Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

Louis II
Duke of Upper Bavaria
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Reign29 November 1253 – 2 February 1294
PredecessorOtto II
SuccessorRudolf I
Born(1229-04-13)13 April 1229
Heidelberg
Died2 February 1294(1294-02-02) (aged 64)
Heidelberg
Spouse
(m. 1254; executed 1256)
(m. 1260; died 1271)
(m. 1273)
Issue
Detail
HouseWittelsbach
FatherOtto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
MotherAgnes 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]

  1. ^ Jeffery 2018, p. i.