Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria
- Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria
Henry XV, duke of Bavaria, as duke of Lower Bavaria also called Henry III, (28 August 1312 – 18 June 1333 in Natternberg near Deggendorf).
Family
He was the only son of Otto III, Duke of Bavaria by his second wife Agnes of Silesia-Glogau.
His maternal grandparents were Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau and Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Matilda was a daughter of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Adelheid of Montferrat.
Adelheid was a daughter of Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat and Margaret of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Amadeus IV of Savoy and Anne of Burgundy.
Anne was a daughter of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy and Béatrice of Albon, Countess of Albon and Dauphine of Viennois.
Biography
He was called "the Natternberger" for his favourite residence Natternberg castle. He was born in the year of his father's death and first under tutelage of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Henry XV ruled then parts of Lower Bavaria with Deggendorf as capital after a conflict with his cousins and co-regents Henry XIV and Otto IV. His candidacy for the Hungarian crown in 1327 was not successful.
Marriage
Between 1326 and 1328, Henry XV married Anna of Austria. She was a daughter of Frederick I of Austria and Isabel of Aragon. They had no children. She survived him by ten years and went on to marry John Henry, Count of Gorizia.
External links
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BAVARIA.htm#HeinrichIDukedied1290B Listing of Henry XIII along with his wife in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."]
* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/wittel/wittel1.html#H1 A listing of descendants of Otto I, Count of Scheyern, including Henry XIII and his children]
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