Elisabeth of Bavaria (1361-1382)

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Elisabeth of Bavaria (* 1361 ; † January 17, 1382 in Milan ), the only daughter of Duke Friedrich of Bavaria from his first marriage to Anna von Neuffen, was the wife of Marco Viscontis , Lord of Parma .

Life

When the Bavarian dukes allied themselves with the Milanese city lord Bernabò Visconti in 1365 , this alliance was sealed with a double engagement: on August 12, 1365, Bernabò's son Marco and the four-year-old Elisabeth as well as Marco's older sister Taddea and Elisabeth's uncle Stephan got engaged in Milan . The further negotiations between Wittelsbachers and Visconti are documented in nine documents from the years 1366 and 1367. In October 1366 a Bavarian delegation clarified in Milan outstanding issues, in November Bernabò sent to contract Plenipotentiary envoy to Bavaria, which includes the approval of the Habsburg caught up in January 1367 Elizabeth was dowry passed in the value of 45,000 guilders and her in February Witwengut enshrined . In April 1367, Taddea's dowry was finally transferred in Milan, which amounted to an impressive 100,000 guilders.

It is unclear when Elisabeth herself came to Milan and when her wedding to Marco Visconti finally took place. It is possible that she traveled to Lausanne as early as the summer of 1367 and then on to Milan accompanied by her father-in-law. What is certain is that Elisabeth and Marco had been married for some time when he died on January 3, 1382 in Milan. Elisabeth followed him two weeks later and was buried like her husband in Milan. Taddea Visconti, who gave Duke Stephan the children Ludwig and Elisabeth , had died the year before. The connection between the Wittelsbachers and Visconti remained, however, Elisabeth's father Friedrich had married Marco's younger sister Maddalena for the second time on September 2, 1381 .

literature

  • Hans Patze : The Wittelsbacher in medieval politics in Europe . In: Journal for Bavarian State History . tape 44 , 1981, pp. 33-79 , especially 72 ( online ).
  • Theodor Straub : The Milanese marriage of Duke Stephen III. of the Kneißels and The real year of birth of Duke Louis the Bearded and his sister Isabeau de Bavière . In: Collection sheet of the historical association Ingolstadt . tape 77 , 1968, pp. 5-12 , especially 6-8 ( online ).
  • Theodor Straub: Bavaria under the sign of the divisions and partial duchies . In: Max Spindler , Andreas Kraus (Hrsg.): Handbook of Bavarian History . 2nd Edition. tape II . CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-32320-0 , p. 196-287 , especially 214 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Straub, Teilungen und Teilherzogtenschaften , p. 214, note 3, after Bernardino Corio, Storia di Milano , Volume 2, Milano 1865, p. 220; Straub, Milan Marriage , p. 7.
  2. ^ Document dated October 7, 1366, Bavarian Main State Archives, Munich, State Administration , No. 3582 (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 7).
  3. ↑ Document dated November 17, 1366, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Manuscript Français 20780, fol. 351 (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 9).
  4. ↑ Document of November 13, 1366, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Manuscript Français 6537, fol. 19 (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 10).
  5. ↑ Document of January 14, 1367, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Manuscript Français 20780, fol. 351 BC (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 11).
  6. ↑ Document of February 27, 1367, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Manuscript Français 20780, fol. 350 BC (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 12).
  7. ↑ Document of April 10, 1367, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris, Manuscript Français 20780, fol. 350 (after Straub, Marriage in Milan , note 13).
  8. ↑ So Patze, Wittelsbacher , p. 72 following Storia di Milano , Volume 5, 1955, p. 428 f.
  9. ↑ Straub, Mailänder Heirat , pp. 7–8 assumes that the marriage was only concluded around 1377 due to the young age of the bride and groom.
  10. ↑ Patze, Wittelsbacher , p. 72.
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth of Bavaria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elisabeth von Wittelsbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION eldest daughter of Duke Friedrichs of Bavaria and wife Marco Viscontis
DATE OF BIRTH 1361
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1382
Place of death Milan