Heinrich XIV. (Bavaria)

Heinrich XIV. (As Duke of Lower Bavaria also Heinrich II .; Born September 29, 1305 ; † September 1, 1339 in Landshut ) was the successor of his father Stephan I from 1310 to 1339, Duke of Lower Bavaria. As a Lower Bavarian Duke, he was also referred to as Heinrich the Elder , in contrast to his younger cousin Heinrich XV. Heinrich was married to Margaret of Bohemia (1313-1341), the eldest daughter of King John of Bohemia .

Life

After the death of his father, Heinrich and his brother Otto IV became Duke of Lower Bavaria, initially under the tutelage of Ludwig of Bavaria , who had prevailed against the Habsburg Frederick the Fair in the dispute over the guardianship of the young dukes. Later - in the conflict between the Wittelsbachers and the Habsburgs - Heinrich Ludwig supported Bavaria and when he was considering abdicating as German king in 1333 , Heinrich was considered as a possible candidate for the successor. When Lower Bavaria was split up into three domains with the division of Lower Bavaria in 1331 , Heinrich ruled Straubing, Schärding and parish churches for a year in addition to the Landshut residence, until the division was lifted the following year. Further quarrels with his brother Otto and his cousin Heinrich XV. around the rule in Lower Bavaria, relations with Ludwig the Bavarian later deteriorated, so that Heinrich temporarily allied himself with his father-in-law Johann von Böhmen, whom he also accompanied on a trip to Prussia in 1336/37 . Shortly after his reconciliation with Ludwig the Bavarian, Heinrich succumbed to his leprosy . His son Johann the child (1329–1340) was his successor in Lower Bavaria .

literature

Kurt Reindel : Heinrich XIV., Duke of Bavaria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 345 ( digitized version ).
Sigmund Ritter von Riezler : Heinrich XIV., Duke of Baiern . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 470-474.
Rudolf Reiser : Heinrich XIV .. In: Karl Bosl (Hrsg.): Bosls Bavarian Biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 323 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

↑ Werner Paravicini: The Prussian journeys of the European nobility (= supplements of the Francia . Volume 17/1 ). Part 1. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, ISBN 3-7995-7317-8 , p. 147 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Stephan I.	Duke of Lower Bavaria 1310–1339	Johann I.

personal data
SURNAME	Henry XIV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henry II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Lower Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH	September 29, 1305
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1339
Place of death	Landshut

[1] Werner Paravicini: The Prussian journeys of the European nobility (= supplements of the Francia . Volume 17/1 ). Part 1. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, ISBN 3-7995-7317-8 , p. 147 ( digitized version ).