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The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.

Members of the family were rulers of Bavaria, either as Dukes, Electors or Kings, from 1180 until the revolution in 1918, after the defeat of Germany in World War I.

Other land, controlled by other branches of the family include

Territory From To Note
Counts Palatine of the Rhine 1214 1803 Break during the Napoleonic Wars
1816 1918
Margraves of Brandenburg 1323 1373
Counts of Holland 1345 1432
Counts of Hainaut
Counts of Zeeland
Elector-Archbishops of Cologne 1583 1761
Dukes of Jülich 1614 1794 Until occupied by the French
Dukes of Berg 1806
Kings of Sweden 1441 1448 Christopher of Bavaria as Kristofer av Bayern
1654 1720 Charles X Gustav, Charles XI, Charles XII, Ulrika Eleonora
Dukes of Bremen-Verden 1654 1719

Wittelsbachs also ruled as

Title Reign started Reign ended Note
Holy Roman Emperor 1328 1347 Louis IV
1742 1745 Charles VII
King of the Romans 1400 1410 Rupert
Anti-Kings of Bohemia 1619 1620 Frederick V, the Winter King
1741 1743 Karel Albrecht Bavorský
King of Hungary 1305 1308 Béla V
King of Denmark 1440 1448 Christopher of Bavaria as Christoffer af Bayern
King of Norway 1442 Christopher of Bavaria as Christoffer av Bayern
King of Greece 1832 1862 Otto I of Greece

Images for kids

  • Wittelsbach-Bayern-Wappen

    Coat of arms (13th to 14th century). The white-and-blue lozenges came to the family when Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria acquired the county of Bogen in 1240

  • Wappen des Herzogs in Bayern (Haus Wittelsbach)

    Coat of arms (15th century), the Wittelsbach (Bogen) lozenges quartered with the lion of the Palatinate.

  • HRR 14Jh

    The Wittelsbach dominions within the Holy Roman Empire (Bavaria, The Netherlands and Palatinate) 1373 are shown as      Wittelsbach, among the houses of      Luxembourg which acquired Brandenburg that year and      Habsburg which had acquired Tyrol in 1369

  • HRR 1648 Bayern

    The Electorate of Bavaria highlighted on a map of the Holy Roman Empire in 1648

  • Hd schloss

    Heidelberg Castle of the Electors of Palatinate

  • Bayern von 1800 bis heute

    The Electorate of Bavaria (1778) and the Kingdom of Bavaria (1816)

  • Swedish Empire (1560-1815) en2

    The Swedish Empire following the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658

  • Greece 1861

    The Kingdom of Greece in 1861.

  • Joseph Vivien 001

    Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662–1726)

  • King Otto of Greece

    Otto, King of Greece (1815–1867)

  • Hellenic Parliament from high above

    The Old Royal Palace in Athens, built for King Otto I by Friedrich von Gärtner, 1841

  • Propylaeen Muenchen-1

    Propylaea in Munich, monument for the secundogeniture of the Wittelsbach in Greece

  • München Alter Hof Burgstock

    The Old Court in Munich

  • Wening Residenz München

    Munich Residenz by Michael Wening

  • Exterior del Palacio de Nymphenburg, Múnich, Alemania59

    Nymphenburg Palace in Munich

  • Nuevo Palacio Schleissheim, Oberschleissheim, Alemania, 2013-08-31, DD 28

    Schleissheim Palace in Munich

  • Castillo Trausnitz, Landshut, Alemania, 2012-05-27, DD 20

    Trausnitz Castle in Landshut

  • Neues Schloss Ingolstadt Südwest

    Ingolstadt Castle

  • Schloss Straubing2

    Straubing Castle

  • P1010270 Burghausen

    Burghausen Castle

  • Hohenschwangau (9436083255)

    Hohenschwangau Castle

  • Castelul Linderhof18

    Linderhof Palace

  • Schloss Herrenchiemsee Parkseite Westen

    Herrenchiemsee Palace

  • Ehrenhof des Mannheimer Schlosses

    Mannheim Palace

  • Schwetzingen BW 2014-07-22 16-43-37

    Schwetzingen Castle

  • Schloss Neuburg

    Neuburg Castle (Bavaria)

  • Düsseldorf, handkolorierter Kupferstich nach L.Janscha, 1798

    Düsseldorf Castle

  • Schloss Benrath Jan2012

    Benrath Mansion in Düsseldorf

  • Bensberg Neues Schloss Denkmal 136 2011

    Bensberg Castle

  • Zweibrücken castle front April 2010 darker

    Zweibrücken Castle

  • Birkenfeld-merian

    Birkenfeld Castle 1645

  • 2010.08.22.123059 Burg Sulzbach-Rosenberg

    Sulzbach Castle

  • Residenz Neumarkt Oberpfalz 001

    Neumarkt Castle

  • Merian Simmern

    Simmern Castle 1648

  • Universität Bonn

    Electoral Palace, Bonn

  • Poppelsdorfer Schloss seen from the East

    Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn

  • Schloss Augustusburg, Hof

    Augustusburg Palace, Brühl

See also

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