | Albert II |
Reign | 4 December, 1393 - 3 April, 1415 |
Predecessor | Frederick |
Successor | Office abolished, elevated to Grand Duke |
Spouse | Isabell of France |
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Albert II, Grand Duke of Bavaria
Charles, Prince of Bavaria | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Frederick of Bavaria |
Mother | Maddalena Visconti |
Born | 20 June, 1386 Trausnitz |
Died | 3 March, 1434 (aged 47) Trausnitz |
Religion | Catholicism |
Albert II | |
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Portrait of Albert II | |
Reign | 3 March, 1434 - 9 January, 1460 |
Coronation | 1434 |
Predecessor | Heinrich XVI |
Successor | Eleanor |
Tenure | 11 July, 1406 - 3 March, 1434 |
Predecessor | Office Established |
Successor | Charles |
Spouse | Elisabeth of Naples |
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Jacqueline, Grand Duchess of Bavaria
Charles, Prince of Bavaria | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Heinrich XVI of Bavaria |
Mother | Isabell of France |
Born | 11 July, 1406 Trausnitz |
Died | 9 January, 1460 (aged 53) Trausnitz |
Religion | Catholicism (until 1436); then
Western Church |
Elisabeth of Naples | |
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Drawing of Elisabeth | |
Regency | 14 September, 1459 - 9 January 1460 |
Predecessor | Albert II |
Successor | Eleanor |
Reign | 18 July, 1434 - 9 January, 1460 |
Predecessor | Isabell of France |
Successor | Robert of Italy |
Spouse | Albert II |
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Jacqueline, Grand Duchess of Bavaria
Charles, Prince of Bavaria | |
House | Anjou-Durazzo, Wittelsbach |
Father | Ladislaus of Naples |
Mother | Mary of Byzantium |
Born | c. 1415 Naples |
Died | 12 March, 1484 (aged 69) Trausnitz |
Religion | Catholicism (until 1436); then
Western Church |
Eleanor | |
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Portrait of Eleanor | |
First Reign | 9 January 1460 - 16 January 1460 |
Coronation | 1460 |
Predecessor | Albert II |
Deposed by | Jacqueline |
Regent | Elisabeth of Naples (1459 - 1460) |
Second Reign | 30 November 1462 - 13 September, 1466 |
Coronation | 1462 |
Predecessor | Jacqueline |
Deposed by | Jacqueline |
Third Reign | 4 April, 1473 - 15 April, 1501 |
Coronation | 1473 |
Predecessor | Jacqueline |
Successor | Franz-Albert |
Tenure | 16 February, 1451 - 9 January, 1460 |
Predecessor | Jacqueline |
Successor | Franz-Albert I |
Spouse | Robert of Italy |
Issue | |
Franz-Albert, Grand Duke of Bavaria
Elisabeth, Countess of Saxony and Thuringia | |
House | Wittelsbach |
Father | Charles, Prince of Bavaria |
Mother | Adelaide of Munich |
Born | 19 November, 1434 Munich |
Died | 16 April, 1501 (aged 66) Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
Jacqueline | |
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Portrait of a praying Jacqueline | |
First Reign | 16 January, 1460 - 30 November 1462 |
Coronation | 1460 |
Predecessor | Eleanor |
Deposed by | Eleanor |
Second Reign | 15 September, 1466 - 4 April, 1473 |
Predecessor | Eleanor |
Deposed by | Eleanor |
Tenure | 11 November, 1443 - 16 February, 1451 |
Predecessor | Albert II |
Successor | Eleanor |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Albert II of Bavaria |
Mother | Elisabeth of Naples |
Born | 2 May, 1438 Trausnitz |
Died | 30 August, 1475 (aged 37) Landshut |
Religion | Western Church |
Franz-Albert | |
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Portrait of Franz-Albert | |
Reign | 15 April, 1502 - 1 September, 1523 |
Coronation | 1503 |
Predecessor | Eleanor |
Successor | Heinrich XVII |
Tenure | 29 July 1463 - 15 April, 1502 |
Predecessor | Eleanor |
Successor | Heinrich XVII |
Spouse | Margaret Volpe (1492 - 1493)
Beatrice Kossili (1497) |
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Heinrich, Crown Prince of Bavaria
Charles, Prince of Bavaria Margaret, Princess of Bavaria Mary, Princess of Bavaria | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Robert of Italy |
Mother | Eleanor, Grand Duchess of Bavaria |
Born | 29 July, 1463 Trausnitz |
Died | 1 September, 1523 Trausnitz |
Burial | 1523 |
Religion | Western Church |
Elisabeth II | |
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Regency | 1 May, 1506 - 24 October, 1511 |
Predecessor | Franz-Albert |
Successor | Franz-Albert |
Reign | 20 January, 1504 - 3 March, 1532 |
Coronation | 1505 |
Predecessor | Vacant |
Sucessor | Albert |
Regent | Vittorio Erani (1506 - 1511) |
Spouse | Vittorio (1500) |
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Albert | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Robert of Italy |
Mother | Eleanor, Grand Duchess of Bavaria |
Born | 1469 Venice |
Died | March 3, 1532 Dresden |
Religion | Western Church |
Heinrich XVII | |
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Portrait of Heinrich XVII | |
Reign | 1 September, 1523 - 18 December, 1545 |
Coronation | 1524 |
Predecessor | Franz-Albert |
Successor | Catherine |
Tenure | 15 April, 1502 - 1 September, 1523 |
Predecessor | Franz-Albert I |
Successor | Catherine |
Spouse | Wilhemina of the Netherland (1506 - ) |
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Catherine, Princess of Bavaria
Magnus, Prince of Bavaria | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Franz-Albert, Grand Duke of Bavaria |
Mother | Margaret Volpe, Grand Duchess of Bavaria |
Born | 30 April, 1492 Trausnitz |
Died | 18 December, 1545 Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
Catherine | |
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Portrait of Catherine | |
Reign | 1 January, 1568 - 12 June, 1591 |
Coronation | 1546 |
Predecessor | Office Established |
Successor | Albert III |
Reign | 18 December, 1545 - 1 January, 1568 |
Coronation | 1546 |
Predecessor | Heinrich XVII |
Successor | Office abolished |
Tenure | 2 June, 1519 - 18 December, 1545 |
Predecessor | Heinrich XVII |
Successor | As Crown Prince: Office Abolished
As Grand Duke of Landshut: Albert III |
Spouse | Friedrich II of Hamburg |
Issue | |
Albert III
Friedrich, Duke of Hamburg Wilhelm, Prince of Bavaria Amelia, Princess of Bavaria Elisabeth, Princess of Bavaria Leopold, Prince of Bavaria | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Heinrich XVII, Grand Duke of Bavaria |
Mother | Wilhemina of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess of Bavaria |
Born | 2 June, 1519 Trausnitz |
Died | 12 June, 1591 Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
Albert III | |
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Reign | 12 June, 1591 - 26, October 1592 |
Predecessor | Catherine |
Successor | Franz-Albert II |
Regent | Franz-Albert II |
Tenure | 1 January, 1568 - 12 June, 1591 |
Predecessor | As Grand Duke of Landshut: Office Established
As Crown Prince of Bavaria: Catherine |
Successor | Franz-Albert |
Tenure | 18 December 1546 - 1 January, 1568 |
Predecessor | Catherine |
Successor | Office abolished, elevated to Grand Duke of Landshut |
Spouse | Ingrid of Sweden |
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Franz-Albert II
Maria-Charlotte, Princess of Bavaria Karl, Prince of Bavaria Johann, Prince of Bavaria Ioannes, Prince of Bavaria Maria-Caroline, Empress of Hispania Isabelle, Princess of Bavaria | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Friedrich of Hamburg |
Mother | Catherine |
Born | 18 December, 1546 Trausnitz |
Died | 26 October, 1592 Augsburg |
Religion | Western Church |
Franz-Albert II | |
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Portrait of Franz-Albert II | |
Reign | 26 October, 1592 - 9 February, 1633 |
Predecessor | Albert III |
Successor | Franz-Heinrich |
Regency | 12 June, 1591 - 26 October, 1592 |
Tenure | 12 June, 1591 - 26 October, 1592 |
Predecessor | Albert III |
Successor | Franz-Heinrich |
Spouse | Never Married |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Albert III |
Mother | Ingrid of Sweden |
Born | 15 March, 1566 Trausnitz |
Died | 9 February, 1633 Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
Franz-Heinrich | |
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Portrait of Franz-Heinrich | |
Reign | 9 February, 1633 - 24 May, 1644 |
Predecessor | Franz-Albert II |
Successor | Leopold I |
Tenure | 11 September, 1607 - 9 February, 1633 |
Predecessor | Franz-Albert II |
Successor | Leopold |
Spouse | Adelheid of Saxony |
Issue | |
Maria-Sofia, Duchess of Franken
Isabella Leopold I of Bavaria Karl Catherine | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Albert III |
Mother | Ingrid of Sweden |
Born | 9 January, 1576 Trausnitz |
Died | 24 May, 1644 Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
Leopold | |
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Portrait of Leopold | |
Reign | 24 May, 1644 - |
Predecessor | Franz-Heinrich |
Successor | Incumbent |
Tenure | 9 February, 1633 - 24 May, 1644 |
Predecessor | Franz-Heinrich |
Successor | Leopold II |
Spouse | Maria-Clara of Würzburg |
Issue | |
Ingrid
Leopold II of Bavaria | |
House | Wittlesbach |
Father | Franz-Heinrich |
Mother | Adelheid of Saxony |
Born | 17 August, 1607 Trausnitz |
Religion | Western Church |
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