Stephen III Duke Of BAVARIA

Stephen married Taddea VISCONTI on 13 Oct 1364. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louis VII Duke Of BAVARIA was born on 20 Dec 1365; died on 01 May 1447 in Burghausen.
2. Isabeau Of BAVARIA was born in 1371; died on 24 Sep 1435.

Stephen married Elisabeth Of CLEVES on 16 Jan 1401 in Cologne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Duke of Bavaria in Lower Bavaria, Landshut, and Upper Bavaria

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Duke Stephen II of Bavaria (1319?13 May 1375, Landshut) (German: Stephan II mit der Hafte, Herzog von Bayern), since 1347 Duke of Bavaria. He was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.

His father reunited Bavaria in 1340 but in 1349 the country was divided for the emperor's six sons again in Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria-Landshut und Bavaria-Straubing. Stephen II ruled from 1349 to 1353 together with his brothers William I and Albert I in Holland and Lower Bavaria-Landshut, since 1353 only in Lower Bavaria-Landshut.

After the temporary reconcilement of the Wittelsbach with Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who had finally confirmed all Wittelsbach possessions, Stephen joined Charles' march into Italy in 1354. But already the Golden Bull of 1356 caused a new conflict since only the Palatinate branch of the Wittelsbach and his brother Louis VI the Roman as margrave of Brandenburg were invested with the electoral dignity. Stephen II was the last son of Emperor Louis IV absolved from the excommunication in 1362.

When Duke Meinhard, the son of his older brother Louis V died in 1363, Stephen II succeeded also in Upper Bavaria and invaded Tyrol. To strengthen his position he confederated with BernabÚ Visconti. Stephen finally renounced Tyrol for Habsburg with the Peace of Sch‰rding against a huge compensation after the death of Margarete Maultasch in 1369.

His conflict with his brother Louis VI the Roman on the heritage of Meinhard finally caused also the loss of Brandenburg for the Wittelsbach dynasty since Louis then made Charles IV his contracted heir. However Stephen accepted his brother Otto, the last Wittelsbach regent of Brandenburg, as his nominal co-regent when he returned to Bavaria in 1373. Stephen was succeeded by his three sons.

Stephen married Isabella Of SICILY on 27 Jun 1328. Isabella died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Frederick III King of Sicily