Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 907 – 1805

Duchy of Bavaria

A state of 907 – 1805 — 898 years in Europe. The atlas records 83 things within it — wars and battles 19 · treaties 2 · people 62. Its line of rulers holds 54 people, 18 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
898 years
907 – 1805
Rulers
54
the Duke of Bavaria
Most ground
96,700 km²
in 1352
Within it
83
recorded rows
Symbols
6
on record, with years
Map: Duchy of Bavaria in 1352, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Duchy of Bavaria in 1352, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 96,700 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Duchy of Bavaria in 1260, first mapped

1260 · first mapped · 28,600 km²

Duchy of Bavaria in 1352, at its largest

1352 · at its largest · 96,700 km²

Duchy of Bavaria in 1805, last mapped

1805 · last mapped · 47,100 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Duchy of Bavaria: 907 – 1805

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

The line of Duke of Bavaria - the office this state names as its head of state.

Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria · 937 – 938 · left office aliveHenry I of Bavaria · 948 – 955 · died in office, manner not recordedHenry III of Bavaria · 983 – 985 · left office aliveHenry II, Holy Roman Emperor · 995 – 1004 · left office aliveHenry V of Bavaria · 1004 – 1009 · left office aliveHenry V of Bavaria · 1017 – 1026 · died in office, manner not recordedHenry III · 1027 – 1042 · left office aliveConrad II of Bavaria · 1054 – 1055 · died in office, manner not recordedHenry the Lion · 1156 – 1180 · left office aliveLouis I, Duke of Bavaria · 1183 – 1231 · killed, the article saysOtto II of Bavaria · 1231 – 1253 · died in office, manner not recordedHenry XIII of Bavaria · 1253 – 1255 · left office aliveLouis II, Duke of Bavaria · 1253 – 1294 · died in office, manner not recordedStephen II of Bavaria · 1347 – 1349 · left office aliveOtto V of Bavaria · 1347 – 1349 · left office aliveStephen II of Bavaria · 1349 – 1375 · died in office, manner not recordedJohn III of Bavaria · 1417 – 1425 · died in office, manner not recordedAlbert V of Bavaria · 1550 – 1579 · died in office, manner not recordedWilliam V of Bavaria · 1579 – 1597 · abdicatedMaximilian I, Elector of Bavaria · 1597 – 1623 · left office alive10001200140016001800
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 throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria937 – 9381 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Henry I of Bavaria948 – 9557 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Henry III of Bavaria983 – 9852 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor995 – 10049 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Henry V of Bavaria1004 – 10095 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonein-law
Henry V of Bavaria1017 – 10269 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Henry III1027 – 104215 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Conrad II of Bavaria1054 – 10551 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Henry the Lion1156 – 118024 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria1183 – 123148 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Otto II of Bavaria1231 – 125322 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Henry XIII of Bavaria1253 – 12552 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria1253 – 129441 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Stephen II of Bavaria1347 – 13492 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonegrandchild
Otto V of Bavaria1347 – 13492 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Stephen II of Bavaria1349 – 137526 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
John III of Bavaria1417 – 14258 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Albert V of Bavaria1550 – 157929 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
William V of Bavaria1579 – 159718 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria1597 – 162326 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild

54 rulers, 18 with terms dated as terms, covering 937 – 1623. Median reign 9 years. 3 of 19 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

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35,200 km² in 1282, 47,100 km² in 1805; at its largest 96,700 km² in 1357. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Duchy of bavaria medium
    coat of arms, undatedDuchy of bavaria medium · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xenakis
  • Flag of Bavaria (lozengy)
    flag, undatedFlag of Bavaria (lozengy) · Public domain
  • Duchy of bavaria large
    coat of arms, undatedDuchy of bavaria large · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xenakis
  • Rautenflagge (24 Rauten)
    flag, undatedRautenflagge (24 Rauten) · Public domain
  • Bavaria Arms
    coat of arms, undatedBavaria Arms · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Armoiries Bavière-Palatinat
    coat of arms, undatedArmoiries Bavière-Palatinat · CC BY-SA 3.0

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

900 – 999: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other9001000 – 1099: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other10001100 – 1199: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other11001200 – 1299: 6 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other12001300 – 1399: 17 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other13001400 – 1499: 13 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other14001500 – 1599: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15001600 – 1699: 4 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16001700 – 1799: 16 recorded — 11 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17001800 – 1899: 6 recorded — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1800

900 – 9997 rows

1000 – 10995 rows

1100 – 11993 rows

1200 – 12996 rows · 1 wars and battles

1300 – 139917 rows

and 9 more in the atlas.

1400 – 149913 rows

and 5 more in the atlas.

1500 – 15995 rows

1600 – 16994 rows · 2 wars and battles

1700 – 179916 rows · 11 wars and battles

and 8 more in the atlas.

1800 – 18996 rows · 5 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood898 years

    stood longer than 96% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held96,700 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 45% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median9 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 31% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record54

    has more rulers on record than 98% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q47261 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.