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Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

1229 - 1294

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria is the 272nd most popular nobleman (down from 235th in 2019), the 1,139th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Nobleman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1229, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 1After him are Thibaud Gaudin, Beatrice of Provence, and Mikhail Khorobrit. Among people deceased in 1294, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 2Before him is Kublai Khan. After him are Brunetto Latini, John I, Duke of Brabant, Rabban Bar Sauma, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, Al-Busiri, and Dmitry of Pereslavl.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 1,139 out of 7,253Before him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Christian Thomasius (1655), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Paul Langerhans (1847), and Rainer Weiss (1932). After him are Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Lale Andersen (1905), and Hans Oster (1887).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria ranks 34Before him are Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641), and Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849). After him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874), and Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810).