WITTELSBACH
, the name of an important See also:German See also:family, taken from the See also:castle of Wittelsbach, which formerly stood near Aichach on the Paar in See also:Bavaria
.
In 1124, See also:Otto V., See also:count of Scheyern (I 1155), removed the See also:residence of his family to Wittelsbach, and called himself by this name
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Otto was descended from Luitpold, See also:duke of Bavaria and See also:margrave of See also:Carinthia, who was killed in 907 fighting the Hungarians
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His son, See also:Arnulf I., called the See also:Bad, drove back the Hungarians, and was elected duke of Bavaria in 913
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Arnulf, who was a See also:candidate for the German See also:crown in See also:gig, claimed to be See also:independent, and openly defied the German See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, See also:Conrad I
.
In 921, however, he recognized the authority of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. the See also:Fowler, in return for the right to dispense See also:justice, to See also:coin See also:money and to appoint the bishops in Bavaria
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He died at See also:Regensburg in 937, and his See also:elder son, See also:Eberhard, fought in vain to retain the duchy
.
In 938 it was given by the German king, Otto I., the See also:Great, to Arnulf's See also:brother,
See also:Bertold I., with greatly reduced privileges
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Arnulf's younger son, Arnulf II., continued the struggle against Otto I., and some-See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time before his See also:death in 954 was made count See also:palatine in Bavaria
.
This See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office did not become hereditary, however, and his descend-ants See also:bore simply the See also:title of See also:counts of Scheyern until about 1116, when the See also:emperor Henry V. recognized Count Otto V. as count palatine in Bavaria
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His son, Count Otto VI., who succeeded his See also:father in 1155, accompanied the German king, See also:Frederick I., to See also:Italy in 1154, where he distinguished himself by his courage, and later rendered valuable assistance to Frederick in See also:Germany
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When Henry the See also:Lion, duke of See also:Saxony and Bavaria, was placed under the imperial See also:ban in 118o, Otto's services were rewarded by the See also:investiture of the dukedom of Bavaria at See also:Altenburg
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Since the time of Otto I
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Bavaria has been ruled by the Wittelsbachs
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Otto died at Pfullendorf in 1183, and was succeeded in the duchy by his son, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis I
.
(1174—1231), but the dignity of count palatine in Bavaria passed to his brother Otto, whose son Otto, succeeding in 1189, murdered the German king See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip at See also:Bamberg on the 21st of See also:June 1208
.
He was placed under the ban by the emperor Otto IV., and was killed at Oberndorf, near Regensburg, by Henry of Kalden, See also:marshal of the See also:empire, in See also:March 1209
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His lands passed to his son Louis, then only nine years old, who began his See also:rule in 1192
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In 1208 he destroyed the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach, the site of which is now marked by a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and an See also:obelisk
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At first Louis supported Otto IV. in his struggle with Frederick of See also:Hohenstaufen (the emperor Frederick II.), but deserted his cause when Frederick invested his son, Otto, with the See also:Palatinate of the See also:Rhine in 1214
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Louis appears to have been previously promised this See also:succession, and to strengthen his claim married his son, Otto, to See also:Agnes, the See also:sister of Henry, the count palatine, who died without heirs in 1214
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Louis accompanied the Crusaders to See also:Damietta in 1221, and governed Germany as See also:regent from 1225 until 1228, when he deserted Frederick II. at the instigation of See also:Pope See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory IX
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He was murdered at the See also:bridge of Kelheim on the 15th of See also:September 1231, and the emperor was generally suspected of complicity in the See also:deed
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Louis' son, Otto the Illustrious (1206—1253), undertook the See also:government of the Palatinate in 1228, and became duke of Bavaria in 1231
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He was attached to the Hohenstaufen by the See also:marriage of his daughter, See also:Elizabeth, with Conrad, son of Frederick II. in 1246
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He supported Frederick in his struggle with the See also:anti-See also:kings, Henry See also:Raspe, See also:landgrave of Thuringia, and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William II., count of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and was put under the papal ban by Pope See also:Innocent IV., Bavaria being laid under an See also:interdict
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When King Conrad IV. went to Italy in 1251, Otto remained as his representative in Germany, until his death on the 29th of See also:November 1253
.
He See also:left two sons, Louis and Henry, who reigned jointly until 1255, when a See also:division of the lands was made, by which Louis II
.
(1228—1294) received upper Bavaria and the Palatinate of the Rhine, and Henry I
.
(d
.
1290) See also:lower Bavaria
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Louis, who soon became the most powerful See also:prince in See also:southern Germany, was called " the Stern," because in a See also:fit of See also:jealousy he caused his first wife, Maria of See also:Brabant, to be executed in 1256
.
He was the See also:uncle and See also:guardian of See also:Conradin of Hohenstaufen, whom he assisted to make his See also:journey to Italy in 1267, and accompanied as far as See also:Verona
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When Conradin was executed in 1268 Louis inherited his lands in Germany, sharing them with his brother Henry
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In 1273 he was a candidate for the German crown, but was induced to support See also:Rudolph, count of See also:Habsburg, whose eldest daughter, See also:Matilda, he married in this See also:year
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He was a great source of strength to the Habsburgs until his death in 1294
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Lower Bavaria was ruled by the descendants of Henry I. until the death of his great-See also:grandson, See also:John I., in 1340, when it was again See also:united with upper Bavaria
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The sons of Louis, Rudolph I
.
(d
.
1319) and Louis, who became German king as Louis IV. in 1314, ruled their lands in See also:common, but after some trouble between them Rudolph abdicated in 1317
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In 1329 the most important division of the Wittelsbach lands took See also:place
.
By the treaty of See also:Pavia in this year, Louis granted the Palatinate of the Rhine and the upper Palatinate of Bavaria
to his brother's sons, Rudolph II
.
(d
.
1353) and See also:Rupert I
.
Rupert, who from 1353 to 1390 was See also:sole ruler, gained the electoral dignity for the Palatinate of the Rhine in 1356 by a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of some lands in upper Bavaria to the emperor See also:Charles IV
.
It had been exercised from the division of 1329 by both branches in turn
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The descendants of Louis IV. retained the See also:rest of Bavaria, but made several divisions of their territory, the most important of which was in 1392, when the branches of Ingoldstadt, See also:Munich and See also:Landshut were founded
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These were reunited under See also:Albert IV., duke of Bavaria-Munich (1447—1508) and the upper Palatinate was added to them in 1628
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Albert's descendants ruled over a united Bavaria, until the death of Duke See also:Maximilian III. in 1777, when it passed to the Elector Palatine, Charles See also:Theodore
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The Palatinate of the Rhine, after the death of Rupert I. in 1390, passed to his See also:nephew, Rupert II., and in 1398 to his son, Rupert III., who was German king from 1400 to 1410
.
On his death it was divided into four branches
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Three of these had died out by 1559, and their possessions were inherited by the See also:fourth or Simmern See also:line, among whom the Palatinate was again divided (see PALATINATE)
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In 1742, after the extinction of the two See also:senior lines of this family, the Sulzbach See also:branch became the senior line, and its See also:head, the elector Charles Theodore, inherited Bavaria in 1777
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He died in 1799, and Maximilian See also:Joseph, the head of the See also:Zweibrucken branch, inherited Bavaria and the Palatinate
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He took the title of king as Maximilian I
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In 1623, when the elector Frederick V
.
(the " See also:Winter King ") was driven from his dominions, the electoral See also:privilege was transferred to Bavaria, and in 1648, by the See also:Peace of See also:Westphalia, an eighth electorate was created for the Wittelsbachs of the Palatinate, and was exercised by the senior branch of the family
.
The Wittelsbachs gave three kings to Germany, Louis IV., Rupert and Charles VII
.
Members of the family were also margra.ves of See also:Brandenburg from 1323 to 1373, and kings of See also:Sweden from 1654 to 1718
.
See J
.
Dellinger, Das Haus Wittelsbach and See also:seine Bedeutung in der deutschen Geschichte (Munich, 188o) ; J
.
F
.
See also:Bohmer, Wittelsbachische Regesten bis 1340 (See also:Stuttgart, 1854) ; F
.
M
.
Wittmann, Monumenta Wittelsbacensia (Urkundenbuch, Munich, 1857–1861); K
.
T
.
See also:Heigel, See also:Die Wittelsbacher (Munich, 188o) ; F
.
Leitschuh, Die Wittelsbacher in Bayern (Bamberg, 1894)
.
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