Bavarian division of the country from 1255

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In the Bavarian division of 1255 , also known as the First Bavarian division , the Duchy of Bavaria and the Palatinate County near Rhine were divided between the two sons of Duke Otto II († 1253) on March 28, 1255 . Ludwig II received the Duchy of Upper Bavaria and the Palatinate, Heinrich XIII. the Duchy of Lower Bavaria . The two Bavarian duchies were reunited in 1340 under Ludwig's son Ludwig IV , Duke of Upper Bavaria and Roman-German Emperor .

Ludwig II. And Heinrich XIII. After the death of their father, they took over the rule together and in the autumn of 1254 confirmed their will to rule together. Around Easter 1255 they finally divided - although imperial principalities were considered indivisible at that time - the inherited goods and rights in Bavaria and the Palatinate counties. Ludwig received the Palatinate and Upper Bavaria, which stretched in a long arc from Schwandorf via Ingolstadt and Munich to Wasserburg and Kufstein . He resided in Munich. Heinrich took over Lower Bavaria, between Cham and Reichenhall . He chose Landshut as his royal seat.

Timeline

The Upper Bavarian dukes are shown in red, the Lower Bavarian dukes in yellow and the entire Bavarian dukes in orange.

literature

  • Andreas Kraus (Ed.): The old Bavaria. The territorial state from the end of the 12th century to the end of the 18th century (=  Handbook of Bavarian History . Volume II ). 2nd Edition. CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-32320-0 , p. 72-75, 541-542 .
  • Wilhelm Störmer: The Wittelsbach state divisions in the late Middle Ages (1255–1505) . In: Suzanne Bäumler, Evamaria Brockhoff, Michael Henker (eds.): By Kaisers Gnaden. 500 years of Pfalz-Neuburg . House of Bavarian History, Augsburg 2005, ISBN 3-937974-01-6 , p. 17-23 .