Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

Louis II
Duke of Upper Bavaria Count Palatine of the Rhine
Reign	29 November 1253 – 2 February 1294
Predecessor	Otto II
Successor	Rudolf I
Born	(1229-04-13)13 April 1229 Heidelberg
Died	2 February 1294(1294-02-02) (aged 64) Heidelberg
Spouse	Maria of Brabant ​ ​ (m. 1254; executed 1256)​ Anna of Glogau ​ ​ (m. 1260; died 1271)​ Matilda of Habsburg ​ ​ (m. 1273)​
Issue Detail	Maria of Bavaria Ludwig of Bavaria Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria Matilda, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Agnes, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal Anna of Bavaria Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Agnes of the Palatinate

Louis the Strict (German: Ludwig der Strenge) (13 April 1229 – 2 February 1294) was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. He is known as Louis II or Louis VI following an alternative numbering. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of the Palatinate.^[1]