- John II, Duke of Bavaria
Duke John II of Bavaria-Munich (1341 – 1397), (German: "Johann II, Herzog von Bayern-München"), since 1375 Duke of
Bavaria -Munich . He was the third son of Stephen II andElizabeth of Sicily .Family
His maternal grandparents were
Frederick III of Sicily andEleanor of Anjou . Her parents wereCharles II of Naples andMaria Arpad of Hungary .Maria was a daughter of
Stephen V of Hungary and his wife, queen Elisabeth, who was daughter ofZayhan of Kuni , a chief of theCuman tribe and had been a pagan before her marriage.Stephen V was a son of
Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. Maria Laskarina was a daughter ofTheodore I Lascaris andAnna Angelina . Anna was daughter ofEastern Roman Emperor Alexius III andEuphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina .Duke of Bavaria
From 1375 to 1392 John ruled in Bavaria-Landshut with his brothers Stephen III and Frederick. In 1392 John initiated a new partition of Bavaria since he refused to finance the Italian adventures of his brothers who were both married with daughters of
Bernabò Visconti but also Stephen's expensive holding of court. Bavaria-Landshut then was reduced since Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Bavaria-Munich were created. Frederick kept Bavaria-Landshut while Stephen received Bavaria-Ingolstadt which he soon treated as an disadvantage. Therefore John ruled Bavaria-Munich for three years only until 1395, then he shared his power again with Stephen after an armed conflict between both brothers.John II was succeeded by his sons Ernest and William III who finally managed to enforce their sole rule over Bavaria-Munich against Stephen III. John is buried in the Frauenkirche in
Munich .Marriage and children
He married 1372
Katharina of Görz . They children were:
#Ernest I of Bavaria-Munich (1373–2 July 1438 ,Munich ).
#William III of Bavaria-Munich (1375, Munich–1435, Munich).
#Sofia of Bavaria (1376–26 September 1425 ,Pressburg ), married inPrague 2 May 1389 King Wenceslaus.He also had illegitimate son, Johann Grünwalder (1393–1452), who was Cardinal and Bishop ofFreising .
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