Sigismund of Bavaria

Sigismund of Bavaria

: "For other nobles of the same name, please see Sigismund."Sigismund of Bavaria (26 July 1439 – 1 February 1501) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.Sigismund was a son of Albert the Pious of Bavaria with Duchess Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Sigismund was Duke of Bavaria from 1460-1467, until 1463 together with his brother John IV, Duke of Bavaria. In 1467 he resigned and then kept only Bavaria-Dachau as his domain until his death.

In 1468 the foundation stone of the Frauenkirche in Munich was laid by Sigismund. He also enlarged Blutenburg Castle, ordered to redesign the Alter Hof and was a patron of the revival of Gothic arts in Bavaria.


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