Monday, February 26, 2018

The House of Wittelsbach

Members of the family reigned as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria (1180–1918), Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214–1803 and 1816–1918), Margraves of Brandenburg (1323–1373), Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland (1345–1432), Elector-Archbishops of Cologne (1583–1761), Dukes of Jülich and Berg (1614–1794/1806), Kings of Sweden (1441–1448 and 1654–1720) and Dukes of Bremen-Verden (1654–1719).


The family also provided two Holy Roman Emperors (1328–1347/1742–1745), one King of the Romans (1400–1410), two Anti-Kings of Bohemia (1619–20/1742–43), one King of Hungary (1305–1309), one King of Denmark and Norway (1440–1447) and one King of Greece (1832–1862).
- from Wikipedia


The first member of this family that married into a direct descendant of Charlemagne is Otto II, Pfalzgraf von Bayern who married Heilika von Lengenfeld which can be traced the descend as below :


  1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814 - Hildegardis
  2. Pippin I (Karlmann), King of Italy 781-810 - (Bertha?)
  3. Bernhard I, King of Italy 813-817 - Kunigund
  4. Pippin, Comte de Senlis, Peronne and St.Quintin - NN (unnamed wife)
  5. Heribert I, Comte de Vermandois - Bertha de Morvois
  6. Heribert II, Comte de Meaux, Soissons et Vermandois - Adela|Liegarde|Hildebrante of Neustria
  7. Liutgarde|Ledgard de Vermandois - Thibaut I 'the Deceiver', Comte de Blois et Chartres
  8. Emma de Blois - Guillaume II-IV 'Fier à bras', Duc d'Aquitaine, Comte de Poitou
  9. Guillaume III-V 'le Grand', Duc d'Aquitaine 996-1030, Comte de Poitou - Agnes de Bourgogne
  10. Agnès de Poitou - Heinrich III, Holy Roman Emperor (1046-1056)
  11. Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1084-1106) - Berta de Savoie
  12. Agnes von Franken - Friedrich I, Herzog von Schwaben 1079-1105
  13. Heilika|Hadewig von Staufen - Friedrich III von Pettendorf, Herr von Hopfenhohe-Pettendorf-Lengenfeld
  14. Heilika von Lengenfeld - Otto II, Pfalzgraf von Bayern
This royal house had been title holder of :
  • Holy Roman Emperor
  • King of the Romans
  • King of Denmark
  • King of Sweden
  • King of Norway
  • King of Greece
  • King of Bavaria
  • Duke of Bavaria
  • Elector of Bavaria
  • Elector of the Palatinate
  • Elector of Cologne
Bayeee!!!

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