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Louis IV the Bavarian Wittelsbach, Holy Roman Emperor
1282 - 1347

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• Suffix	Holy Roman Emperor
  Birth	1 Apr 1282  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Oct 1347
  Person ID	I24778	Descendants of William I
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2001

  
  

  Father	Louis II the Severe Wittelsbach, Duke of Upper Bavaria,   b. 13 Apr 1229,   d. 2 Feb 1294
  Family ID	F3642	Group Sheet

  
  

  Children	1. Stephen II of Bavarian Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria,   b. 1317,   d. 10 May 1375
  Family ID	F15389	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret of De Avesnes, Countess of Hainaut&Holl.,   b. 1308,   d. 1356
  Married	1324
  Children	1. William V of Zealand Wittelsbach, Duke of Zealand,   b. 1327,   d. 1389
  Family ID	F14998	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Duke of Bavaria 1294. Palatinate 1329. Emperor 1314-1328-1347, Duke von Bayern In 1294 he followed his father as Duke of Bavaria, but with his brother Rudolf and his mother acting as his regents. On 20 October 1314 he was elected as King of the Romans (Emperor Elect) and crowned as Emperor, first in Aachen on 25 November 1314 then again in Rome on 17 January 1328. On 20 December 1340 he inherited Lower-Bavaria. He died while hunting bears at Fuerstenfeld near Munich.




• Sources

  [S100] See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund I tafel, 27.