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 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach, born 1282, was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor.
Louis V the Brandenburger, duke of Bavaria, born 1316
Louis VI the Roman, duke of Bavaria, born 1330
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Kingdom of Bavaria
Its tributaries in Bavaria from the south are the Iller, a stream rich in fish, the Lech, the Isar, and the Inn; from the north its tributaries are the Wörnitz, the Altmühl, the Regen, and the Vils.
Farming in lower Bavaria and cattle-breeding in Swabia, Upper Bavaria, and Middle Franconia are the chief occupations, while the wines of Franconia and the Palatinate and the fruit and vegetables of Bamberg have a high reputation.
Louis II (1253-94) was succeeded by his son Louis III (known as Emperor Louis IV of the Holy Roman Empire) who, by an agreement in 1329 at Pavia, took Bavaria proper, leaving to Rudolph, his brother, the Rhine Palatinate.
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 FRANCIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Dukes of Savoy, beginning with a county in Burgundy, acquired more land and a capital (Turin) in Italy, named their new Kingdom after Sardinia and ultimately succeeded as the modern Kings of Italy.
When Louis V died, Charles of Lorraine was ignored, and the West Frankish throne, which one may as well call "France" at this point, passed permanently to the house of Paris.
The biggest break came when Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, was killed in 1477 and Louis XI was able to secure the return of large parts of the Burgundian domain to France, since the heiress Mary of Burgundy would not inherit under the Salic Law.
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 HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG - Online Information article about HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG
LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0.
Louis, known to history as the emperor Louis the Bavarian, was also chosen.
Ladislaus, who became duke of Austria and king of Hungary and Bohemia.
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 ipedia.com: Holy Roman Empire Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The eastern part fell to Louis the German, who was followed by several leaders until the death of Louis IV, called "the Child", the last Carolingian in the eastern part.
The leaders of Alamannia, Bavaria, Frankia and Saxonia elected Conrad I of the Franks, not a Carolingian, as their leader in 911.
When Frederick III needed the dukes to finance war against Hungaria in 1486 and at the same time had his son, later Maximilian I elected king, he was presented with the dukes' united demand to participate in an Imperial Court.
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 alt.talk.royalty FAQ: British royalty and nobility
George was Duke of Edinburgh from 1751 until 1760 when he acceded to the throne as King George III and all his honours merged in the Crown.
Thus, the present duke may not be the last (because of 1), but the dukedom is likely to merge sooner or later (because of 2).
The requirements of the Royal Marriages Act were applied when the present Duke of Fife (a descendant of HRH Princess Louise, daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) asked for permission to marry a Roman Catholic and was refused, leading to his subsequent marriage to a Protestant.
www.heraldica.org /faqs/britfaq.html   (18602 words)

  
 AllRefer Encyclopedia - German History, Biographies Encyclopedia
880, king of Bavaria, Carinthia, Pannonia, and Moravia
• Maximilian I, 1573¢#150;1651, elector and duke of Bavaria
• Maximilian I, 1756¢#150;1825, king and elector of Bavaria
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