Bavaria: ducal houses and divided rule

Bavaria: ducal houses and divided ruleBavaria: ducal houses and divided rule. Explore 122 documented periods of rule across 28 source groupings. Compare succession, overlapping claims and changes of ruling house. The collection follows the linked lists; it is a selected chronology, not an exhaustive political history.

Garibald I

Tassilo I

Garibald II

Theodo I

Theodbert

Theobald

Grimoald

Tassilo II

Hugbert

Odilo

Grifo

Tassilo III

Charlemagne

Louis the Pious

Louis the German

Carloman

Louis the Younger

Charles the Fat

Arnulf of Carinthia

Engeldeo

Luitpold

Louis the Child

Arnulf the Bad

Eberhard

Berthold

Henry I

Henry II the Quarrelsome

Otto I

Henry III the Younger

Henry IV

Henry V

Henry VI

Henry VII

Conrad I

Henry VIII

Conrad II

Otto II

Welf I

Welf II

Henry IX the Black

Henry X the Proud

Leopold I

Henry XI Jasomirgott

Henry XII the Lion

Otto III the Redhead

Louis I the Kelheimer

Otto IV the Illustrious

Henry XIII

Louis II the Strict

Louis III

Otto V

Stephen I

Louis IV the Bavarian

Rudolph I the Stammerer

Henry XIV the Elder

Henry XV the Natternberger

Otto VI

John I the Child

Albert I

Louis V the Brandenburger

Louis VI the Roman

Otto VII the Lazy

Stephen II the Representative

William I the Mad

Meinhard I

Frederick I the Wise

John II

Stephen III the Magnificent

Albert II

Henry XVI the Rich

Ernest

William III

William II

Louis VII the Bearded

John III the Pitiless

Albert III

Louis VIII the Hunchback

Louis IX the Rich

Albert IV the Wise

John IV

Sigismund

George I the Rich

William IV the Steadfast

Louis X

Albert V the Magnanimous

William V the Pious

Maximilian I the Great

Albert VI

Ferdinand Maria

Maximilian Philip Hieronymus

Maximilian II Emanuel

Charles Albert

Maximilian III Joseph the Beloved

Charles Theodore

Maximilian IV Joseph

Maximilian I

Ludwig I

Maximilian II

Ludwig II

Otto

Ludwig III

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