Wittelsbach
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de:Wittelsbach fr:Wittelsbach no:Wittelsbach pl:Wittelsbachowie nl:Wittelsbach The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806.
The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV (1328-1347) and Charles VII (1742-1745), and for half a century until 1373 also ruled Brandenburg in north-east Germany.
Other major members of the family include:
- Ruprecht III Wittelsbach (1352 - 1410)
- Sigismund of Bavaria (1439 - 1501)
- Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596 - 1632)
- Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria (1662 - 1726)
- Klemens August of Bavaria (1700 - 1761)
- Otto of Greece (1815 - 1867).
- Elisabeth of Austria (Empress "Sisi" of Austria) (1837 - 1898)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, "Mad Ludwig" (1845 - 1886)
- Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876 - 1965), third queen-consort of the Belgians
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External link
- The Royal Family of Bavaria - House of Wittelsbach (http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/royalbavaria.html)