RULERS OF BAVARIA
Agilolfing dynasty - Dukes
Garibald I (Garwalt) 553 - 590
Thasilo I 590 - 609
Garibald II 609 - 640
Theodo (Dietho) 640 - 680
Theodo II 680 - 702
Land divided onto 3 parts:
Rhaetie
Theodebert 702 - 725
Upper Bavaria
Grimoald 702 - 723
Nordgau
Theodebald 702 - 715
Theobert 715 - 725
Land united:
Hugbert 725 - 737
Odilo 737 - 748, king
Thasilo II 748 - 788, king
Theodo 788 - 789
Charlemagne dynasty
* Louis II "the German" 826 - 843
* Lothar I - 855
* Karloman 876 - 880
* Arnulf 887 - 889
* Louis IV "das Kind" 899 - 909
Luitpoldinger dynasty
* Luitpold 895 - 907
* Arnulf I 907 - 914
interregnum 914 - 919
* Arnulf I 919 - 937 (again)
* Eberhard 937 - 938
* Berchtold 938 - 945
Sachsen dynasty
* Heinrich I 945 - 955
Ludolf 955 - 957
* Heinrich II 955 - 976
* Otto I 976 - 982
Luitpoldinger dynasty
* Heinrich III "der Jüngere" 983 - 985
Sachsen dynasty
* Heinrich II 985 - 995
Heinrich IV "der Heilige" 995 - 1004
Luxemburg dynasty
Heinrich V 1004 - 1009
Sachsen dynasty
Heinrich IV 1009 - 1017 (again)
Luxemburg dynasty
Heinrich V 1017 - 1026 (again)
Saalen dynasty
Heinrich VI "der Schwarze" 1027 - 1042
Luxemburg dynasty
Heinrich VII 1042 - 1047
Saalen dynasty
Heinrich VI 1047 - 1049 (again)
Ezzonid dynasty
* Konrad, Gf von Zütphen 1049 - 1053
Saalen dynasty
Heinrich VIII 1053 - 1055
Konrad II 1055
Agnes de Poitiers 1055 - 1061
Nordheim dynasty
Otto 1061 - 1070
Welfen dynasty
* Welf IV 1070 - 1077
Saalen dynasty
Heinrich VIII 1077 - 1096
Welfen dynasty
* Welf IV 1096 - 1101 (again)
* Welf V 1101 - 1120
* Heinrich IX "der Schwarze" 1120 - 1126
* Heinrich X "der Stolze" 1126 - 1138
Babenbergen dynasty
* Leopold IV 1139 - 1141
Hohenstaufen dynasty
* Konrad III 1141 - 1143
Babenbergen dynasty
* Heinrich XI "Jasomirgott" 1143 - 1156
Welfen dynasty
* Heinrich XII "der Löwe" 1156 - 1180
Wittelsbach dynasty
* Otto I 1180 - 1183
* Ludwig I 1183 - 1231
* Otto II 1231 - 1253
Land divided into 2 parts:
Lower Bavaria
* Heinrich I 1253 - 1290
* Otto III 1290 - 1312
* Ludwig III 1290 - 1296
* Stephan I 1290 - 1310
* Heinrich II 1312 - 1333
* Otto IV 1331 - 1334
* Heinrich III 1333 - 1339
* Johann I 1333 - 1340
Upper Bavaria and Rheinpfalz
* Ludwig II "der Strenge" 1253 - 1294
* Rudolf I 1294 - 1317
* Ludwig IV 1302 - 1347
* Ludwig V 1347 - 1361
* Ludwig VI 1347 - 1351
* Meinhard 1361 - 1363
Land divided into 4 smaller parts:
* Otto V "der Faule" 1347 - 1379
Bavaria-Straubing
* Albrecht I 1347 - 1404
* Wilhelm II 1404 - 1417, Gf von Straubing
* Johann 1417 - 1425
Bavaria-Ingolstadt
* Stephan II 1347 - 1375 - Lower B.
* Stephan III 1375 - 1413
* Ludwig VII 1413 - 1441
* Ludwig VIII 1441 - 1445
* Ludwig IX 1445 - 1479
* Georg 1479 - 1503
* Albrecht IV "der Weisse" 1504 - 1508
Bavaria-Landshut
* Friedrich II 1392 - 1393
* Heinrich IV 1393 - 1450
* Ludwig IX 1450 - 1479
* Georg 1479 - 1503
* Albrecht IV "der Weisse" 1504 - 1508
Bavaria-Munich
* Johann II 1375 - 1397
* Ernst I 1397 - 1438
* Albrecht III "der Fromme" 1438 - 1460
* Albrecht IV "der Weisse" 1460 - 1508, 1505 union of the whole land
* Johann IV 1460 - 1463
* Sigmund 1460 - 1467
united Bavaria
* Wilhelm IV 1508 - 1550
* Ludwig X 1516 - 1545
* Albrecht V "der Grossmühtige" 1550 - 1579
* Wilhelm V 1579 - 1598
* Maximilian I 1598 - 1651, 1623 Kfst
* Ferdinand Maria 1651 - 1679
* Maximilian II Emanuel 1679 - 1726
* Karl Albrecht 1726 - 1745
* Maximilian III Joseph 1745 - 1777
* Karl Theodor 1777 - 1799
* Maximilian IV Joseph 1799 - 1825 Duke-Elector, from 1806 King
KINGS:
* Maximilian I Joseph 1806 - 1825
* Ludwig I 1825 - 1848
* Maximilian II 1848 - 1864
* Ludwig II 1864 - 1886
* Luitpold 1886 Prinzregent
* Otto 1886 - 1913
* Luitpold 1886-1912 Prinzregent
* Ludwig 1912-1913 Prinzregent
* Ludwig III 1913 - 1918
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Last updated 29th August 2002