List of Rulers of Bavaria (Merveilles des Morte)

This is a list of rulers of Bavaria (German: Bayern), originally founded as the Duchy of Bavaria around the year 555. Bavaria was conquered by the Carolingian dynasty under Charlemagne in 788, and his descendants ruled Bavaria until the Bavaria's division into a number of rivaling duchies in 895. In 1180 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor granted Bavaria to Otto I from the House of Wittelsbach, who would rule Bavaria for the next several centuries. Bavaria was often divided among sons following the death of its dukes, leading to a number of partitions. Bavaria would not be formally reunited until the reign of Albert IV (1467-1510), after which Bavaria's succession laws were gradually reformed. In 1357 the Duke of Lower Bavaria was named an imperial elector, a distinction that the later dukes of an united Bavaria inherited. Following the Reformation, the Dukes of Bavaria have been Jungist after 1510.

Dukes of Bavaria

Picture	Name	Reign	Ruling part	Marriages	CoA
	John IV (1411-1467)	1435-1460	Bavaria-Ingolstadt	Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
		1460-1467	Bavaria-Munich
	Louis IX the Rich (1450-1477)	14 May 1479 – 1 August 1477 (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria-Landshut	Hedwig of Poland
	Albert IV the Wise (1447-1510)	1467-1477	Bavaria-Munich	Maria von Lenzburg
		1477-1510	Bavaria
	Albert V (Claimed) (1473-1510)	4 March 1510 – 10 December 1510 (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria-Landshut	Sibylle of Thuringia
	George I the Confessor (1480-1530)	4 March 1510 – 4 October 1540 (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria
	Otto VIII the Steadfast (1527-1566)	4 October 1540 – 3 January 1566 (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria	Martha von Jenagotha
	Frederick II the Great Elector (1550-1634)	3 January 1566 – 16 October 1634 (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria	(1) Josephine of Gentofte (2) Margaret of Bourbon (3) Michaela von Jenagotha (4) Barbara of Bohemia
	Ferdinand the Young Prince (1624-)	16 October 1634 – (56 years, 20 days)	Bavaria

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