Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the...

The House of Wittelsbach (German: Haus Wittelsbach) is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate...

Constance. After the extinction of the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria-Straubing, counts of Holland and Hainaut, Ernest and his brother William struggled with...

Habsburg and Wittelsbach. In 1536, Ernest gave up his claims, in exchange for a severance payment of 275000 florins. As administrator of Passau, Ernest opposed...

senior branch of House of Wittelsbach, whose Catholic branch ruled the Electorate of Bavaria. On 30 September 1658, she married Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria (German: Ernst von Bayern) (17 December 1554 – 17 February 1612) was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the...

member of the Wittelsbach house of Bavaria would be Archbishop of Cologne for almost two centuries thereafter. As successor of his uncle Ernest of Salzburg...

He was the son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The poet Reinbot von Dürne was active at his court. Otto was...

Frederick Barbarossa. Frederick passed Bavaria over to the House of Wittelsbach, which held it until 1918. The Bavarian dukes were raised to prince-electors...

from 1156 to 1180. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach, a dynasty which reigned until the abdication of King Ludwig III of Bavaria...

double election, this time between Frederick of Habsburg and Louis of Wittelsbach. The Luxembourgs and Habsburgs held a similar level of influence due...

Otto III (11 February 1261 – 9 November 1312), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the Duke of Lower Bavaria from 1290 to 1312 and the King of Hungary...

the Bavarian by his first wife Beatrice of Silesia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Louis IV his son Stephen served...

pilgrimages. William V's residence as crown prince was the ancient fortified Wittelsbach seat Trausnitz Castle, which he renovated extensively between 1568 and...

Joseph I. Elisabeth of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Bavaria, or Elisabeth of Wittelsbach may also refer to: Elisabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria (1236–1271)...

dispossessed the duke and gave his territory to Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. From now on, Bavaria remained in the possession...

was a German nobleman. He was a Duke of Bavaria-Munich in the House of Wittelsbach. He was the eldest son of William III, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of...

the death of Wenceslaus in 1419. Sophia was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and was the youngest child and only daughter of John II, Duke of Bavaria...

double dukedom, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was bestowed on Prince Ernest Augustus (1771–1851) (later King of Hanover), the fifth son and eighth child...

1913 – 17 October 2008) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach. Prince Ludwig was born at Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria...

surviving son of Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (the first duke from the House of Wittelsbach) by his wife Agnes of Loon. He married Ludmilla of Bohemia, a daughter...

War of the Austrian Succession and the short-lived rule of a Bavarian Wittelsbach emperor. In 1745, Maria Theresa's husband, Francis I of Lorraine, was...

known as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a German member of the House of Wittelsbach who married into the French royal family. She was the second wife of...

Rudolf der Stammler; 4 October 1274 – 12 August 1319), a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from...

Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome IV – Wittelsbach. France: Laballery. pp. 258, 272, 328, 354, 356, 368. ISBN 2-901138-07-1...

biographer with exclusive access to the private archives of the House of Wittelsbach), ISBN 978-3-88680-898-4. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ludwig...

a member of the old Bavarian family of Wittelsbach and a descendant of the counts of Scheyern. The Wittelsbach dynasty ruled Bavaria without interruption...

king of the Belgians. In 1832, Prince Otto of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach was styled "His Majesty Otto I, King of Greece", over which he reigned...

in a dreadful war against George's heirs, the Palatinate line of his Wittelsbach family but had to transfer the most southern districts of Bavaria-Landshut...

junior line, raised to an imperial principality by Emperor Charles VII of Wittelsbach in 1742, was reacquired by Stolberg-Wernigerode in 1804. The Wernigerode...