Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Ernst of Bavaria
1373 - 1438 (65 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Ernst of Bavaria was born in 1373; died on 2 Jul 1438 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Notes:
Duke of Bavaria in Munich. To avoid a disputed succession, he arranged for the commoner wife of his son to be accused of sorcery, then bound and thrown from a bridge into the Danube.
Ernst married Elisabetta Visconti on 24 Feb 1396 in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. Elisabetta (daughter of Bernabó Visconti and Beatrice della Scala) died on 2 Feb 1432 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Albrecht III of Bavaria was born on 27 Mar 1401 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; died on 29 Feb 1460 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Andechs, Bavaria, Germany.
Generation: 2
2. Albrecht III of Bavaria (1.Ernst1) was born on 27 Mar 1401 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; died on 29 Feb 1460 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Andechs, Bavaria, Germany. Notes:
"Der Fromme" (the Pious). Duke of Bavaria in Munich.
"[A] moderate ruler who supported music, art and literature and suppressed the robber knights with his lands, yet expelled the Jews." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]Albrecht married Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen on 22 Jan 1437 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Anna (daughter of Erich of Brunswick and Elizabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen) was born about 1420; died on 9 Oct 1474 in Nannhofen, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Andechs, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]