Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor^[1]

1282 - 1347  (65 years)

• Name	Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach
  Suffix	Holy Roman Emperor
  Birth	1 Apr 1282
  Gender	Male
  Reigned	From 1301 to 11 Oct 1347
  	Duke of Bavaria
  Reigned	From 20 Oct 1314 to 11 Oct 1347
  	King of Italy
  Reigned	From 1328 to 11 Oct 1347
  	Holy Roman Emperor
  Death	11 Oct 1347
  Notes	Duke of Bavaria 1294. Palatinate 1329. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band I tafel 27. «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10351«/b» «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor «/b»«i»Has ancestry chart in Wikipedia«/i»
  Person ID	I11650	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria,   b. 13 Apr 1229, Heidelberg, d. 2 Feb 1294 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Matilda of Habsburg, Duchess consort of Bavaria,   b. 1253, Rheinfelden d. 23 Dec 1304, Munich, Bavaria (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1273	Aachen
  Family ID	F5299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Beatrice of Silesia, Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen,   b. 1290   d. 24 Aug 1322 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1309
  Children	1. Louis V the Brandenberger Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria,   b. Jul 1316   d. 18 Sep 1361 (Age ~ 45 years)   2. Stephen II of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria,   b. 1317   d. 10 May 1375 (Age 58 years)   3. Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen,   b. Aft 21 Jun 1313   d. 2 Jul 1346 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F5298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret of Holland, Countess of Hainaut and Holland,   b. 1311   d. 1356 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1324
  Children	1. William V of Zealand Wittelsbach, Duke of Zealand,   b. 1327   d. 1389 (Age 62 years)   2. Louis VI the Roman Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria,   b. 12 May 1330   d. 14 May 1365 (Age 35 years)   3. Albert of Holland Wittelsbach, Count of Hainault and Holland,   b. 25 Jul 1336, Munich, Bayern, Germany d. 12 Dec 1404, The Hague, Netherlands (Age 68 years)   4. Margarete,   b. 1325   d. 1374 (Age 49 years)   5. Elisabeth of BAVARIA,   b. 1329   d. 2 Aug 1402 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F5468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos

  Louis IV Portrait of Louis IV, tomb in Frauenkirche

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).