Paternal Family Tree: Wittelsbach
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilda of Tubingen
On 2nd August 1254 [his father] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 25] and Maria Reginar Duchess Bavaria [aged 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 [his grandfather] Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and [his grandmother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria [aged 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.
In 1260 [his father] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 30] and Louis Anna Glogau Duchess Bavaria were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. He the son of [his grandfather] Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and [his grandmother] Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria [aged 59].
On 24th October 1273 [his father] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 44] and [his mother] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Rudolph I King Romans [aged 55] and [his grandmother] Gertrude Hohenburg [aged 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 1st April 1282 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor was born to Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 52] and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria [aged 29]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 2nd February 1294 [his father] Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria [aged 64] died at Heidelburg. His son [his brother] Rudolf [aged 19] succeeded Rudolph I Duke Bavaria.
On 23rd December 1304 [his mother] Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria [aged 51] died at Munich.
In 1308 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 25] and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria.
After 21st June 1313 [his daughter] Mathilde Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 31] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th August 1313 Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor [aged 38] died. He was buried at Pisa Duomo. His half fourth cousin Louis [aged 31] succeeded IV Holy Roman Emperor.
In September 1314 [his daughter] Unamed Wittelsbach died.
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In September 1314 [his daughter] Unamed Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 32] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She died aged less than one years old.
In July 1316 [his son] Louis "The Brandenburger" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 34] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In July 1317 [his daughter] Anna Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 35] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She died aged one in 1319.
Around 1318 [his daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 35] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She died aged less than one years old.
Around 1318 [his daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach died.
In 1319 [his son] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 36] and [his wife] Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 27th June 1328 his fifth cousin Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Frederick III King Sicily and Eleanor Capet, and had issue.
On 29th January 1319 [his daughter] Anna Wittelsbach [aged 1] died.
On 12th August 1319 [his brother] Rudolf Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria [aged 44] died.
In 1324 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 41] and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 38] and Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 30]. He the son of Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria and Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousin three times removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
On 26th February 1324 William Jülich I Duke Jülich [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Joanna Hainaut Duchess Guelders [aged 9] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 38] and [his mother-in-law] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 30]. He the son of Gerhard Jülich V Count Jülich [aged 74] and Elisabeth Brabant Countess Jülich. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
In 1325 [his daughter] Margaret Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 42] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 13]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1326 [his daughter] Anna Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 43] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 14]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 24th January 1328 King Edward III of England [aged 15] and [his sister-in-law] Philippa of Hainaut [aged 17] were married at York Minster [Map] by Archbishop William Melton [aged 53]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She was crowned the same day. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 42] and [his mother-in-law] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 34]. He the son of King Edward II of England and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 33]. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Stephen I England.
The marriage was the quid pro quo for her father William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland having supported his mother Isabella of France Queen Consort England and Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 40] returning to England to usurp the throne of Edward's father King Edward II of England.
On 7th May 1328 [his son] Louis "The Roman" Wittelsbach VI Duke Upper Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 46] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 16]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 27th June 1328 Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria [aged 9] and Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria [aged 18] were married. He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 46] and Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1329 [his daughter] Elisabeth Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 46] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 17]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She married 1. 1350 Cangrande II della Scala 2. 1361 Ulrich of Württemberg and had issue.
On 12th May 1330 [his son] William Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 48] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 18]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 1352 his fourth cousin once removed Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria, daughter of Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster, and had issue.
In 1334 [his brother-in-law] William Hainaut II Count Hainaut [aged 27] and Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant [aged 12] were married. She the daughter of John Brabant III Duke Brabant [aged 33] and Marie Évreux Duchess of Brabant [aged 31]. He the son of [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 48] and [his mother-in-law] Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut [aged 40]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1335 [his daughter] Agnes Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 52] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 23]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th July 1336 [his son] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 54] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 24] at Munich. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married 1. after 19th July 1353 Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria and had issue 2. 1394 his half fourth cousin once removed Margaret de la Marck Duchess Bavaria, daughter of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark.
On 7th June 1337 [his father-in-law] William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland [aged 51] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 30] succeeded II Count Hainaut. Joanna Reginar Duchess Brabant [aged 15] by marriage Countess Hainaut.
Around 1341 [his son] Otto "The Bavarian" Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 58] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 29]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
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In 1344 [his daughter] Beatrix Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 61] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 32]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 26th September 1345 [his brother-in-law] William Hainaut II Count Hainaut [aged 38] was killed at the Battle of Warns. His sister [his wife] Margaret [aged 33] succeeded II Countess Hainaut. Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 63] by marriage Count Hainaut.
On 2nd July 1346 [his daughter] Mathilde Wittelsbach [aged 33] died.
In October 1347 [his son] Louis Wittelsbach was born to Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 65] and [his wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 35]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He died aged less than one years old.
On 11th October 1347 Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor [aged 65] died. His son Stephen [aged 28] succeeded II Duke Bavaria. Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria [aged 37] by marriage Duchess Bavaria. His son Albert [aged 11] succeeded I Duke Lower Bavaria.
In 1369 [his former wife] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 57] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Agnes de la Marck Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [1]
Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [1]
Charles "Victorious" VII King France [1]
Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Vladislaus II King Hungary [1]
Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden [1]
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [2]
Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [1]
Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]
Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [1]
Christian III King of Denmark [1]
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [2]
Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [2]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [6]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [6]
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [1]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [3]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [3]
John George Elector Saxony [1]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [1]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [2]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [2]
Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark [1]
Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [1]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [2]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [3]
Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [2]
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [3]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]
Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine [1]
Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [3]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [5]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [5]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [5]
King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [1]
Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [3]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [5]
Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [1]
Polyxena Hesse Rotenburg Queen Consort Sardinia [1]
Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [4]
Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [1]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [2]
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [4]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [10]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [7]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [10]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [7]
Francis Lorraine II Holy Roman Emperor [1]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [10]
Frederick William III King Prussia [3]
King Louis Philippe I of France [1]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [10]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [6]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [17]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [10]
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain [1]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [27]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [24]
King Christian IX of Denmark [7]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [19]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [19]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [56]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [56]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [9]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [14]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [24]
Constantine I King Greece [14]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [41]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [65]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [74]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [66]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [88]
Carl XVI King Sweden [129]
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis I Count Loon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes of Loon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Folmar V Count Metz
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Metz Countess Loon
Grandfather: Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Bohemia Duke Bohemia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ludmilla Bohemia Duchess Bavaria
Father: Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Black" Welf IX Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Proud" Welf X Duke Bavaria 6 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Wulfhilde of Saxony Duchess Bavaria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Lion" Welf XII Duke Saxony III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Süpplingenburg Duchess Bavaria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Welf V Count Palatine of the Rhine Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 
9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda 
daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Plantagenet Duchess Saxony daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine
Grandmother: Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad Palatine Count Palatine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Palatine of the Rhine
Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert III Count of Habsburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count of Habsburg 9 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Rudolph of Pfullendorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida of Pfullendorf 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Welf 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes of Staufen
Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans 11 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Count Ulrich of Kyburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg
Mother: Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolph II Count Palatine of Tubingen
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen