Ruler · 1174 – 1231

Louis I, Duke of Bavaria

Lived 1174 – 1231; ruler. Duke of Bavaria of Duchy of Bavaria, 1183 – 1231.

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Lived: 1174 – 1231; 57 years
In office: 48 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Duchy of Bavaria
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Duke of Bavaria

Duchy of Bavaria · the 10th of 20 dated reigns · 937 – 1623

6 before

Henry III1027 – 1042

Conrad II of Bavaria1054 – 1055

Henry the Lion1156 – 1180

Louis I, Duke of Bavaria1183 – 1231

Otto II of Bavaria1231 – 1253

Henry XIII of Bavaria1253 – 1255

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria1253 – 1294

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1183 – 1231 · 48 years · came to it aged 10

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

Louis was murdered in 1231 on a bridge in Kelheim.

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