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Wittelsbach family tree

The house of Wittelsbach, 1020–today: 330 members on the tree, 42 of whom reigned, and 166 marriages into other houses.

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Who reigned

Best known

• Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1837–1898
• Carl XII of Sweden 1682–1718
• Ludwig II of Bavaria 1845–1886
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor 1697–1745
• Otto of Greece 1815–1867
• Ludwig I of Bavaria 1786–1868
• Louis IV of Bavaria 1282–1347
• Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1622–1660
• Charles XI of Sweden 1655–1697
• Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden 1688–1741
• Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 1756–1825
• Maximilian II of Bavaria 1811–1864
• Isabeau of Bavaria 1370–1435
• Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1573–1651
• Ludwig III of Bavaria 1845–1921
• Frederick V of the Palatinate 1596–1632
• Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714
• Christopher of Bavaria 1416–1448
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria 1662–1726
• Otto, King of Bavaria 1848–1916

Married into

• Habsburg 17 marriages
• Wettin 15 marriages
• Hohenzollern 12 marriages
• Hesse 12 marriages
• Habsburg-Lorraine 12 marriages
• Baden 7 marriages
• Bourbon 7 marriages
• Orange-Nassau 5 marriages
• Luxembourg 5 marriages
• Württemberg 5 marriages
• Oldenburg 5 marriages
• Savoy 4 marriages

Everyone on the tree

• Otto I 1020–1072
• Otto II 1050–1110
• Eckhard I 1050–1091
• Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach 1083–1156
• Conrad I, Duke of Merania 1090–1159
• Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria 1117–1183
• Conrad of Wittelsbach 1125–1200
• Conrad II, Duke of Merania 1145–1182
• Hellicha of Wittelsbach 1160–1198
• Sophia of Wittelsbach 1170–1238
• Richardis of Bavaria 1173–1231
• Louis I, Duke of Bavaria 1173–1231
• Otto VIII of Wittelsbach 1180–1209
• Otto II Wittelsbach 1206–1253
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany 1227–1273
• Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 1229–1294
• Henry XIII or I Duke of Bavaria 1235–1290
• Otto V or III, Duke of Bavaria 1261–1312
• Louis III, Duke of Bavaria 1269–1296
• Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria 1271–1310
• Rudolf I 1274–1319
• Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal 1276–1345
• Louis IV of Bavaria 1282–1347
• Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1300–1327
• Elizabeth of Bavaria 1305–1330
• Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria 1305–1339
• Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1306–1353
• Otto VI or IV, Duke of Bavaria 1307–1334
• Rupert I, Elector Palatine 1309–1390
• Henry XV or III, Duke of Bavaria 1312–1333
• Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen 1313–1346
• Louis V, Duke of Bavaria 1315–1361
• Stephen II of Bavaria 1319–1375
• Rupert II, Elector Palatine 1325–1398
• Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg 1328–1365
• John I, Duke of Bavaria 1329–1340
• William I, Duke of Bavaria 1330–1389
• Agnes of Bavaria 1335–1352
• Albert I, Duke of Bavaria 1336–1404
• Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria 1337–1413
• Frederick 1339–1393
• John II, Duke of Bavaria 1341–1397
• Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol 1344–1363
• Beatrice of Bavaria 1344–1360
• Otto V, Duke of Bavaria 1346–1379
• Rupert 1352–1410
• Joanna of Bavaria 1356–1386
• Katherine of Bavaria 1358–1400
• Margaret of Bavaria 1363–1423
• William II, Duke of Bavaria 1365–1417
• Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria 1368–1447
• Albert II, Duke of Bavaria 1368–1397
• Isabeau of Bavaria 1370–1435
• Joanna Sophia of Bavaria 1373–1410
• Ernest, Duke of Bavaria 1373–1438
• John III, Duke of Bavaria 1374–1425
• William III, Duke of Bavaria 1375–1435
• Sophia of Bavaria 1376–1428
• Margaret of the Palatinate 1376–1434
• Louis III, Elector Palatine 1378–1437
• Elisabeth of the Palatinate 1381–1409
• John 1383–1443
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg 1383–1442
• Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken 1385–1459
• Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria 1386–1450
• Otto I 1390–1461
• Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut 1401–1436
• Albert III, Duke of Bavaria 1401–1460
• Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria 1403–1445
• Christopher of Bavaria 1416–1448
• Louis IX 1417–1479
• Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern 1417–1480
• Mechthild of the Palatinate 1419–1482
• Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1424–1489
• Louis IV, Elector Palatine 1424–1449
• Frederick I 1425–1476
• Adolf, Duke of Bavaria 1434–1441
• Otto II, Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt 1435–1499
• John IV, Duke of Bavaria 1437–1463
• Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria 1439–1501
• Margaret of Bavaria, Marchioness of Mantua 1442–1479
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony 1443–1484
• Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria 1447–1508
• Philip, Elector Palatine 1448–1508
• George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria 1455–1503
• Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine 1456–1501
• Kaspar 1458–1527
• John I, Count Palatine of Simmern 1459–1509
• Alexander 1462–1514
• Louis V 1478–1544
• Elisabeth of Bavaria 1478–1504
• Margarete von Bayern 1480–1531
• Philip of the Palatinate 1480–1541
• Ruprecht of the Palatinate 1481–1504
• Frederick II, Elector Palatine 1482–1556
• Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse 1483–1522
• George of the Palatinate 1486–1529
• Henry of the Palatinate 1487–1552
• Sidonie of Bavaria 1488–1505
• John III of the Palatinate 1488–1538
• Sibylle of Bavaria 1489–1519
• Amalie of the Palatinate 1490–1524
• John II of Simmern 1492–1557
• Sabina of Bavaria 1492–1564
• Helen of the Palatinate 1493–1524
• William IV, Duke of Bavaria 1493–1550
• Wolfgang of the Palatinate 1494–1558
• Louis X, Duke of Bavaria 1495–1545
• Ernest of Bavaria 1500–1560
• Otto Henry 1502–1559
• Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1502–1532
• Susanna of Bavaria 1502–1543
• Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg 1503–1548
• Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz 1506–1544
• Frederick III of the Palatinate 1515–1576
• Richard, Count Palatine of Simmern 1521–1598
• Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1526–1569
• Albert V, Duke of Bavaria 1528–1579
• Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern 1532–1579
• Louis VI of the Palatinate 1539–1583
• Anna of Veldenz 1540–1586
• Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim 1540–1594
• John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern 1543–1592
• George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz 1543–1592
• Dorothea Susanne of Simmern 1544–1592
• Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg 1547–1614
• Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria 1548–1626
• John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1550–1604
• Maria Anna of Bavaria 1551–1608
• Princess Maximiliane Maria of Bavaria 1552–1614
• Ernest of Bavaria 1554–1612
• Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1556–1604
• Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein 1557–1597
• Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg 1559–1618
• Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1560–1600
• Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern 1561–1589
• George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz 1564–1634
• Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1573–1651
• Maria Anna of Bavaria 1574–1616
• Frederick IV, Elector Palatine 1574–1610
• Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg 1575–1643
• Ferdinand of Bavaria 1577–1650
• Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg 1578–1653
• Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern 1581–1631
• Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1582–1632
• John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1584–1635
• Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria 1584–1666
• Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg 1585–1645
• Magdalene of Bavaria 1587–1628
• John Frederick, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein 1587–1644
• John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg 1589–1652
• George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1591–1669
• Frederick V of the Palatinate 1596–1632
• Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 1597–1660
• Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1598–1654
• Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1602–1655
• Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken 1607–1648
• Philip William, Elector Palatine 1615–1690
• Catherine Elizabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1615–1651
• Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1616–1662
• Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1616–1661
• Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine 1617–1680
• Elisabeth of the Palatinate 1618–1680
• Frederick Louis 1619–1681
• Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1619–1682
• Anna Sophia I, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1619–1680
• Maurice of the Palatinate 1620–1652
• Maximilian Henry of Bavaria 1621–1688
• Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate 1622–1709
• Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1622–1660
• Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1622–1708
• Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern 1623–1685
• Augusta Sophie of Sulzbach 1624–1682
• Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern 1625–1663
• Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1625–1671
• Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken 1625–1687
• Henriette Marie of the Palatinate 1626–1651
• Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken 1626–1692
• Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg 1629–1689
• Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714
• Dorothea Catherine Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1634–1715
• Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy 1636–1676
• Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 1636–1679
• Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1637–1717
• John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 1638–1704
• Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1640–1693
• Anne Henriette of Bavaria 1648–1723
• Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach 1650–1681
• Charles II, Elector Palatine 1651–1685
• Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orléans 1652–1722
• Elisabeth Johanna of Veldenz 1653–1718
• Charles XI of Sweden 1655–1697
• Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg 1655–1720
• Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine 1658–1716
• Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1659–1732
• Count Palatine Wolfgang George Frederick of Neuburg 1659–1683
• Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria 1660–1690
• Louis Anton of Pfalz-Neuburg 1660–1694
• Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine 1661–1742
• Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria 1662–1726
• Alexander Sigismund von der Pfalz-Neuburg 1663–1737
• Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg 1664–1732
• Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg 1666–1701
• Maria Sofia of Neuburg 1666–1699
• Maria Anna of Neuburg 1667–1740
• Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg 1668–1693
• Countess Palatine Magdalena Claudia of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1668–1704
• Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg 1670–1748
• Gustav Samuel Leopold, Duke of Zweibrücken 1670–1731
• Joseph Clemens of Bavaria 1671–1723
• Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg 1673–1722
• Violante Beatrice of Bavaria 1673–1731
• Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1674–1735
• Leopoldine Eleonore von der Pfalz 1679–1693
• Hedvig Sophia of Sweden 1681–1708
• Carl XII of Sweden 1682–1718
• Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden 1688–1741
• Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria 1692–1699
• Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg 1693–1751
• Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg 1693–1728
• Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach 1694–1729
• Francisca Christina of Pfalz-Sulzbach 1696–1776
• Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 1697–1739
• Countess Palatine Ernestine of Sulzbach 1697–1775
• Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor 1697–1745
• John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen 1698–1780
• Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria 1699–1738
• Clemens August of Bavaria 1700–1761
• John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach 1700–1733
• Count Palatine William of Gelnhausen 1701–1760
• John Theodore of Bavaria 1703–1763
• Anne Christine of Sulzbach 1704–1723
• Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach 1721–1794
• Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 1721–1774
• Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Sulzbach 1722–1790
• Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1722–1775
• Duke Clement Francis of Bavaria 1722–1770
• Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach 1724–1794
• Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria 1724–1799
• Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria 1724–1780
• Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 1724–1767
• Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria 1725–1743
• Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken 1725–1816
• Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria 1727–1777
• Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria 1734–1776
• Maria Josepha of Bavaria 1739–1767
• Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken 1746–1795
• Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1752–1828
• Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria 1752–1837
• Christian of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1752–1817
• Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1753–1824
• Wilhelm of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1754–1807
• Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 1756–1825
• Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria 1784–1849
• Ludwig I of Bavaria 1786–1868
• Duke Pius August in Bavaria 1786–1837
• Princess Augusta of Bavaria 1788–1851
• Caroline Augusta of Bavaria 1792–1873
• Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria 1795–1875
• Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria 1801–1873
• Amalie Auguste of Bavaria 1801–1877
• Princess Sophie of Bavaria 1805–1872
• Maria Anna of Bavaria 1805–1877
• Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria 1808–1888
• Princess Ludovika of Bavaria 1808–1892
• Princess Maximiliana of Bavaria 1810–1821
• Maximilian II of Bavaria 1811–1864
• Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria 1813–1862
• Otto of Greece 1815–1867
• Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria 1821–1912
• Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria 1823–1914
• Princess Hildegard Louise of Bavaria 1825–1864
• Princess Alexandra of Bavaria 1826–1875
• Prince Adalbert of Bavaria 1828–1875
• Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria 1831–1920
• Duchess Helene in Bavaria 1834–1890
• Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1837–1898
• Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria 1839–1909
• Duchess Marie Sophie in Bavaria 1841–1925
• Duchess Mathilde Ludovika, Countess of Trani 1843–1925
• Ludwig II of Bavaria 1845–1886
• Ludwig III of Bavaria 1845–1921
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria 1846–1930
• Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria 1847–1897
• Otto, King of Bavaria 1848–1916
• Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria 1849–1893
• Princess Theresa of Bavaria 1850–1925
• Prince Arnulf of Bavaria 1852–1907
• Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich 1858–1940
• Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria 1859–1949
• Prince Alfons of Bavaria 1862–1933
• Princess Isabella, Duchess of Genoa 1863–1924
• Duchess Amalie in Bavaria 1865–1912
• Princess Elvira of Bavaria 1868–1943
• Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria 1869–1955
• Princess Adelgunde, Princess of Hohenzollern 1870–1958
• Princess Maria, Duchess of Calabria 1872–1954
• Prince Karl of Bavaria 1874–1927
• Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria 1874–1957
• Duchess Sophie Adelheid, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach 1875–1957
• Princess Auguste of Bavaria 1875–1964
• Prince Franz of Bavaria 1875–1957
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians 1876–1965
• Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria 1876–1952
• Princess Mathilde of Bavaria 1877–1906
• Princess Marie Gabriele, Princess Rupprecht of Bavaria 1878–1912
• Prince Georg of Bavaria 1880–1943
• Prince Konrad of Bavaria 1883–1969
• Princess Wiltrud, Duchess of Urach 1884–1975
• Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria 1884–1958
• Duke Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria 1884–1968
• Prince Heinrich of Bavaria 1884–1916
• Prince Adalbert of Bavaria 1886–1970
• Duke Franz Joseph in Bavaria 1888–1912
• Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria 1891–1983
• Princess Pilar of Bavaria 1891–1987
• Duke Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria 1905–1996
• Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain 1911–1953
• Princess Elisabeth Maria of Bavaria 1913–2005
• Prince Ludwig of Bavaria 1913–2008
• Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria 1914–2011
• Archduchess Dorothea, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1920–2015
• Prince Konstantin of Bavaria 1920–1969
• Princess Irmingard of Bavaria 1923–2010
• Prince Eugen of Bavaria 1925–1997
• Franz, Duke of Bavaria born 1933
• Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria born 1937
• Prince Leopold of Bavaria born 1943
• Prince Luitpold of Bavaria born 1951
• Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein born 1967