Wittelsbach Castle (German: Burg Wittelsbach) was a castle near Aichach in today's Bavarian Swabia. The castle was first mentioned around the year 1000...
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acquired Wittelsbach Castle (near Aichach). The Counts of Scheyern left Scheyern Castle (constructed around 940) in 1119 for Wittelsbach Castle and the...
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Otto IV, Count of Scheyern (redirect from Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach)
Richardis of Carniola and Istria. Otto named himself Otto of Wittelsbach, after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach. He served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, in...
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Hohenschwangau Castle fell to the Wittelsbach Compensation Fund [de] (Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds), whose revenues go to the House of Wittelsbach. The visitor...
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(c. 1227, Trausnitz Castle, Landshut, Bavaria – 9 October 1273, Goyen Castle, Schenna, Tyrol), a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Queen of Germany...
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Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany. It was the home of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and it served as their ducal...
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of Wittelsbach is a former German dynasty. Wittelsbach may also refer to: Wittelsbach-class battleship SMS Wittelsbach Burg Wittelsbach, a castle near...
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Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (redirect from Otto II of Wittelsbach)
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...
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their fief with Imperial immediacy to the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria, but continued to occupy the castle as Burgraves. In 1521 they became owners again...
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Heilika of Lengenfeld (category House of Wittelsbach)
Otto IV of Wittelsbach (d. 1156), the Count Palatine of Bavaria. In 1124, he moved his residence from Scheyern Castle to Wittelsbach Castle in Aichach...
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castle was extended under Duke Otto I of Wittelsbach. With the first partition of Bavaria in 1255, Burghausen Castle became the second residence of the dukes...
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Rupert, King of the Romans (redirect from Ruprecht III Wittelsbach)
sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from...
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death. He moved his residence from Scheyern Castle to Wittelsbach Castle and founded the House of Wittelsbach. Otto V (c. 1117 – 1183), Count Palatine of...
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death. He moved his residence from Scheyern Castle to Wittelsbach Castle and founded the House of Wittelsbach. Otto V (c. 1117 – 1183), Count Palatine of...
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of the House of Wittelsbach, until it became derelict after 1920. Duke Luitpold Emanuel sold Possenhofen, as well as Biederstein Castle in Munich-Schwabing...
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the chance to build a castle of European standing. It was the extinction of the three main branches of the house of Wittelsbach, which gave him the opportunity...
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Berg Palace (Bavaria) (redirect from Castle Berg (Lake Starnberg))
serves as residence of Franz, Duke of Bavaria, head of the house of Wittelsbach. The building was built in 1640 in the style of an Italian Renaissance...
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Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (category House of Wittelsbach)
temporarily moved from Bavaria to the Austrian Tyrol. His family, the House of Wittelsbach, were opposed to the regime of Nazi Germany and refused to join the Nazi...
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Franz von Bayern (category House of Wittelsbach)
known by the courtesy title Duke of Bavaria, is the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Bavaria. His great-grandfather...
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Hofmann worked on several other revival castles, including Neuschwanstein Castle – built by Maximilian's Wittelsbach cousin Ludwig II of Bavaria twenty years...
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Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (redirect from Otto I of Wittelsbach)
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...
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Nymphenburg Palace (redirect from Nymphenburg castle)
main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. Combined with the adjacent Nymphenburg Palace Park it constitutes one...
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Mannheim Palace (redirect from Mannheim castle)
Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach until 1777. Part of the palace is used today by the University of Mannheim. The castle, which features tapestries...
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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...
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Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (category House of Wittelsbach)
Max in Bayern, was a member of a junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria, and a promoter of Bavarian folk-music. He...
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castle in Heidelberg (Latin: "castrum in Heidelberg cum burgo ipsius castri") is in 1214, when Louis I, Duke of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach received...
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Ludwig II of Bavaria (redirect from Ludwig von Wittelsbach II)
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...
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outer bailey for the most part. From about 1840, the Wittelsbach kings of Bavaria had the castle rebuilt. After Ludwig I of Bavaria had reconstruction...
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Duke George the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut, both of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The neighboring Old Castle, a medieval fortress from the 13th Century, is today...
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the Wittelsbach family, which is reflected in the town's architecture. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 5,216. The Bavarian Wittelsbach family...
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