Sibylle of Bavaria

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Sibylle of Bavaria (born June 16, 1489 , † April 18, 1519 in Heidelberg ) from the House of Wittelsbach was a princess of Bavaria-Munich and was elector of the Palatinate from February 23, 1511 to April 18, 1519 .

Life

Sibylle was a daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (1447–1508) from his marriage to Kunigunde (1465–1520), daughter of the Roman-German Emperor Friedrich III.

She married Prince Elector Ludwig V of the Palatinate (1478–1544) in Heidelberg on February 23, 1511 . Ludwig had already been engaged to Sibylle's older sister Sidonie , but she died barely 17 years old before the marriage. The marriage was the starting point for the relaxation of the relationship between the Palatinate and Bavaria, which was considerably strained after the Landshut War of Succession . But the relationship between the Palatinate and Emperor Maximilian , whose niece was Sibylle, improved and Ludwig moved closer to the Contrabund politically .

The electoral couple remained childless. Sibylle was buried in the Heidelberg Heiliggeistkirche . Sibylle's inheritance was temporarily claimed by her brother Ernst , which her brother Wilhelm and her widower refused and Ernst promised further higher spiritual dignity in return.

literature

  • Katrin Nina Marth: "To the laudable Hawss Beirn to pesserung, Aufnemung and expansion ...". The dynastic politics of the House of Bavaria at the turn of the late Middle Ages to the modern age . Dissertation, University of Regensburg 2009, p. 154-171 ( PDF ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constant von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des kaiserthums Oesterreich , Volume 6, KK Hof- und staatsdruckerei, 1860, p. 405
  2. ↑ Andreas Kraus: Handbook of Bavarian History: History of the Upper Palatinate and the Bavarian Empire up to the end of the 18th century , Volume 3, CH Beck, 1995, p. 83
  3. ^ Hermann Wiesflecker: Kaiser Maximilian I , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1986, p. 24
  4. ^ Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Historical class: Treatises of the historical class of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences , Volume 10, Die Akademie, 1867, p. 119
personal data
SURNAME Sibylle of Bavaria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sibille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electress of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1489
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1519
Place of death Heidelberg