Lower Bavarian division from 1331

The division of Lower Bavaria in 1331 was the division of the Wittelsbach sub- duchy of Lower Bavaria under the grandchildren of Duke Heinrich XIII. It is one of the numerous divisions in the Duchy of Bavaria up to the Primogeniture Act of 1506. It ended in 1340.

course

Although the estates had obliged the three Lower Bavarian dukes in July 1329 not to divide the Duchy of Lower Bavaria any further during their lifetime, after lengthy disputes during the division of 1331, Lower Bavaria was divided into the partial duchies with the support of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria

• Bavaria-Landshut-Straubing under Heinrich XIV.
• Bavaria-Burghausen under Otto IV.
• Bavaria-Deggendorf under Heinrich XV.

Heinrich XIV and Heinrich XV ruled as early as 1332. together again. Heinrich XV died in 1333. In 1334 Heinrich XIV, who was in conflict with his cousin Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian, acquired Bavaria-Burghausen after the death of Otto IV. Shortly after his reconciliation with Ludwig the Bavarian, Heinrich succumbed to leprosy in 1339 . His successor in Lower Bavaria was his son with Margarete von Luxemburg (1313–1341), Johann the child . As early as 1340, after the death of Johann, all of Lower Bavaria fell to Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria.

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 .