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Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria

Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria

Male 1229 - 1294  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper BavariaLouis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria was born on 13 Apr 1229 in Heidelberg,; died on 2 Feb 1294.

    Louis married Matilda of Habsburg, Duchess consort of Bavaria on 24 Oct 1273 in Aachen. Matilda (daughter of Rudolf I of Austria Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and Gertrude of Hohenburg) was born in 1253 in Rheinfelden; died on 23 Dec 1304 in Munich, Bavaria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rudolf I of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1274; died on 12 Aug 1319.
    2. 3. Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1282; died on 11 Oct 1347.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rudolf I of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (1.Louis1) was born on 9 Oct 1274; died on 12 Aug 1319.

    Family/Spouse: Mechtild of Nassau, Duchess consort of Bavaria. Mechtild was born before 1280; died on 19 Jun 1323. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Adolf Wittelsbach, Landgrave  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1300; died on 29 Jan 1327.
    2. 5. Rudolf II Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Aug 1306; died on 4 Oct 1353.
    3. 6. Rupert I Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jun 1309; died on 16 Feb 1390.

  2. 3.  Louis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman EmperorLouis IV (Ludwig) the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor Descendancy chart to this point (1.Louis1) was born on 1 Apr 1282; died on 11 Oct 1347.

    Louis married Beatrice of Silesia, Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen about 1309. Beatrice (daughter of Bolko I the Strict and Beatrice of Brandenburg) was born in 1290; died on 24 Aug 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Louis V the Brandenberger Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1316; died on 18 Sep 1361.
    2. 8. Stephen II of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1317; died on 10 May 1375.
    3. 9. Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 21 Jun 1313; died on 2 Jul 1346.

    Louis married Margaret of Holland, Countess of Hainaut and Holland on 25 Feb 1324. Margaret (daughter of William I/III the Good, Count of Hainault And Holland and Jeanne de Valois) was born in 1311; died in 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. William V of Zealand Wittelsbach, Duke of Zealand  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1327; died in 1389.
    2. 11. Louis VI the Roman Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1330; died on 14 May 1365.
    3. 12. Albert of Holland Wittelsbach, Count of Hainault and Holland  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1336 in Munich, Bayern, Germany; died on 12 Dec 1404 in The Hague, Netherlands.
    4. 13. Margarete  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1325; died in 1374.
    5. 14. Elisabeth of BAVARIA  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1329; died on 2 Aug 1402.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adolf Wittelsbach, Landgrave Descendancy chart to this point (2.Rudolf2, 1.Louis1) was born on 27 Sep 1300; died on 29 Jan 1327.

    Family/Spouse: Irmengard von Öttingen. Irmengard died in 1399. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Rupert II Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1325; died on 6 Jan 1398.

  2. 5.  Rudolf II Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate Descendancy chart to this point (2.Rudolf2, 1.Louis1) was born on 8 Aug 1306; died on 4 Oct 1353.

  3. 6.  Rupert I Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate Descendancy chart to this point (2.Rudolf2, 1.Louis1) was born on 9 Jun 1309; died on 16 Feb 1390.

  4. 7.  Louis V the Brandenberger Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in Jul 1316; died on 18 Sep 1361.

    Louis married Margaret Christofsdottir in Dec 1324. Margaret (daughter of Christopher II of Denmark Eriksson, King of Denmark and Euphamia of Pommerania) was born about 1305; died in 1340. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Meinhard of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1363.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret (Maultasch), Countess of Tyrol. Margaret (daughter of Henry of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Adelaide of Brunswick) was born in 1318; died on 3 Oct 1369 in Vienna; was buried in Minoritenkirche.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Meinhard III Wittelsbach, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1344 in Landshut; died on 13 Jan 1363 in Tirol Castle near Meran.

  5. 8.  Stephen II of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1317; died on 10 May 1375.

    Stephen married Elizabeth of Sicily on 27 Jun 1328. Elizabeth (daughter of Frederick II of Sicily, King of Sicily and Eleanor of Naples) died on 31 Mar 1439. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Stephen III the Magnificent Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1337; died on 25 Sep 1413.
    2. 19. Frederick of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1339; died on 4 Dec 1393.
    3. 20. John II of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1341; died on 8 Aug 1397.

  6. 9.  Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born after 21 Jun 1313; died on 2 Jul 1346.

    Matilda married Frederick II the Serious, Margrave of Meissen in May 1323 in Nürnberg. Frederick (son of Frederick I the Brave, Margrave of Meissen and Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk) was born on 30 Nov 1310 in Gotha, Friedenstein; died on 18 Nov 1349 in Wartburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Elisabeth of Meissen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1329 in Wartburg; died on 21 Apr 1375.

  7. 10.  William V of Zealand Wittelsbach, Duke of Zealand Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1327; died in 1389.

    William married Maud Plantagenet, Countess of Leicester in 1352 in Kings Chapel, Palace of Westminster. Maud (daughter of Henry Grosment of Derby Plantagenet, 1st Duke Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont) was born on 4 Apr 1339; died on 10 Apr 1362 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. daughter Wittelsbach  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1356; died in Young.

  8. 11.  Louis VI the Roman Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born on 12 May 1330; died on 14 May 1365.

    Family/Spouse: Kunegunda. Kunegunda (daughter of Casimir III the Great, King of Poland and Aldona of Lithuania, Queen of Poland) died in 1357. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 12.  Albert of Holland Wittelsbach, Count of Hainault and HollandAlbert of Holland Wittelsbach, Count of Hainault and Holland Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born on 25 Jul 1336 in Munich, Bayern, Germany; died on 12 Dec 1404 in The Hague, Netherlands.

    Albert married Margaret of Brieg after 19 Jul 1353. Margaret was born in 1342; died in 1386. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. William IV of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1417.
    2. 24. Albert II the Young Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1368; died on 21 Jan 1397.
    3. 25. John III of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1429.
    4. 26. Margaret of Bavaria Wittelsbach  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1363; died on 23 Jan 1423 in Dijon, Burgundy.
    5. 27. Ludwig the Bearded Wittelsbach  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 28. Katherine of Holland Wittelsbach  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1361; died in 1401.

  10. 13.  Margarete Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1325; died in 1374.

    Margarete married Stephen, Duke of Slavonia in 1351. Stephen (son of Charles I of Hungary, King of Hungary) was born on 26 Dec 1332; died on 9 Aug 1354. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Elizabeth of Slavonia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1352; died before 1380.

  11. 14.  Elisabeth of BAVARIA Descendancy chart to this point (3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1329; died on 2 Aug 1402.

    Family/Spouse: Ulrich IV von Wurttemberg, Count. Ulrich (son of Eberhard II (III) von Wurttemberg, Count and Elizabeth, Countess von HENNEBERG-SCHLEUSINGEN) was born in 1342; died in 1388. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Eberhard III (IV) `the Mild' von Wurttemberg, Count von Wuerttemberg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1364; died in 1417.


Generation: 4

  1. 15.  Rupert II Palatinate Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adolf3, 2.Rudolf2, 1.Louis1) was born on 12 May 1325; died on 6 Jan 1398.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice of Sicily. Beatrice (daughter of Peter II of Sicily, King of Sicily and Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Sicily) was born about 1326 in Italy; died in 1365 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Rupert III of the Palatinate Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1352; died on 18 May 1410.

  2. 16.  Meinhard of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (7.Louis3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) died in 1363.

  3. 17.  Meinhard III Wittelsbach, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol Descendancy chart to this point (7.Louis3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born on 9 Feb 1344 in Landshut; died on 13 Jan 1363 in Tirol Castle near Meran.

    Meinhard married Margaret of Austria on 4 Sep 1359. Margaret (daughter of Albert II the Lame of Austria Habsburg, Duke of Austria and Joanna of Pfirt, Duchess consort of Austria) was born in 1346 in Vienna; died on 14 Jan 1366 in Brno. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 18.  Stephen III the Magnificent Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born about 1337; died on 25 Sep 1413.

    Stephen married Thaddia Visconti on 13 Oct 1364. Thaddia (daughter of Bernabò Visconti and Beatrice Regina della Scala) died on 28 Sep 1381. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Louis VII the Bearded Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1365; died on 1 May 1447.
    2. 33. Isabelle of Bavaria Wittelsbach  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1369; died on 24 Sep 1435.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth von Kleve. Elizabeth (daughter of Adolf III von Kleve, Count of Kleve) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 19.  Frederick of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born about 1339; died on 4 Dec 1393.

    Frederick married Maddalena Visconti, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut on 2 Sep 1381. Maddalena (daughter of Bernabò Visconti and Beatrice Regina della Scala) was born in 1366 in Milan; died on 17 Jul 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Elizabeth of Bavaria-Landshut  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1383; died on 13 Nov 1442.
    2. 35. Henry XVI the Rich Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1386; died on 30 Jul 1450.

  6. 20.  John II of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born about 1341; died on 8 Aug 1397.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Ernest of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1373; died on 2 Jul 1438.

  7. 21.  Elisabeth of Meissen Descendancy chart to this point (9.Matilda3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born on 22 Nov 1329 in Wartburg; died on 21 Apr 1375.

    Elisabeth married Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg on 7 Sep 1350 in Jena. Frederick was born before 3 Mar 1333 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 21 Jan 1398 in Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Elisabeth of Nuremberg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1358; died on 26 Jul 1411.

  8. 22.  daughter Wittelsbach Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1356; died in Young.

  9. 23.  William IV of Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) died in 1417.

    William married Margaret of Ostrevent, Countess of Ostrevent on 12 Apr 1385. Margaret (daughter of Philip the Bold of Burgundy de Valois, Count of Flanders and Artois and Margaret II of Flanders de Male, Countess of Flanders) died in 1441. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Jacqueline of Holland Wittelsbach, Countess of Hainault and Holl  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1401 in The Hague, Netherlands; died on 9 Oct 1436 in Holland; was buried in The Hague, Netherlands.

  10. 24.  Albert II the Young Bavaria Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1368; died on 21 Jan 1397.

  11. 25.  John III of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) died in 1429.

  12. 26.  Margaret of Bavaria Wittelsbach Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1363; died on 23 Jan 1423 in Dijon, Burgundy.

    Margaret married John the Fearless of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy on 12 Apr 1385. John (son of Philip the Bold of Burgundy de Valois, Count of Flanders and Artois and Margaret II of Flanders de Male, Countess of Flanders) was born on 28 May 1371 in Pontoise, France; died on 10 Sep 1419 in Montereau, France; was buried in Dijon, Burgundy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Philip III the Good of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1467.
    2. 40. Margaret of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1441.
    3. 41. Mary of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1463.
    4. 42. Joan of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1413.
    5. 43. Isabella of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1412.
    6. 44. Catherine of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    7. 45. Anne of Burgundy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1404 in Arras, Burgundy, France; died on 14 Nov 1432 in Hôtel de Bourgogne, Paris, France; was buried in Chartreuse de Champnol, Dijon, Burgundy.
    8. 46. Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1407; died on 1 Dec 1476.

  13. 27.  Ludwig the Bearded Wittelsbach Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) and died.

  14. 28.  Katherine of Holland Wittelsbach Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born about 1361; died in 1401.

    Family/Spouse: Edward of Gueldres, Count of Gueldres. Edward (son of Rainald II of Gueldres, Duke/Count of Gueldres and Eleanor of Woodstock Plantagenet) was born in 1336; died in 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  15. 29.  Elizabeth of Slavonia Descendancy chart to this point (13.Margarete3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1352; died before 1380.

    Elizabeth married Philip II, Prince of Taranto on 20 Oct 1370. Philip (son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and Catherine of Valois) was born in 1329; died on 25 Nov 1374. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 30.  Eberhard III (IV) `the Mild' von Wurttemberg, Count von Wuerttemberg Descendancy chart to this point (14.Elisabeth3, 3.Louis2, 1.Louis1) was born in 1364; died in 1417.

    Family/Spouse: Elisabeth von NUERNBERG. Elisabeth (daughter of Johann III (Burggraf) von NUERNBERG and Margarethe (Marketa) of BOHEMIA) was born about 1391; died in 1429. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 47. Eberhard IV (d.J.; V) von Wurttemberg, Count von Wuerttemberg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1388; died in 1419.



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