Wittelsbach
The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806.
The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV (1328-1347) and Charles VII (1742-1745), and for half a century until 1373 also ruled Brandenburg in north-east Germany.
Other major members of the family include:
- Ruprecht III Wittelsbach (1352 – 1410)
- Sigismund of Bavaria (1439 – 1501)
- Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596 – 1632)
- Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria (1662 – 1726)
- Klemens August of Bavaria (1700 – 1761)
- Otto of Greece (1815 – 1867).
- Elisabeth of Austria (Empress "Sisi" of Austria) (1837 – 1898)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, "Mad Ludwig" (1845 – 1886)
- Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876 – 1965), third queen-consort of the Belgians
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