Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

Frederick, Duke of Bavaria
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria
Born	1339
Died	4 December 1393 (aged 53–54); České Budějovice
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Anna of Neuffen; Maddalena Visconti
Issue	Elisabeth; Henry XVI the Rich; John; Elisabeth; Margareta; Magdalene
Father	Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Elisabeth of Sicily

Frederick (1339 – 4 December 1393) was Duke of Bavaria from 1375.^[1]^[2] He was the second son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.^[3]

Reign

From 1375 to 1392 he ruled Bavaria-Landshut jointly with his brothers Stephen III and John II and managed to administer the richest part of the duchy, the region of Landshut which he also kept after the division of Bavaria among the brothers in 1392, when Bavaria-Landshut was reduced since Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Bavaria-Munich were created for his brothers.^[4]

In 1383 Frederick fought on the French side in Flanders against the English. He visited his uncle Albert I of Straubing-Holland in Quesnoy and participated in the siege of Bourbourg. On 1 November he went for an annual pension of 4000 francs in Paris in the service of King Charles VI, whose marriage to his niece Elizabeth he ran significantly. In the summer of 1385 he accompanied Elizabeth - later named Isabeau de Bavaria - to Amiens for her marriage with the King.

In 1387 Frederick imprisoned the archbishop of Salzburg to force him to finish his alliance with a confederation of cities in Swabia. Frederick was an advisor of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia in legal affairs and a favorable candidate for the king's succession when he died in 1393 at Budweis, South Bohemia. He was succeeded in Bavaria-Landshut by his son Henry.

Family and children

He was married twice. First, 1360 to Anna of Neuffen, daughter of Berthold VII of Neuffen. In this marriage he had only a daughter, Elisabeth (Isabella) (1361 – 17 January 1382), married to Marco Visconti, Lord of Parma.

Secondly, he was married on 2 September 1381 to Maddalena Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti and Beatrice Regina della Scala. Their children were:

Henry XVI the Rich (1386–1450).
John, died young.
Elizabeth (1383 – 13 November 1442, Ansbach), married to Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg.
Margareta (b. 1384), died young.
Magdalene (1388–1410), married in 1404 to Count John Meinhard VII, Count of Gorizia.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

16. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria

8. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

17. Agnes of the Palatinate

4. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

18. Rudolf I of Germany

9. Matilda of Habsburg

19. Gertrude of Hohenberg

2. Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria

20. Bolesław II Rogatka

10. Bolko I the Strict

21. Hedwig of Anhalt

5. Beatrice of Silesia

22. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

11. Beatrice of Brandenburg

23. Judith of Henneberg

1. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

24. James I of Aragon

12. Peter III of Aragon

25. Violant of Hungary

6. Frederick III of Sicily

26. Manfred of Sicily

13. Constance of Sicily

27. Beatrice of Savoy

3. Elisabeth of Sicily

28. Charles I of Naples

14. Charles II of Naples

29. Beatrice of Provence

7. Eleanor of Anjou

30. Stephen V of Hungary

15. Mary of Hungary

31. Elizabeth the Cuman

Regnal titles
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 1339 Died: 4 December 1393
Preceded by Stephen II	Duke of Bavaria-Landshut 1375–1393	Succeeded by Henry XVI the Rich

References

^ Weis, Frederick Lewis; Sheppard, Walter Lee; Beall, William Ryland; Beall, Kaleen E. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.
^ Glasauer, Bernhard (2009). Herzog Heinrich XVI. (1393-1450) der Reiche von Bayern-Landshut: Territorialpolitik zwischen Dynastie und Reich (in German). Herbert Utz Verlag. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-8316-0899-7.
^ Neue Gesetz- und Verordnungen-Sammlung für das Königreich Bayern: mit Einschluß der Reichsgesetzgebung ; enthaltend die auf dem Gebiete der Verfassung und Verwaltung geltenden oder die Interessen des Staatsbürgers betreffenden Gesetze, Verordnungen und sonstigen Bestimmungen (in German). Beck. 1894. p. 580.
^ Wilberg, Max (1906). Regenten-Tabellen (in German). P. Beholtz. p. 116.

[1] Weis, Frederick Lewis; Sheppard, Walter Lee; Beall, William Ryland; Beall, Kaleen E. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.

[2] Glasauer, Bernhard (2009). Herzog Heinrich XVI. (1393-1450) der Reiche von Bayern-Landshut: Territorialpolitik zwischen Dynastie und Reich (in German). Herbert Utz Verlag. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-8316-0899-7.

[3] Neue Gesetz- und Verordnungen-Sammlung für das Königreich Bayern: mit Einschluß der Reichsgesetzgebung ; enthaltend die auf dem Gebiete der Verfassung und Verwaltung geltenden oder die Interessen des Staatsbürgers betreffenden Gesetze, Verordnungen und sonstigen Bestimmungen (in German). Beck. 1894. p. 580.

[4] Wilberg, Max (1906). Regenten-Tabellen (in German). P. Beholtz. p. 116.

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