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The Wittelsbach State Foundation received the Wittelsbach family's art treasures acquired before 1804 and has since been the owner, although not the manager, of a large part of the holdings of the ancient and classical art museums in Munich, while more recent art collections came into the possession of the compensation fund, into which most of ...
The emperor consequently dispossessed the duke and gave his territory to Otto I, Duke of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. From now on, Bavaria remained in the possession of various branches of the family for 738 years until the end of the First World War.
Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern (born 14 July 1933), commonly 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.
The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
Otto I (1117 – 11 July 1183), called the Redhead (German: der Rotkopf), was Duke of Bavaria from 1180 until his death. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach, a dynasty which reigned until the abdication of King Ludwig III of Bavaria in the German Revolution of 1918.
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine 1517–1545: Christina of Denmark 1522–1590: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine 1543–1608: Renata of Lorraine 1544–1602: William V of Bavaria 1548–1626: Maria Anna of Bavaria: Magdalene of Bavaria 1587–1628: Elizabeth of Lorraine 1574–1635 (1) Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1573–1651: Maria Anna of Austria ...
Duke in Bavaria (German: Herzog in Bayern) was a title used among others since 1506, when primogeniture was established [citation needed], by all members of the House of Wittelsbach, with the exception of the Duke of Bavaria which began to be a unique position.
The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of Sweden from 1654 to 1720. By this point it had splintered into several different houses. The Royal House of Sweden was represented by the branch Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg. [1] Zweibrücken Castle