Louis IV, called the Bavarian, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347. His 1314 election as German king was contested by his Habsburg cousin Frederick the Fair, elected king the same day by a separate set of electors; Louis defeated Frederick at the Battle of Muhldorf in 1322, and the two eventually reconciled. He was opposed and excommunicated by the French Pope John XXII, and in turn tried to depose the pope and install an antipope. Louis was also Duke of Upper Bavaria from 1294, Margrave of Brandenburg until 1323, Count Palatine of the Rhine until 1329, and Duke of Lower Bavaria from 1340, becoming Count of Hainaut, Holland, Zeeland and Friesland in 1345 through his wife Margaret's inheritance.
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Did Louis IV and his rival Frederick the Fair ever rule together?
Yes. A treaty at Ulm in 1326 made Frederick the Fair king in Germany and Louis to be crowned emperor in Italy, but the arrangement faded after Leopold died that year.
Yes, for a short time. Louis defeated Frederick at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322 and held him captive in Trausnitz Castle for three years. In 1325 he freed Frederick in the Peace of Trausnitz, in which Frederick renounced the crown. The two then agreed to rule the Empire jointly, and a treaty signed at Ulm on 7 January 1326 provided that Frederick would administer Germany as King of the Romans while Louis would be crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Italy. The source says such a division of kingship had never been seen before in the Holy Roman Empire and would never truly be repeated. The Pope and the electors strongly objected, and the arrangement did not last. After the death of Frederick's brother Leopold in 1326, Frederick withdrew from the regency of the Empire and returned to rule only Austria. He died on 13 January 1330.
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Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
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Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
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Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
Lead paragraph, first sentence, birth date
Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
Lead paragraph, first sentence, death date
Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
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Born: 1 April 1282, Munich, Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Infobox, Died
Died: 11 October 1347 (aged 65), Puch near Furstenfeldbruck, Duchy of Bavaria
Infobox, Alternative names
Alternative names: Ludwig der Bayer; Ludovicus Bavarus
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor: Gender
Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Louis IV (German: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 - 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian (Ludwig der Bayer, Latin: Ludovicus Bavarus), was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.
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