Henry XV. (Bavaria)

Heinrich der Natternberger (as Duke of Bavaria Heinrich XV. , As Duke of Lower Bavaria Heinrich III .; * 1312 - † June 18, 1333 in Natternberg near Deggendorf ) was Duke of Lower Bavaria from 1312 to 1333. He was nicknamed "the Natternberger" because he stayed mainly in Natternberg at the castle of the same name. As Duke of Lower Bavaria, he was also referred to as Heinrich the Younger , in contrast to his older cousin Heinrich XIV.

Life

In the year of his father's death, Otto III. Born as the only son from his second marriage to Agnes von Glogau , he was under the guardianship of Ludwig of Bavaria and his brother Rudolf until 1319, and later that of his cousin of the same name, Heinrich the Elder .

Between him and his cousins ​​Heinrich the Elder and Otto IV there were protracted disputes over the property of Lower Bavaria, which were repeatedly settled by arbitration tribunals . In July 1329, the estates made the three dukes obliged not to divide the Duchy of Lower Bavaria any further during their lifetime.

Nevertheless, Heinrich and Otto joined forces in 1330 and, with the help of the now emperor Ludwig of Bavaria, finally achieved the division in the treaty of 1331 . However, it was stipulated that Lower Bavaria should be treated as a unit in every case of inheritance. Under Henry XV. was Deggendorf briefly royal capital of the independent duchy of Lower Bavaria-Deggendorf (1331-1332), which in addition to the capital, the places Cham , Dingolfing , Landau and Vilshofen included. In 1332 there was a joint government with Heinrich the Elder. In November 1332 Heinrich recommended to his cousin Otto that Heinrich the Elder should have sole rule. Before a decision was made, both Heinrich and his cousin Otto died in 1333, so that Heinrich the Elder ruled Lower Bavaria alone.

Heinrich was married to Anna (* around 1318, † 1343), the daughter of Frederick the Fair . He was buried in the Cistercian monastery of Seligenthal near Landshut .

literature

• Kurt Reindel :  Heinrich XV., Duke of Bavaria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 345 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Nikolaus Orlop: All rulers of Bavaria. Dukes, electors, kings. From Garibald I to Ludwig III. 2nd improved and enlarged edition. Langen Müller in the FA Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7844-3075-9 .

Remarks

1. ↑ Wurzbach: Anna von Oesterreich, Duchess of Bavaria .  No. 21. In: Biographical Lexicon. 6th part. Vienna 1860, p. 149 ( digitized there 1336, but the second husband, Johann von Görz, is missing there, so that this date can be assumed for the second).

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto III.	Duke of Lower Bavaria 1312-1333	Heinrich XIV. And Otto IV.