Ludwig of Bavaria

Ludwig of Bavaria, sometimes Louis of Bavaria may refer to several Dukes and Kings of Bavaria.

Dukes

*Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173 – 1231), Duke of Bavaria in 1183 and the Count of Palatinate of the Rhine in 1214. He was a son of Otto I.
*Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229 – 1294), Duke of Bavaria from 1253 and Count Palatine of the Rhine.
*Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Lower Bavaria 1290-1296.
*Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, also known as "Ludwig the Bavarian", (1282 – 1347) was Duke of Bavaria from 1294-1301 together with his brother Rudolf I; Count of the Palatinate until 1329; and German king from 1314. He was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in 1328.
*Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315 – 1361), also called "the Brandenburger", Duke of Bavaria, Margrave of Brandenburg and Count of Tyrol.
*Louis VI the Roman (1328 – 1365), the second son of the Emperor Louis IV. Duke of Bavaria 1347 to 1365; Margrave of Brandenburg 1351 to 1365; elector ("Kurfürst") of Brandenburg in 1356.
*Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1365 – 1447), Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. He was a son of Stephen III.
*Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria (1403 – 1445), Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1443.
*Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (1417 – 1479), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margarete of Austria.
*Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495 – 1545), Duke of Bavaria (1516-1545), together with his older brother William IV, Duke of Bavaria. His parents were Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.

Kings

*Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786 – 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.
*Ludwig II of Bavaria(1845 – 1886), sometimes known as "Mad King Ludwig" and in German as the "Märchenkönig" (Fairy-tale King), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death.
*Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845 – 1921) was the last King of Bavaria from 1913 to 1918.

Others

* Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born 1913) is the son of Prince Franz of Bavaria and a grandson of King Ludwig III.
*Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born 1982) is the eldest son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria. He is a great-great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria Ludwig III.