The Wittelsbachers

This series of genealogical trees begins at the top left on the western cross-gable with Charlemagne , the alledged ancester of the Wittelsbacher House. There follow in four horizontal lines, top row:
Otto Wittelsbach ( founder of the Wittelsbacher House in Bavaria )
Ludwig I (1214 given the Rhenish Palatinate in fee )
Rudolf ( the founder of the lower castle on the Jettenbuehel )

[ Although there are no photos (early or recent) available of the upper tier group at this time, images rendered from my video tapes of the lower three tiers are as follows. They appear from the second to the top tier downward and each character is identified. Clicking on the first characters linked name in each row will bring you to a page containing larger images of the characters in that row. --- the author ]

Second row from the top:
Emperors and Kings of the House

King Ludwig
the Bavarian
(the German King)
Ruprecht
(the builder of the
Ruprecht Building)
Otto
King of Hungary
(offspring of a
collateral line)
Christopher
King of Denmark
(a Duke of Bavaria)

Third row from the top:

Ruprecht I
(founder of the
Heidelberg
University)
Friedrich
the Victorius
(the Palatine Fritz)
Friedrich II
(the builder of the
Hall of Mirrors)
Ottheinrich
(the humanist on the
Palatine throne)

The lower row:

Friedrich the Pious
(first Elector of
the
House of Simmern)
Ludwig VI
(no buildings of
significance)
Johannes Casimir
(administrator of the
Palatinate during the
minority of
Friedrich IV)
Friedrich IV
(the builder at
the age of 33)


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