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Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria

c. 1368–1447 · 15th century · Also known as Louis VII the Bearded, Louis the Bearded

Louis VII the Bearded was duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1413. Brother of Queen Isabeau of France, he spent years at the French court and returned with great wealth, building the New Castle and the Church of Our Lady in Ingolstadt. Constantly at war with his Wittelsbach cousins, he was placed under the imperial ban, captured in 1443 and died a prisoner at Burghausen in 1447.

Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria
Image: Christian Hörmann von Guttenberg, um 1750 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Landgraviate of ThuringiaDuchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt

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