Duke of Bavaria from 1375 (1339–1393)
Frederick (1339 – 4 December 1393) wasDuke of Bavaria from 1375.[ 1] [ 2] Stephen II andElizabeth of Sicily .[ 3]
From 1375 to 1392 he ruledBavaria-Landshut jointly with his brothersStephen III andJohn II and managed to administer the richest part of the duchy, the region ofLandshut which he also kept after the division of Bavaria among the brothers in 1392, when Bavaria-Landshut was reduced sinceBavaria-Ingolstadt andBavaria-Munich were created for his brothers.[ 4]
In 1383 Frederick fought on the French side in Flanders against the English. He visited his uncleAlbert I of Straubing-Holland inQuesnoy and participated in the siege ofBourbourg . On 1 November he went for an annual pension of 4000 francs in Paris in the service of KingCharles VI , whose marriage to his niece Elizabeth he ran significantly. In the summer of 1385 he accompanied Elizabeth - later namedIsabeau de Bavaria - toAmiens for her marriage with the King.
In 1387 Frederick imprisoned thearchbishop of Salzburg to force him to finish his alliance with a confederation of cities inSwabia . Frederick was an advisor of KingWenceslaus ofBohemia in legal affairs and a favorable candidate for the king's succession when he died in 1393 atBudweis , South Bohemia. He was succeeded in Bavaria-Landshut by his sonHenry .
Family and children [ edit ] He was married twice. First, 1360 to Anna of Neuffen, daughter ofBerthold VII of Neuffen . In this marriage he had only a daughter, Elisabeth (Isabella) (1361 – 17 January 1382), married toMarco Visconti, Lord of Parma .
Secondly, he was married on 2 September 1381 toMaddalena Visconti , daughter ofBernabò Visconti andBeatrice Regina della Scala . Their children were:
Henry XVI the Rich (1386–1450).John, died young. Elizabeth (1383 – 13 November 1442,Ansbach ), married toFrederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg .Margareta (b. 1384), died young. Magdalene (1388–1410), married in 1404 to CountJohn Meinhard VII, Count of Gorizia . ^ 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 ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6 ^ Glasauer, Bernhard (2009).Herzog Heinrich XVI. (1393-1450) der Reiche von Bayern-Landshut: Territorialpolitik zwischen Dynastie und Reich 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 ^ Wilberg, Max (1906).Regenten-Tabellen
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Frederick, Duke of Bavaria
Born: 1339 Died: 4 December 1393 Regnal titles Preceded by Duke of Bavaria-Landshut Succeeded by
