Wittelsbach
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The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806.
The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV (1328-1347) and Charles VII (1742-1745), and for half a century until 1373 also ruled Brandenburg in north-east Germany.
The line of Jacobite sucession is currently within the House of Whittelsbach. Franz, Hereditarty Prince of Bavaria is recognised by the Jacobites as Francis II.
Other major members of the family include:
- Ruprecht III Wittelsbach (1352 - 1410)
- Sigismund of Bavaria (1439 - 1501)
- Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596 - 1632)
- Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria (1662 - 1726)
- Klemens August of Bavaria (1700 - 1761)
- Otto of Greece (1815 - 1867).
- Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837 - 1898), Empress "Sisi" of Austria
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, "Mad Ludwig" (1845 - 1886)
- Elizabeth of Belgium (1876 - 1965), queen-consort of Albert I of Belgium
Several other Elisabeth von Wittelsbach.
