John I, Duke of Bavaria

John I, Duke of Bavaria

John I of Bavaria (November 29 1329 – December 20 1340), (German: "Johann I das Kind, Herzog von Niederbayern"), he was the Duke of Lower Bavaria since 1339.

John I was the son of Henry XIV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Margaret of Bohemia. His maternal grandparents were John I of Bohemia and Elisabeth I of Bohemia

Biography

Still a minor, John I was the last duke of Lower Bavaria for one year only; after his early death in 1340 the duchy of Lower Bavaria passed to Louis IV of Upper Bavaria, who then reunited the duchy of Bavaria in January 1341.

External links

* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BAVARIA.htm#HeinrichIDukedied1290B His listing 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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