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Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor 1282–1347 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4/5/1282

Birth Location: Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Death Date: 10/11/1347

Death Location: Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany

Father: Louis Bavaria

Mother: Matilda Habsburg

Spouse(s): Margaret Avesnes, Beatrice Silesia

Children(s): Albert Bavaria, Mathilde Bavaria, Stephen Bavaria

Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor was born in 1282 in Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, the child of Louis Ii Of Bavaria And Matilda Of Habsburg. Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor married Beatrice Of Silesia, Margaret Ii Of Avesnes, and had children including Albert I Of Bavaria, Mathilde Of Bavaria, Stephen Ii Of Bavaria. Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor passed away in 1347 in Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.

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Biography

  • Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor was born in 1282 in Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, the child of Louis Ii Of Bavaria And Matilda Of Habsburg.
  • Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor married Beatrice Of Silesia, Margaret Ii Of Avesnes, and had children including Albert I Of Bavaria, Mathilde Of Bavaria, Stephen Ii Of Bavaria.
  • Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor passed away in 1347 in Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Louis Bavaria
1229–1294
Birth Location: Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Matilda Habsburg
1253–1304
Birth Location: –
MH

Spouses(s)

Margaret Avesnes
1308–1356
Birth Location: –
MA
Beatrice Silesia
1290–1320
Birth Location: –
BS

Children(s)

Albert Bavaria
1336–1404
Birth Location: Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
AB
Mathilde Bavaria
1313–1346
Birth Location: Bavaria, Germany
MB
Stephen Bavaria
1319–1375
Birth Location: –
SB

Louis Emperor's Ancestors

Self
Louis Emperor
1282–1347
Birth Place: Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Parents
Louis II Of Bavaria
1229–1294
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Matilda (Of) Habsburg
1253–1304
Grandparents
Otto (II Of) Bavaria
1206–1253
Kelheim, Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany
Agnes (Of) Palatinate
1201–1267
Rudolf (I Of) Germany
1218–1291
Gertrude (Of) Hohenburg
1215–1281
Great-Grandparents
Louis Bavaria
1173–1231
Ludmilla Bohemia
1170–1240
Henry Brunswick
1173–1227
Agnes Hohenstaufen
1176–1204
Albert Habsburg
1188–1239
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Otto Bavaria
1117–1183
Agnes Loon
1150–1191
Frederick Bohemia
1142–1189
Elizabeth Hungary
1145–1189
Henry Lion
1129–1195
Matilda England
1156–1189
Conrad Hohenstaufen
1135–1195
Rudolf Habsburg
–1232

Louis Emperor's Descendants

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Louis (IV Holy Roman) Emperor (4/5/1282–10/11/1347) m. Margaret (II Of) Avesnes (1308–6/23/1356) m. Beatrice (Of) Silesia (1290–1320)
  1. 1. Albert (I Of) Bavaria 1336–1404 m. Margaret (Of) Brieg 1342–1386
    1. 1. Margaret (Of) Bavaria 1363–1423 m. John (The) Fearless 1371–1419
      1. 1. Marie Burgundy 1393–1466 m. Adolph (I Of) Cleves 1373–1448
        1. 1. John (I Of) Cleves 1419–1481 m. Elizabeth (Of) Nevers –1483
      2. 2. Agnes (Of) Burgundy 1407–1476 m. Charles (Of) Bourbon 1401–1456
        1. 1. Isabella (Of) Bourbon 1436–1465 m. Charles (The) Bold 1433–1477
        2. 2. Margaret (Of) Bourbon 1438–1483 m. Philip (II Of) Savoy 1438–1497
        3. 3. Catharine (Of) Bourbon 1440–1469 m. Adolf (Of) Guelders 1438–1477
      3. 3. Philip (The) Good 1396–1467 m. Isabella (Of) Portugal 1428–1496
        1. 1. Isabella (Of) Castile 1451–1504 m. Ferdinand (II Of) Aragon 1452–1516
        2. 2. Charles (The) Bold 1433–1477 m. Isabella (Of) Bourbon 1436–1465
      4. 4. Marie (Of) Burgundy 1393–1466 m. Adolph (I Of) Cleves 1373–1448
        1. 1. Marie (Of) Cleves 1426–1487 m. Charles (Of) Orleans 1394–1465
        2. 2. Catherine (Of) Cleves 1417–1479 m. Arnold (Of) Guelders 1410–1473
    2. 2. Joanna (Of) Bavaria 1373–1410 m. Albert (IV Of) Austria 1377–1404
      1. 1. Albert (II Of) Germany 1397–1439 m. Elizabeth (Of) Luxembourg 1409–1442
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Of) Austria 1436–1505 m. Casimir (IV) Jagiellon 1427–1492
  2. 2. Mathilde (Of) Bavaria 1313–1346 m. Frederick (II Of) Meissen 1310–1349
    1. 1. Elisabeth (Of) Meissen 1329–1375 m. Frederick (V Of) Nuremberg 1333–1398
      1. 1. Margaret (Of Hohenzollern-) Nuremberg 1367–1406 m. Hermann (II Of) Hesse 1341–1413
        1. 1. Louis (I Of) Hesse 1402–1458 m. Anna (Of) Saxony 1420–1462
      2. 2. Frederick (I Of) Brandenburg 1371–1440 m. Elisabeth (Of) Bavaria 1383–1442
        1. 1. Albrecht (III Of) Brandenburg 1414–1486 m. Anna (Of) Saxony 1437–1512
        2. 2. John (Of Brandenburg-) Kulmbach 1406–1464
      3. 3. Beatrice (Of) Nuremberg 1362–1414 m. Albert (III Of) Austria 1349–1395
        1. 1. Albert (IV Of) Austria 1377–1404 m. Joanna (Of) Bavaria 1373–1410
      4. 4. Elisabeth (Of) Nuremberg 1358–1411 m. Rupert (Of) Germany 1352–1410
        1. 1. Margaret (Of) Palatinate 1376–1434 m. Charles (II Of) Lorraine 1364–1431
    2. 2. Frederick (III Of) Thuringia 1332–1381 m. Catherine (Of) Henneberg 1334–1397
      1. 1. Frederick (I Of) Saxony 1370–1428 m. Catherine (Of) Brunswick-luneburg 1395–1441
        1. 1. Anna (Of) Saxony 1420–1462 m. Louis (I Of) Hesse 1402–1458
        2. 2. Frederick (II Of) Saxony 1412–1464 m. Margaret (Of) Austria 1416–1486
  3. 3. Stephen (II Of) Bavaria 1319–1375 m. Elisabeth (Of) Sicily 1310–1349
    1. 1. Frederick (Of) Bavaria 1339–1393 m. Maddalena Visconti 1366–1404
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Of) Bavaria 1383–1442 m. Frederick (I Of) Brandenburg 1371–1440
    2. 2. John (II Of) Bavaria 1341–1397 m. Catherine (Of) Gorizia –1391
      1. 1. Ernest (Of Bavaria-) Munich 1373–1438 m. Elisabetta Visconti 1374–1432
        1. 1. Albert (III Of) Bavaria 1401–1460 m. Anna (Of Brunswick- Grubenhagen-) Einbeck 1414–1474

Louis Emperor's Timeline

2 Records

1282
4/5/1282
Birth of Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor in Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
1347
10/11/1347
Age 65
Death of Louis IV Holy Roman Emperor in Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany
Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 451282
    Event Place: Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10111347
    Event Place: Furstenfeldbruck, Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany
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