Elisabeth of Lower Bavaria

Elisabeth von Niederbayern (* around 1305; † March 25, 1330 in Vienna ) was the first wife of Otto the Happy , who came from the Habsburg dynasty and who from 1330 bore the title of Duke of Austria.

Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Stephan I of Lower Bavaria and his wife Judith von Schweidnitz . She was considered very fun-loving. On May 15, 1325, she married Otto the Happy in Straubing . She exerted a significant influence on life at her husband's court. The noble couple had two children:

Friedrich II. (* 1327; † 1344), Duke of Austria
Leopold II (* 1328; † 1344), Duke of Austria

Only around 25 years old, Elisabeth died in Vienna in 1330 of food poisoning. She was buried in the Cistercian monastery Neuberg in the Mürz valley .

literature

Elisabeth of Lower Bavaria . In: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): The Habsburgs . 1988, p. 84.

Web links

Short biography of Elisabeth with Charles Cawley: Bavaria, Medieval Lands

Remarks

↑ Thus the article on Elisabeth in Brigitte Hamann (ed.): Die Habsburger , p. 84. Wurzbach's statement is incorrect: Elisabeth von Bayern . No. 60. In: Biographisches Lexikon. 6th part. Vienna 1860, p. 165 ( digitized version ) that Elisabeth only died around 1334.

personal data
SURNAME	Elisabeth of Lower Bavaria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Wife of Duke Otto the Merry
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1305
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 1330
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Thus the article on Elisabeth in Brigitte Hamann (ed.): Die Habsburger , p. 84. Wurzbach's statement is incorrect: Elisabeth von Bayern . No. 60. In: Biographisches Lexikon. 6th part. Vienna 1860, p. 165 ( digitized version ) that Elisabeth only died around 1334.