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  2. Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria - Wikipedia

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    Maximilian I (17 April 1573 – 27 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.

  3. House of Wittelsbach - Wikipedia

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    The form Duke in Bavaria was selected because in 1506 primogeniture had been established in the House of Wittelsbach resulting in there being only one reigning Duke of Bavaria at any given time. Maximillian Joseph assumed the title of king as Maximilian I Joseph on 1 January 1806.

  4. Otto Henry, Elector Palatine - Wikipedia

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    Otto Henry married Susanna of Bavaria (1502–43), daughter of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, on October 16, 1529 in Neuburg an der Donau. [2] He was her second husband after Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. They had no children, but Susanna brought five of her eleven children to the marriage. She left him a widower 14 years later in ...

  5. Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia

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    John I, Duke of Bavaria (29 November 1329 – 20 December 1340) [2] Henry of Wittelsbach (1330). Died within the year of his birth. An illegitimate son named Eberhard is also mentioned in genealogies. [citation needed] Nothing is known of his mother and later life.

  6. Joseph Clemens of Bavaria - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (German: Joseph Clemens von Bayern) (5 December 1671 – 12 November 1723) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and also served as the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1688 to 1723.

  7. Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken - Wikipedia

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    Charles II August Christian (German: Karl II. August Christian; 29 October 1746 – 1 April 1795) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1775 to 1795. [1] A member of the Palatine House of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach, he was the elder brother of the first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I, and of Queen Amalia of Saxony.

  8. Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia

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    Louis IX (German: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut, also known as Louis the Rich; 23 February 1417 – 18 January 1479) was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. [1] Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt (now the University of Munich). Louis IX and his wife Amalia of ...

  9. William III, Duke of Bavaria - Wikipedia

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    William III (1375 – 12 September 1435; (German: Wilhelm III., Herzog von Bayern), was Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1397–1435), together and in concord with his older brother Ernest, Duke of Bavaria. William III was a son of John II and a member of the Parakeet Society.