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    The Duchy of Bavaria (German: Herzogtum Bayern) was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth...
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  • The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman...
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    into the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. It became the Duchy of Bavaria (a stem duchy) in the 6th century AD following the collapse of the Western Roman...
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    1392, Bavaria-Landshut was broken into three duchies, John II gained Bavaria-Munich, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut received a smaller Bavaria-Landshut...
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    duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, and was the first newly created Imperial...
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    The five stem duchies (sometimes also called "younger stem duchies" in contrast to the pre-Carolingian tribal duchies) were Bavaria, Franconia, Lotharingia...
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    Duchy of Alsace (in English also 'Alsatia') Duchy of Austria (later Archduchy of Austria, in German: Erzherzogtum Österreich) Duchy of Bavaria Duchy of...
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    Grifo allied with Saxon tribes and temporarily conquered the stem duchy of Bavaria. Pepin, Frankish king from 750, again invaded Saxony and subdued several...
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    Bavaria-Munich (Middle High German: Baiern-Münichen) was a duchy that was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1505. After the death...
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    IV and then kept only the new duchy of Bavaria-Dachau as his domain until his death. In 1468, the foundation stone of the Frauenkirche in Munich was...
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    was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria. The Wittelsbach dynasty which ruled the Duchy of Bavaria was the younger branch of the family which also ruled...
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    from the Duchy of Bavaria in the east, did not form, either ethnologically or geographically, a very strong boundary, and there was a good deal of intercommunion...
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    Bavaria-Landshut (Middle High German: Baiern-Landshut) was a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire from 1353 to 1503. The creation of the duchy was the result...
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    Electorate of Bavaria Duchy of Bavaria List of minister-presidents of Bavaria Bavaria History of Bavaria Bayernpartei Aftermath of World War II in Bavaria Bavarian...
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  • Look up Bavaria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bavaria may refer to: Bavaria, one of the 16 federal states of Germany Duchy of Bavaria (c. 555–1805)...
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    Duchy of Bavaria in the southeast. It was located in Germany. The duchy evolved during the decline of the Carolingian Empire, when it was a part of the core...
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    House of Welf. The Duchy of Bavaria was elevated to the Electorate of Bavaria in 1623, and in 1806, Napoleon elevated it to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1815...
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    Bayern) was the duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597. William V was born in Landshut, the son of Albert V and Archduchess Anna of Austria. He received a...
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    re-established the stem duchy of Bavaria, he eventually negotiated a truce with the Hungarian princes, who thereafter largely passed through Bavaria on their raids...
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    between this duchy and the current territory. After the reunification in 1340 Bavaria was divided again in 1349, and in 1392 the duchies Bavaria-Munich and...
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    Margraviate of Austria (Ostarrîchi) was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own right. After the ruling dukes of the House of Babenberg...
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    of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a...
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    once again became a free city, most of the territory of the grand duchy was ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Bavaria. Schmitt, Hans (1983). "Germany without...
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    Bavaria, but was defeated when Otto II occupied Regensburg and stripped Henry of his duchy. He created the Duchy of Carinthia and the Margraviate of Austria...
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    Babenberg (redirect from House of babenberg)
    House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs...
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    Jasomirgott, was deprived of Bavaria in 1156, Austria was elevated to a duchy independent from Bavaria by the Privilegium Minus of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa...
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    the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy was dissolved. Ferdinand was restored to a reconstituted Grand Duchy of Tuscany by the Congress of Vienna. The...
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    duchy Bavaria-Dachau was created from Bavaria-Munich for his brother Duke Sigismund in 1467. After Sigismund's death in 1501, it reverted to Bavaria-Munich...
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    votes, the Elector of Bavaria six votes, the Elector of Hanover six votes, the King of Bohemia three votes, the Elector-Archbishop of Trier three votes...
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    There are officially two flags of Bavaria: the striped type and the lozenge type, both of which are blue and white. Both flags are historically associated...
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