Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria

Henry XIV, duke of Bavaria (29 September 1305 – 1 September 1339), was duke of Lower Bavaria (also called Henry II).

Family

Henry was born in Landshut, a son of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, and Jutta of Schweidnitz.

His maternal grandparents were Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica and Beatrice of Brandenburg.

Bolko was a son of Bolesław II the Bald and his first wife Hedwig of Anhalt. Beatrix was a daughter of Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel and Jutta of Hennenberg.

Biography

After the death of his father he became duke of Lower Bavaria together with his brother Otto IV under the tutelage of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Henry supported Louis against Frederick I and became a candidate for the German crown when Louis considered temporarily his resignation in 1333.

Conflicts with his brother Otto IV (d. 1334) and his cousin Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria on the partition of their lands worsened the relationship between the emperor and Henry XIV, who allied with his father-in-law John I of Bohemia. Some months after the reconciliation with Louis IV in February 1339 Henry died from leprosy and was succeeded by his son John I, Duke of Bavaria.

Marriage

On 12 August 1328, Henry married Margaret of Bohemia. She was a daughter of John I of Bohemia and Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330). They had two children:

• John I, Duke of Bavaria (29 November 1329 – 20 December 1340).
• Henry of Wittelsbach (1330). Died within the year of his birth.

An illegitimate son named Eberhard is also mentioned in genealogies. Nothing is known of his mother and later life.

Ancestors

Family of Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria

16. Louis I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria               8. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Ludmilla of Bohemia               4. Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria                             18. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine               9. Agnes of the Palatinate                       19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen               2. Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria                                   20. Andrew II of Hungary               10. Béla IV of Hungary                       21. Gertrude of Merania               5. Elisabeth of Hungary                             22. Theodore I Laskaris               11. Maria Laskarina                       23. Anna Angelina               1. Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria                                         24. Henry II the Pious               12. Bolesław II the Bald                       25. Anne of Bohemia               6. Bolko I, Duke of Jawor and Świdnica                             26. Henry I, Count of Anhalt               13. Hedwig of Anhalt                       27. Irmgard of Thuringia               3. Jutta of Świdnica                                   28. Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg               14. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel                       29. Beatrice of Bohemia               7. Beatrice of Brandenburg-Salzwedel                             30. Herman I, Count of Henneberg               15. Judith of Henneberg-Coburg                       31. Margaret of Holland, Countess of Henneberg

External links

• A pedigree of him

Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Born: 1305 Died: 1339
German royalty
Regnal titles
Preceded by Stephen I	Duke of Lower Bavaria 1310–1339	Succeeded by John I