General Notes

HISTORY OF HOUSE OF WITTELSBACH
Royal House of Bavaria and Princely House of Löwenstein
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Catholic: Once thought to have descended from the family of Lords of Babenberg (modern Bamberg), rulers or MarkGrafs of the Ostmark, the Wittelsbach line was founded by Luitpold (d 5 Jul 907), cousin and General of the Carolingian Emperor Arnulf, m to Kunigunde, dau of Cout Palatine Berthold of Swabia. He had with other issue (1) Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria 907-37, who was succ by his son Eberhard, whose 2nd son Arnulf, Count Palatine of Bavaria (d 954), whose male line became extinct with Konrad, Count of Diesen (d 1258); (2) Luitpold, MarkGraf of the Ostmark (d 984), father of Ernst, Duke of Swabia (d 1015), whose 2nd son Ernst (d 1030) was ancestor of MarkGraf Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (1108-1141), and his brother Heinrich II, Duke of Austria (1112-1177), this male line extinct with Duke Friedrich of Austria (d 1246); (3) Berthold, MarkGraf in Bavaria (d 980), was ancestor of Otto I, Count of Scheyern (d 1072), whose 3rd son Otto II, Count of Dachau acquired the castle of Wittelsbah, and was father of Otto IV, Count Palatine in Bavaria (d 1156), whose son Otto V was invested with the Duchy of Bavaria as Otto I, after the fall of Henry the Lion, 16 Sep 1180. Otto V's 2nd son Ludwig I (1174-1231) was father of Otto II (1206-1253) invested as Count Palatine of the Rhine (PfalzGraf bei Rhein) 1214 following his m to Agnes (1201-1267), dau and heiress of Heinrich I, Count Palatine of the Rhine, giving him sovereign privileges in parts of the ancient Duchy of Franconia west of the Rhone, centered around Heidelberg. Ludwig III, Duke of Bavaria (1229-1294), divided his inheritance with his younger brother Henry (1235-1290) but these possessions returned to the senior line on the extinction of Henry’s male line in 1339.