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Biography of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 1229-1294

Paternal Family Tree: Wittelsbach

Around 1222 [his father] Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 15) and [his mother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 21) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 48) and [his grandmother] Ludmilla Bohemia Duchess Bavaria.

On 13th April 1229 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria was born to Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 23) and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 28) at Heidelburg. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 15th September 1231 [his grandfather] Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 57) was murdered. His son [his father] Otto (age 25) succeeded II Duke Bavaria. [his mother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 30) by marriage Duchess Bavaria.

In 1250 [his brother] Henry Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria I Duke Bavaria (age 14) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Duchess Bavaria (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. He the son of [his father] Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 43) and [his mother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 49).

On 29th September 1253 [his father] Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria (age 47) died. His son Louis (age 24) succeeded II Duke Upper Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

In 1254 [his brother] Henry Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria I Duke Bavaria (age 18) succeeded I Duke Lower Bavaria.

On 2nd August 1254 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 25) and Maria Reginar Duchess Bavaria (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 53). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 16th January 1255 Guy Chatillon III Count Saint Pol (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant and Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant. He the son of Hugh Chatillon I Count Blois V Count Saint Pol and Mary Avesnes. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 18th January 1256 [his wife] Maria Reginar Duchess Bavaria (age 30) was beheaded having been accused of adultery by her husband Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 26) although there was no proof.

In 1260 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 30) and Louis Anna Glogau Duchess Bavaria were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 59).

In 1261 Maria Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 31) and [his wife] Louis Anna Glogau Duchess Bavaria. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1262 Agnes Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 32) and [his wife] Louis Anna Glogau Duchess Bavaria. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She died aged seven in 1269.

In 1267 [his mother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria (age 66) died.

On 13th September 1267 Ludwig Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 38) and [his wife] Louis Anna Glogau Duchess Bavaria. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1269 [his daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach (age 7) died.

On 24th October 1273 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 44) and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Rudolph I King Romans (age 55) and Gertrude Hohenburg (age 48). He the son of Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 4th October 1274 Rudolf Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 45) and [his wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 21). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1275 Mechthild Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 45) and [his wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1275 Agnes Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 45) and [his wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 22). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

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In or before 1279 Anna Wittelsbach was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 49) and [his wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 25). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 1st April 1282 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 52) and [his wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 29). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married (1) 1308 Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress and had issue (2) 1324 his third cousin three times removed Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress, daughter of William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault, and had issue.

In 1289 [his brother-in-law] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 19) and Agnes Přemyslid Duchess Austria (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of Ottokar "Iron King" II King Bohemia and Kunigunda Rostislavna Přemyslovna. He the son of [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 70) and [his mother-in-law] Gertrude Hohenburg.

On 3rd February 1290 [his brother] Henry Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria I Duke Bavaria (age 54) died. His son [his nephew] Otto (age 28) succeeded III Duke Bavaria.

On 10th May 1290 [his brother-in-law] Rudolf Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 20) died at Prague.

On 23rd November 1290 [his son] Ludwig Wittelsbach (age 23) was killed in a tournament at Nuremburg.

On 15th July 1291 [his father-in-law] Rudolph I King Romans (age 73) died at Speyer. He was buried at Speyer Cathedral. His son [his brother-in-law] Albert (age 36) succeeded I Duke Austria.

On 2nd February 1294 Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria (age 64) died at Heidelburg. His son Rudolf (age 19) succeeded Rudolph I Duke Bavaria.

On 23rd December 1304 [his former wife] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria (age 51) died at Munich.

Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 1229-1294 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 1229-1294

Kings Wessex: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 1229-1294
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Rupert King Germany [1]

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [2]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [2]

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [1]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [1]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [1]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [2]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [1]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [1]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [1]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [2]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [2]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [2]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [2]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [2]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [4]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [2]

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway [2]

William I King Prussia [2]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [6]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [4]

King Christian IX of Denmark [3]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [4]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [3]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [12]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [12]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [4]

Constantine I King Greece [3]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [9]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [12]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [12]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [14]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [15]

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain [2]

Constantine II King Hellenes [2]

Carl XVI King Sweden [31]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [2]

Ancestors of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 1229-1294

Great x 1 Grandfather: Otto Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria

GrandFather: Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Loon I Count Loon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Loon Duchess Bavaria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Folmar V Count Metz

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Metz Countess Loon

Father: Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Bohemia Duke Bohemia

GrandMother: Ludmilla Bohemia Duchess Bavaria

Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Welf I Duke Bavaria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Black" Welf IX Duke Bavaria

Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Duchess Bavaria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Proud" Welf X Duke Bavaria

Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus Billung Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandmother: Wulfhilde of Saxony Duchess Bavaria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Süpplingenburg Duchess Bavaria

GrandFather: Henry Welf V Count Palatine of the Rhine Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Empress Matilda Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Aimery Chatellerault Viscount Châtellerault

Great x 3 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dangereuse Ile Bouchard Viscountess Chatellerault

Mother: Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Conrad Palatine Count Palatine

GrandMother: Agnes Palatine of the Rhine