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{{short description|German royal family of Bavaria}}
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{{infobox royal house
| surname = House of Wittelsbach
| coat of arms = Armoiries Bavière.svg
| country = [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[Electorate of Cologne|Cologne]], [[Holy Roman Empire|Germany]], [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|Greece]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)|Hungary]], [[Kalmar Union]], [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]], [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]], [[March of Lusatia|Lusatia]]
| parent house = [[Luitpoldings]](?)
| titles = {{ubl|[[Holy Roman Emperor]]|[[King of the Romans]]|[[List of rulers of Hungary|King of Hungary]]|[[King of Denmark]]|[[King of Sweden]]|[[King of Norway]]|[[King of Greece]]|[[King of Bavaria]]|[[List of Lithuanian monarchs|Grand Duke of Lithuania]] (Charles X Gustav of Sweden, disputed)|[[Duke of Bavaria]]|[[Elector of Bavaria]]|[[Elector Palatine|Elector of the Palatinate]]|[[Elector of Cologne]]|[[Count of Holland]]|[[Duke of Cumberland]]}}
| founder = [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]
| final ruler = [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]]
| current head = [[Franz, Duke of Bavaria]]
| founding year = 11th century
| deposition = 13 November 1918
| other_families = 
| cadet branches = {{ubl|[[#Bavarian branch|Bavaria branch]]: <small>(extinct)</small>
:[[Bavaria-Landshut]]
:[[Bavaria-Straubing]]
:[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt]]
:[[Bavaria-Munich]]
[[#Palatinate branch|Palatinate branch]]: <small>(extant)</small>
:[[House of Palatinate-Simmern|Palatinate-Simmern]]
:[[Palatinate-Sulzbach]]
:[[House of Palatinate-Neumarkt|Palatinate-Neumarkt]]
:[[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]
:[[House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld|Palatinate-Birkenfeld]]
[[Conrad I, Duke of Merania|Counts of Dachau and Dukes of Merania]] <small>(extinct)</small>}}
[[Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria|Counts Palatine of Bavaria and Counts of Wittelsbach]] <small>(extinct)</small>
[[Löwenstein-Wertheim|Löwenstein]]: <small>(morganatic, extant)</small>
:[[Löwenstein-Wertheim#Rulers of Löwenstein|Löwenstein-Scharffeneck]]
:[[Löwenstein-Wertheim#Rulers of Löwenstein|Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]
:[[Löwenstein-Wertheim#Rulers of Löwenstein|Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]}}

[[File:Wittelsbach-Bayern-Wappen.png|thumb|upright|Coat of arms (13th to 14th century). The white-and-blue lozenges came to the family when [[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria]] acquired the county of [[Bogen, Germany|Bogen]] in 1240.]]
[[File:Wappen des Herzogs in Bayern (Haus Wittelsbach).png|thumb|upright|Coat of arms (15th century), the Wittelsbach (Bogen) lozenges quartered with the lion of the Palatinate]]
{{House of Wittelsbach}}
The '''House of Wittelsbach''' ({{Langx|de|Haus Wittelsbach}}) is a former [[Bavarian dynasty]], with branches that have ruled over territories including the [[Electorate of Bavaria]], the [[Electoral Palatinate]], the [[Electorate of Cologne]], [[County of Holland|Holland]], [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]], Sweden (with [[Finland under Swedish rule|Swedish-ruled Finland]]), Denmark, Norway, [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], and [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]]. Their ancestral lands of Bavaria and the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]] were [[prince-elector]]ates, and the family had three of its members elected emperors and kings of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. They ruled over the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] which was created in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918.

The [[House of Windsor]], the reigning royal house of the [[British monarchy]], are descendants of [[Sophia of Hanover]] (1630–1714), a Wittelsbach Princess of the Palatinate by birth and [[List of Hanoverian royal consorts|Electress of Hanover]] by marriage, who had inherited the succession rights of the [[House of Stuart]] and passed them on to the [[House of Hanover]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.royal.uk/succession|title = Succession| newspaper=The Royal Family |date = 17 March 2016| last1=Goodey | first1=Emma }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgKqDwAAQBAJ&q=sophia+of+hanover+member+house+of+wittelsbach&pg=PT246|title = Dynastic Change: Legitimacy and Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Monarchy|isbn = 9781351035125|last1 = Rodrigues|first1 = Ana Maria S. A.|last2 = Silva|first2 = Manuela Santos|last3 = Spangler|first3 = Jonathan W.|date = 19 August 2019| publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

==History==
When [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern]] (himself of uncertain origins) died in 1072, his third son [[Otto II, Count of Scheyern]] acquired [[Wittelsbach Castle]] (near [[Aichach]]). The Counts of Scheyern left Scheyern Castle (constructed around 940) in 1119 for Wittelsbach Castle and the former was given to monks to establish [[Scheyern Abbey]]. The origins of the Counts of Scheyern are unclear. Some speculative theories link them to [[Margrave]] [[Henry of Schweinfurt]] and his father [[Berthold of Schweinfurt|Berthold]], whose background is also disputed. Some speculate that the Schweinfurters may be descendants of the [[Luitpolding]] dynasty, the Bavarian dukes of the 10th century.

The Wittelsbach [[Conrad I, Duke of Merania|Conrad of Scheyern-Dachau]], a great-grandson of Otto I, Count of Scheyern, became [[Duchy of Merania|Duke of Merania]] in 1153 and was succeeded by his son [[Conrad II, Duke of Merania|Conrad II]]. It was the first duchy held by the Wittelsbach family (until 1180/82).

Otto I's eldest son [[Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern]] was father of the [[count palatine]] of Bavaria, [[Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach|Otto IV]] (died 1156), who was the first Count of Wittelsbach and whose son [[Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto]] was invested with the [[Duchy of Bavaria]] in 1180 after the fall of [[Henry the Lion]] and hence the first Bavarian ruler from the House of Wittelsbach. Duke Otto's son [[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria]] acquired the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] in 1214.

Throughout history, members of the royal house have reigned as [[Duchy of Merania|Dukes of Merania]] (1153–1180/82); [[List of rulers of Bavaria|Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria]] (1180–1918); Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214–1803 and 1816–1918); [[List of rulers of Brandenburg|Margraves of Brandenburg]] (1323–1373); [[County of Holland|Counts of Holland]], [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]], and [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] (1345–1433); [[List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne|Elector-Archbishops of Cologne]] (1583–1761); [[Duchy of Jülich|Dukes of Jülich]] and [[Duchy of Berg|Berg]] (1614–1794/1806); Kings of [[Sweden]] (1441–1448 and 1654–1720); and Dukes of [[Bremen-Verden]] (1654–1719).

The family also provided two [[Holy Roman Emperor]]s (1328–1347/1742–1745), one [[King of the Romans]] (1400–1410), two [[List of rulers of Bohemia|Anti-Kings of Bohemia]] (1619–20/1742–43), one [[List of rulers of Hungary|King of Hungary]] (1305–1308), one King of [[List of Danish monarchs|Denmark]] and [[List of Norwegian monarchs|Norway]] (1440–1448), and one [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|King of Greece]] (1832–1862).

==Bavaria and Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire==

[[File:HRR 14Jh.jpg|center|thumb|400px|The Wittelsbach dominions within the Holy Roman Empire (Bavaria, the Netherlands and Palatinate) 1373 are shown as {{legend0|#b9c583|Wittelsbach}}, among the houses of {{legend0|#b593cf|[[House of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]}} which acquired Brandenburg that year and {{legend0|#e7b554|[[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]]}} which had acquired Tyrol in 1369]]

The Wittelsbach dynasty ruled the German territories of [[Bavaria]] from 1180 to 1918 and the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] from 1214 until 1805. In both countries they had succeeded rulers from the [[House of Welf]]. The [[Duchy of Bavaria]] was elevated to the [[Electorate of Bavaria]] in 1623, and in 1806, [[Napoleon]] elevated it to the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]. In 1815, the majority of the Palatinate was annexed by the [[Grand Duchy of Baden]], with the remainder becoming the [[Circle of the Rhine]].

On Duke [[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto II]]'s death in 1253, his sons divided the Wittelsbach possessions between them: [[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry]] became Duke of [[Lower Bavaria]], and [[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II]] Duke of [[Upper Bavaria]] and Count Palatine of the Rhine. When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the Emperor [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]], a son of Duke Louis II, reunited the duchy.

The family provided two [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperors]]: Louis IV (1314–1347) and [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]] (1742–1745), both members of the Bavarian branch of the family, and one [[King of Germany|German King]] with [[Rupert of Germany]] (1400–1410), a member of the Palatinate branch.

The House of Wittelsbach split into these two branches in 1329: Under the [[Treaty of Pavia (1329)|Treaty of Pavia]], Emperor Louis IV granted the Palatinate including the Bavarian [[Upper Palatinate]] to his brother Duke [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf's]] descendants, [[Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine|Rudolf II]], [[Rupert I, Elector Palatine|Rupert I]] and [[Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine|Rupert II]]. Rudolf I in this way became the ancestor of the older (Palatinate) line of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which returned to power also in Bavaria in 1777 after the extinction of the younger (Bavarian) line, the descendants of Louis IV.

Through the efforts of Louis IV, the Wittelsbachs controlled the [[Duchy of Bavaria]], the [[Electorate of the Palatine]], the [[County of Tyrol]], the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]], the [[County of Holland]], [[County of Zeeland]] and the [[County of Hainault]].  This gave them a chance to dominate the Empire as the previous imperial houses of [[Hohenstaufen]], [[Salian dynasty|Salians]], [[Ottonians]] and [[Carolingians]] had.  However, in the next generation they were outmaneuvered in Imperial politics by the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburgs]] and the most importantly by the [[House of Luxembourg|Luxemburgs]] who both held compact and large possessions in the [[Duchy of Austria]] for the former and the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] for the latter that allowed them to expand eastward.

===Bavarian branch===
The Bavarian branch kept the Duchy of Bavaria until its extinction in 1777.

[[File:HRR 1648 Bayern.png|thumb|center|400px|The [[Electorate of Bavaria]] highlighted on a map of the Holy Roman Empire in 1648]]

The Wittelsbach Emperor [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] acquired [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]] (1323), [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]] (1342), [[County of Holland|Holland]], [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]] (1345) for his House but he had also released the [[Upper Palatinate]] for the Palatinate branch of the Wittelsbach in 1329. His six sons succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria and Count of Holland and Hainaut in 1347. The Wittelsbachs lost the Tyrol with the death of Duke [[Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol|Meinhard]] and the following Peace of Schärding – the Tyrol was finally renounced to the [[Habsburg]]s in 1369. In 1373 [[Otto V, Duke of Bavaria|Otto]], the last Wittelsbach regent of Brandenburg, released the country to the [[House of Luxembourg]]. On Duke [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert's]] death in 1404, he was succeeded in the Netherlands by his eldest son, [[William VI, Count of Holland|William]]. A younger son, [[John, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing|John III]], became Prince-[[Bishop of Liège]]. However, on William's death in 1417, a war of succession broke out between John and William's daughter [[Jacqueline of Hainaut]]. This last episode of the [[Hook and Cod wars]] finally left the counties in [[Burgundian State|Burgundian]] hands in 1433.
Emperor Louis IV had reunited Bavaria in 1340 but from 1349 onwards Bavaria was split among the descendants of Louis IV, who created the branches ''[[Bavaria-Landshut]]'', ''[[Bavaria-Straubing]]'', ''[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt]]'' and ''[[Bavaria-Munich]]''. With the [[Landshut War of Succession]] Bavaria was reunited in 1505 against the claim of the Palatinate branch under the Bavarian branch ''Bavaria-Munich''.

From 1549 to 1567 the Wittelsbach owned the [[County of Kladsko]] in Bohemia.

Strictly [[Catholic]] by upbringing, the Bavarian dukes became [[leadership|leader]]s of the German [[Counter-Reformation]]. From 1583 to 1761, the Bavarian branch of the dynasty provided the [[Prince-elector]]s and [[Electorate of Cologne|Archbishops of Cologne]] and many other bishops of the Holy Roman Empire, namely [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège|Liège]] (1581–1763). Wittelsbach princes served at times as Bishops of [[Prince-bishopric of Regensburg|Regensburg]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising#Prince-bishops of Freising|Freising]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Münster|Münster]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim|Hildesheim]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn|Paderborn]] and [[Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück|Osnabrück]], and as [[Grand Master of the Teutonic Order]].

In 1623 under [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I]] the Bavarian dukes were invested with the [[Prince-elector|electoral]] dignity and the duchy became the [[Electorate of Bavaria]]. His grandson [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] served also as [[Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands]] (1692–1706) and as Duke of [[Duchy of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]] (1712–1714). His son Emperor [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]] also claimed the throne of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]] (1741–1743). With the death of Charles' son [[Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria]] the Bavarian branch died out in 1777.

===Palatinate branch===

[[File:Map of the Electoral Palatinate (1505)-DE.svg|thumb|350px|center|The [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] (red) which lost the yellow territories in 1505, after the [[War of the Succession of Landshut]]]]

The Palatinate branch kept the Palatinate until 1918, having succeeded also to Bavaria in 1777. With the [[Golden Bull of 1356]] the Counts Palatine were invested with the [[Prince-elector|electoral]] dignity, and their county became the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]]. Princes of the Palatinate branch served as bishops of the Empire and also as [[Electorate of Mainz|Archbishop-Electors of Mainz]] and [[Electorate of Trier|Archbishop-Electors of Trier]].

After the death of the Wittelsbach king [[Rupert of Germany]] in 1410 the Palatinate lands began to split under numerous branches of the family such as [[House of Palatinate-Neumarkt|Neumarkt]], [[House of Palatinate-Simmern|Simmern]], [[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Zweibrücken]], [[House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld|Birkenfeld]], [[Palatinate-Neuburg|Neuburg]], and [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|Sulzbach]]. When the senior branch of the Palatinate branch died out in 1559, the electorate passed to [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]] of Simmern, a staunch [[Calvinist]], and the Palatinate became one of the major centers of Calvinism in Europe, supporting Calvinist rebellions in both the [[Dutch Revolt|Netherlands]] and [[French Wars of Religion|France]].

The Neuburg cadet branch of the Palatinate branch also held the [[Duchy of Jülich]] and [[Duchy of Berg|Berg]] from 1614 onwards: when the last duke of [[United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg|Jülich-Cleves-Berg]] died without direct heirs in 1609, the [[War of the Jülich succession]] broke out, ended by the 1614 [[Treaty of Xanten]], which divided the separate duchies between [[Palatinate-Neuburg]] and the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]. Jülich and Berg fell to the Wittelsbach Count Palatine [[Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Wolfgang William of Neuburg]].

In 1619, the Protestant [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]] became King of [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]] but was defeated by the Catholic [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria]], a member of the Bavarian branch. As a result, the [[Upper Palatinate]] had to be ceded to the Bavarian branch in 1623, along with the Imperial office of Arch-Steward. When the [[Thirty Years' War]] concluded with the Treaty of Münster (also called the [[Peace of Westphalia]]) in 1648, a new additional electorate was created for the Count Palatine of the Rhine, along with the new office of Imperial Arch-Treasurer. During their exile Frederick's sons, especially [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]], gained fame in England.

[[File:Hd schloss.jpg|thumb|center|300px|[[Heidelberg Castle]], the seat of the Electors of Palatinate until destroyed by the French in March 1689]]

The house of [[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Palatinate of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg]] as heir to the Swedish throne ruled simultaneously the Duchy of [[Bremen-Verden]] (1654–1719).

In 1685, the Simmern line died out, and the Catholic [[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]], Count Palatine of [[Palatinate-Neuburg|Neuburg]] inherited the Palatinate (and also Duke of [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich]] and [[Duchy of Berg|Berg]]). During the reign of [[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine|Johann Wilhelm]] (1690–1716) the electoral residence moved to [[Düsseldorf]] in Berg. His brother and successor [[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine|Charles III Philip]] moved the Palatinate's capital back to [[Heidelberg]] in 1718 and then to [[Mannheim]] in 1720. To strengthen the union of all lines of the Wittelsbach dynasty Charles Philip organized a wedding on 17 January 1742 when his granddaughters were married to [[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Charles Theodore of Palatinate-Sulzbach]] and the Bavarian prince [[Clement, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine|Clement]]. In the [[1742 imperial election|imperial election]] a few days later Charles III Philip voted for his Bavarian cousin Prince-Elector [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles Albert]]. After extinction of the Neuburg branch in 1742, the Palatinate was inherited by Duke Charles Theodore of the branch Palatinate-Sulzbach.

After the extinction of the Bavarian branch in 1777, a succession dispute and the brief [[War of the Bavarian Succession]], the Palatinate-Sulzbach branch under Elector Charles Theodore succeeded also in Bavaria.

With the death of Charles Theodore in 1799 all Wittelsbach land in Bavaria and the Palatinate was reunited under [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian IV Joseph]], a member of the [[House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld|Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]] branch. At the time there were two surviving branches of the Wittelsbach family: Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (headed by Maximilian Joseph) and Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (headed by Count Palatine [[Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria|William]]). Maximilian Joseph inherited Charles Thedore's title of Elector of Bavaria, while William was compensated with the title of Duke ''in'' Bavaria. The form "[[Duke in Bavaria]]" was selected because in 1506 [[primogeniture]] had been established in the House of Wittelsbach resulting in there being only one reigning Duke of Bavaria at any given time. Maximillian Joseph assumed the title of [[King of Bavaria|king]] as [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian I Joseph]] on 1 January 1806. The new king still served as a [[Prince-elector]] until the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] left the Holy Roman Empire (1 August 1806).

==Kingdom of Bavaria, 1806–1918==
The [[Bavarian Army]] was involved in the Austrian defeat at [[Battle of Hohenlinden|Hohenlinden]], and General [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]] once more occupied Munich. By the [[Treaty of Lunéville]] (9 February 1801), Bavaria lost the Palatinate and the duchies of [[Palatine Zweibrücken|Zweibrücken]] and [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich]]. In view of the scarcely disguised ambitions and intrigues of the Austrian court, prime minister [[Maximilian von Montgelas|Montgelas]] now believed that the interests of Bavaria lay in a frank alliance with the [[First French Republic|French Republic]]; he succeeded in overcoming the reluctance of Maximilian Joseph; and, on 24 August, a separate treaty of peace and alliance with France was signed at Paris, which allied Bavaria with France.

The 1805 [[Peace of Pressburg (1805)|Peace of Pressburg]] (now [[Bratislava]]) between Emperor [[Napoleon]] of [[French First Empire|France]] and [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], as a consequence of the French victory over the [[Russian Empire|Russians]] and [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]] at the [[Battle of Austerlitz]] (2 December), allowed Maximilian to raise Bavaria to the status of a kingdom. Accordingly, Maximilian proclaimed himself king on 1 January 1806. The King still served as an elector until Bavaria seceded from the [[Holy Roman Empire]] on 1 August 1806, joining the [[Confederation of the Rhine]]. The [[Duchy of Berg]] was ceded to Napoleon only in 1806.

[[File:Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1835-1918.svg|thumb|left|Royal Bavarian coat of arms]]
[[File:Bayern von 1800 bis heute.png|thumb|center|350px|The [[Electorate of Bavaria]] including the [[Electorate of Palatinate]] (light green, in the old borders around 1800); the new [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] (1816, dark green line, with slightly shifted and rounded Palatinate territory and after the loss of the areas of the [[Duchy of Berg]] further north on the Rhine, but expanded to include previously ecclesiastical territories, i.e. [[Franconia]] and areas of [[Swabia]], as well as small areas on the border with Austria in the south); and today's state of Bavaria (black line border).]]

The [[Congress of Vienna]] 1814−15 led to the establishment of significant territorial gains for the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]. Although the Duchy of Berg remained lost, almost all of [[Franconia]], previously ruled by a number of [[Prince-bishop]]s, as well as parts of [[Swabia]], which had belonged to various [[German mediatisation|mediatised]] secular and ecclesiastic princes, came under Bavarian rule. In both areas a number of formerly [[Free imperial city|free imperial cities]] were also integrated into the kingdom. The previously heavily fragmented Palatinate territory was rounded off and partially moved. Smaller, mostly ecclesiastical territories on the southern border with Austria were also added. In this way, the border of Bavaria, which largely still exists today, was redefined and the state grew by more than a third in size.

Under Maximilian's descendants, Bavaria became the third most powerful German state, behind only [[Prussia]] and [[Austrian Empire|Austria]].  When the [[German Empire]] was formed in 1871, Bavaria became the new empire's second most powerful state after Prussia.  The Wittelsbachs reigned as kings of Bavaria until the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919]]. On 12 November 1918 [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]] issued the ''[[Anif declaration]]'' (German: ''Anifer Erklärung'') at [[Anif Palace]] in Austria,<ref>
[http://www.archontology.org/nations/german/bavaria/00_1806_1918_s.php Germany: Bavaria: Heads of State: 1806–1918] archontology.org, accessed: 14 June 2008
</ref> in which he released his soldiers and officials from their oath of loyalty to him and ended the 738-year rule of the House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria.<ref>{{BBKL|r/rupprecht_m_l_f|band=22|autor=Manfred Berger|artikel=Rupprecht, Maria Luitpold Ferdinand, Kronprinz von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Herzog von Bayern, Franken und in Schwaben usw.|spalten=1173–1186}}</ref> The republican movement thereupon declared a republic.

==Activities during the Nazi regime, 1933–1945==
Before and during the [[Second World War]], the Wittelsbachs were anti-Nazi. [[Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria|Crown Prince Rupert]] had earned [[Hitler]]'s eternal enmity by opposing the [[Beer Hall Putsch]] in 1923. In 1933, shortly after [[Adolf Hitler's rise to power|Hitler's rise to power]], he protested against the appointment of governors at the head of the federal states and thus the de facto abolition of German federalism. In 1938, he emigrated to [[Fascist Italy (1922-1943)|Italy]] and, after the [[German Army (1935-1945)|German Army]] [[Operation Achse|occupied Italy]] in September 1943, went into hiding in Florence.

His son, [[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]], initially left Germany for [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946)|Hungary]] with his family, but was eventually arrested by the [[Gestapo]] in October 1944, after Germany had [[German invasion of Hungary (1944)|occupied Hungary]] in March. With his wife, four children and three half-sisters, he was sent to a series of [[Nazi concentration camps]], including [[Oranienburg concentration camp|Oranienburg]], [[Flossenbürg concentration camp|Flossenbürg]] and [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=house of Wittelsbach {{!}} Facts & History|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Wittelsbach|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sun|first=Baltimore|title=Duke Albrecht of Bavaria,91, who survived Nazi...|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-07-10-1996192067-story.html|access-date=2021-10-05|website=baltimoresun.com|date=10 July 1996 |language=en-US}}</ref> Badly hit by hunger and disease, the family barely survived.<ref>Franz von Bayern (with Marita Krauss): ''Zuschauer in der ersten Reihe: Erinnerungen'' (Front row audience: memories), publisher C. H. Beck, 2023, pp. 5–28</ref> At the end of April 1945, they were liberated by the [[United States Third Army]].

== Current position of the head of the house ==
Albrecht's eldest son, [[Franz von Bayern]] (Francis of Bavaria) is the current head of the house.

In the course of the division of state and house assets after the end of the kingdom, the ''Wittelsbach Compensation Fund'' (Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds) was established through a compromise in 1923 and the ''Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science'' was established by the former Crown Prince [[Rupprecht of Bavaria]]. The ''Wittelsbach State Foundation'' received the Wittelsbach family's art treasures acquired before 1804 and has since been the owner, although not the manager, of a large part of the holdings of the ancient and classical art museums in Munich, while more recent art collections came into the possession of the compensation fund, into which most of the possessions from the former ''Wittelsbach House Property Fund'' were transferred in 1923, including art treasures and collections (in particular the art collection of King [[Ludwig I of Bavaria|Ludwig I]], today mostly in the museums [[Alte Pinakothek]] and [[Neue Pinakothek]] and in the [[Glyptothek]] in Munich), the ''Secret House Archives'' (today a department of the Bavarian State Archives) and the former royal castles of [[Berg Palace (Bavaria)|Berg]], [[Hohenschwangau Castle|Hohenschwangau]] (including the ''Museum of the Bavarian Kings''), [[Berchtesgaden]] and Grünau hunting lodge.<ref>[https://www.waf-bayern.de/ Website of Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds] ''(Wittelsbach Compensation Fund)'', in German</ref>

The respective head of the House of Wittelsbach appoints a board of up to 8 directors of the foundation ''Wittelsbach Compensation Fund''. He also appoints one of the 3 board members of the ''Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science'', while the other two are a representative of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and a museum specialist appointed by the latter.<ref>The board usually consists of the head of the House of Wittelsbach, the Bavarian Minister of Education, Sciences and Arts, and the General Director of the [[Bavarian State Painting Collections]].</ref> There are around 13,500 cultural items belonging to the ''Wittelsbach State Foundation'' while another 43,000 are owned by the ''Wittelsbach Compensation Fund'', mainly shown in museums and collections such as the Pinakotheken.<ref>[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)]]: ''[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/bayern/br-die-wittelsbacher-und-ihre-heutige-rolle-ehrgeiz-fuer-bayern-100.html Die Wittelsbacher und ihre heutige Rolle: "Ehrgeiz für Bayern"]'' (The Wittelsbachers and their role today: “Ambition for Bavaria”)</ref>

[[File:Aerial image of Schloss Nymphenburg.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|[[Nymphenburg Palace]]]]
The former Bavarian Royal Family receives around 14 million Euros in payments annually from the proceeds of the ''Wittelsbach Compensation Fund'' which also owns agricultural and forestry lands, while its main source of income is urban real estate in Munich.<ref>[https://www.waf-bayern.de/ Wittelsbach Compensation Fund], website (in German)</ref> The respective head of the family decides on their distribution and use.<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/wittelsbacher-erben-der-bayerischen-koenige-kassieren-immer-noch-millionen-1.2852054 Heirs of the Bavarian kings still collect millions] (German article in [[Süddeutsche Zeitung]], 6 February 2016)</ref> He has the right to live in the castles mentioned. While Albrecht lived in Berg Palace from 1949 until the end of his life in 1996, his son and successor Franz primarily uses the side wing of the [[Nymphenburg Palace]] that is available to him. The administration of the House of Wittelsbach is also based there.

The private assets of the House of Wittelsbach include the castles of [[Tegernsee Abbey]], Wildenwart (near [[Frasdorf]]), Leutstetten (near [[Starnberg]]) and [[Schloss Kaltenberg|Kaltenberg]] as well as agricultural lands and forestry with an area of 12,500 hectares, real estate and industrial shares. These include two breweries that only became significant after the Second World War: the [[Ducal Bavarian Brewery of Tegernsee]] and the [[König Ludwig Schlossbrauerei]]. Since 2011, the [[Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory]] is also owned by a member of the family.

The head of the house is also Grand Master of the Wittelsbach [[Dynastic order|House Orders]], the [[Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception]], the [[Order of Saint Hubert]] and the [[Order of Theresa]].

Duke Franz maintained the tradition founded by his father of holding a large annual reception with a sit-down dinner at Nymphenburg Palace. Around 1,500 mostly changing guests from state politics, municipalities, churches and sciences, art and medicine as well as friends and relatives are invited.<ref>Francis of Bavaria (with Marita Krauss): ''Zuschauer in der ersten Reihe: Erinnerungen'' (Front row audience: memories), 2023, p. 178−181</ref> He also invites smaller groups of changing guests to Berchtesgaden Castle to discuss specific topics that are important to him. His 80th birthday party, in 2013, was held at the [[Schleissheim Palace]] near Munich. The party was attended by 2,500 guests including the then-incumbent [[Minister-President of Bavaria]], [[Horst Seehofer]].

In addition to numerous honorary positions in Bavaria, including many cultural and scientific institutions, Franz was also a member of the ''European Foundation for the [[Speyer Cathedral|Imperial Cathedral of Speyer]]'' in the State of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] for many years, a position that his younger brother Duke [[Max Emanuel in Bayern|Max Emanuel in Bavaria]], has since taken over,<ref>[https://www.stiftung-kaiserdom.de/die-stiftung/gremien/ Website of the ''European Foundation for the Imperial Cathedral of Speyer'']: Committees.</ref> through which the House of Wittelsbach still maintains a connection to one of its former main territories, the [[Electoral Palatinate]]. Max Emanuel is considered the next in line of succession to the headship of the former ruling dynasty, followed by his and Franz's first cousin [[Luitpold Prinz von Bayern|Luitpold]].

==Reign outside the Holy Roman Empire==

With [[Otto III, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Otto III of Lower Bavaria]], who was a maternal grandson of [[Béla IV of Hungary]] and was elected [[anti-king]] of [[Hungary]] and [[Croatia]] as Bela V (1305–1308) the Wittelsbach dynasty came to power outside the [[Holy Roman Empire]] for the first time. Otto had abdicated the Hungarian throne by 1308.

===Palatinate branch===

====United Kingdom====
The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] and the [[Act of Settlement 1701]] excluded non-[[Protestantism|Protestants]] from inheriting the throne of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], making [[Sophia of Hanover]], a born princess of the [[House of Palatinate-Simmern]], the [[heir presumptive]] upon Anne's death. Sophia died two months before Anne, however, and Sophia's eldest son [[George I of Great Britain]] succeeded the throne in 1714.<ref name=BM>{{cite news |title=Succession |url=https://www.royal.uk/succession |newspaper=The Royal Family |date=17 March 2016 |language=en |access-date=9 May 2019|last1=Goodey |first1=Emma }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/george_i_king.shtml|title=George I |publisher=BBC History}}</ref> In this way, the [[House of Hanover]] inherited the British crown. It remained on the throne until the death of [[Queen Victoria]] in 1901.

The line of [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] succession, which recognises the right for a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] monarch from the [[House of Stuart]], acknowledges [[Franz, Duke of Bavaria|Franz, Hereditary Prince of Bavaria]] to be the rightful heir as "Francis II". However, no individual since [[Henry Benedict Stuart]] has publicly taken up the claim.

====Kingdom of Sweden====

[[File:Swedish Empire.svg|center|350px|thumb|The [[Swedish Empire]] following the [[Treaty of Roskilde]] of 1658]]

[[Christopher III of Denmark|Christopher III]] of the [[House of Palatinate-Neumarkt]] was king of [[Kalmar Union|Denmark, Sweden, and Norway]] in 1440/1442–1448, but left no descendants.

With the [[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]] the Wittelsbachs succeeded to the monarchy of Sweden again 1654–1720 when Queen [[Christina of Sweden]] abdicated her throne on 5 June 1654 in favour of her first cousin [[Charles X Gustav]].  Under him, [[Charles XI of Sweden|Charles XI]], [[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles XII]], Sweden reached its greatest power (see [[Swedish Empire]]). Charles XII was succeeded by his sister [[Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden|Ulrika Eleonora]].

Sweden reached its largest territorial extent under the rule of Charles X Gustav after the [[Treaty of Roskilde]] in 1658. Charles Gustav's son Charles XI rebuilt the economy and refitted the army. His legacy to his son Charles XII was one of the finest arsenals in the world, a large standing army, and a large fleet. Charles XII was a skilled military leader and tactician. However, although he was also skilled as a politician, he was reluctant in making peace. While Sweden achieved several large scale military successes early on, and won the most battles, the [[Great Northern War]] eventually ended in Sweden's defeat and the end of the [[Swedish Empire]]. Charles was succeeded to the Swedish throne by his sister, Ulrika Eleonora. Her abdication in favour of her husband [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]] in 1720 marked the end of Wittelsbach rule in Sweden.

====Kingdom of Greece====

[[File:Greece 1861.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Kingdom of Greece in 1861]]

Prince [[Otto of Greece|Otto of Bavaria]] was chosen by the [[London Conference of 1832]] to be king of [[Kingdom of Greece|newly independent Greece]]. This was confirmed by the [[Treaty of Constantinople (1832)|Treaty of Constantinople]], whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the [[Great Powers]] (the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[July Monarchy|France]] and the [[Russian Empire]]).

Throughout his reign, Otto faced political challenges concerning Greece's financial weakness and the role of the government in the affairs of the Church. The politics of Greece of this era was based on affiliations with the three Great Powers, and Otto's ability to maintain the support of the powers was key to his remaining in power.  To remain strong, Otto had to play the interests of each of the Great Powers’ Greek adherents against the others, while not aggravating the Great Powers. Otto's standing amongst Greeks suffered when Greece was blockaded by the British [[Royal Navy]] in 1850 and 1853 to stop Greece from attacking the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Crimean War]]. As a result, there was an assassination attempt on his wife [[Amalia of Oldenburg|Queen Amalia]] in 1861. In 1862, Otto was deposed while in the countryside, and in 1863, the [[Hellenic Parliament#History|Greek National Assembly]] elected [[George I of Greece|George I]] of the [[House of Glücksburg]], aged only 17, ''King of the Hellenes'', marking the end of Wittelsbach rule in Greece.

<gallery widths=180>
Hellenic Parliament from high above.jpg|The [[Old Royal Palace]] in Athens, built for King [[Otto of Greece|Otto I]] by [[Friedrich von Gärtner]], 1841
Propylaeen Muenchen-1.jpg|[[Propylaea (Munich)|Propylaea]] in Munich, monument for the [[secundogeniture]] of the Wittelsbach in Greece
</gallery>

===Bavarian branch===
[[Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692-1699)|Joseph Ferdinand]], a son of [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian II Emanuel]], was the favored choice of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and the [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]] to succeed as the ruler of Spain, and [[Charles II of Spain]] chose him as his heir. Due to the unexpected death of Joseph Ferdinand in 1699 the Wittelsbachs did not come to power in Spain, leaving the [[War of the Spanish Succession|Spanish Succession]] uncertain again.

==Rulers==

===House of Wittelsbach===

{{hidden begin
|title = Partitions under Wittelsbach rule
|titlestyle = background: #ccf; text-align:center;
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{|  style="margin:auto; border-spacing:0; border:1px solid black; text-align:center;"
|+ 
|- 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fed;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Scheyern---> 
| colspan=2 rowspan=3 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''[[Duchy of Bavaria]]''</small>
| colspan=10 rowspan=6 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''[[Electoral Palatinate|County Palatine of the Rhine]]''</small>
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan=4 style="background: #fed;" |'''County of Scheyern'''<br>(1050-1209)
| colspan=2 style="background: #cfc;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Dachau---> 
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="6" style="background: #fca;" |'''County of Valley'''<br>(1123-1268)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #cfc;" |'''County of Dachau'''<br>(1072-1182)<ref>United with the [[Duchy of Merania]] in 1152-59 and 1172-82</ref>
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bavaria---> 
|-
| colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bavaria---> 
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Briefly inherited by the [[Counts of Ortenburg]]<br>(1209-1248)''</small>
|-
| colspan=14 rowspan="2" style="background: #fff;" |'''Duchy of Bavaria'''<br>(1180-1349)<br><small>(Scheyern line; Divided in <span style="background: #ade;">Upper</span> and <span style="background: #cff;">Lower</span> Bavaria in 1253-1340)</small>
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |<small>''To Bavaria''</small>
|-
| colspan=15 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bavaria---> 
|-
| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Bavaria---> 
| colspan=10 rowspan=5 style="border-left: double;"  style="background: #fff;" |'''County Palatine of the Rhine'''<br>(1329-1356)<br><br><small>Raised to</small><br>'''Electorate of the Palatinate'''<br>(1356-1559)
|-
| colspan=4 style="background: #cff;" |'''Duchy of Lower Bavaria'''<br>(1349-1353)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #ade;" |'''Duchy of Upper Bavaria'''<br>(1349-1363)
|-
| colspan=3 rowspan="2" style="background: #fde;" |'''Duchy of Landshut'''<br>(1353-1505)
| colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="background: #ceb;" |'''Duchy of<br>Straubing'''<br>(1353-1425/33)<ref>1428 in the Duchy itself; 1433 in the [[Low Countries]] possessions which went to the [[Duchy of Burgundy]]</ref>
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="background: #eee;" |''<small>Shared property between Straubing and Landshut</small>''
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background: #aed;" |'''Duchy of Munich'''<br>(1392-1503)
| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #fbd;" |'''Duchy of Ingolstadt'''<br>(1392-1445)
| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #fde;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Landshut--->
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" |<small>(Divided between<br>the other duchies)</small>
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
| colspan=1 style="background: #bcd;" |'''County of Neumarkt'''<br>(1410-1448)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fedf;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Mosbach--->
| colspan=7 style="background: #def;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Simmern--->
|-
| colspan=4 rowspan=3 style="background: #fde;" |'''Duchy of Landshut'''<br>(1353-1505)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="background: #fedf;" |'''County of<br>Mosbach'''<br>(1410-1490)
| colspan=7 style="background: #def;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Simmern--->
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
| colspan=1 rowspan=6 style="background: #def;" |'''County of Simmern'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1410-1598)
| colspan=6 rowspan=3 style="background: #fea898;" |'''County of Zweibrücken'''<br>(1459-1677)
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
|-
| colspan=4 rowspan=9 style="background: #fff;" |'''Duchy of Bavaria'''<br>(1503-1623)<br><br><small>Raised to</small><br>'''Electorate of Bavaria'''<br>(1623-1806)
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fde;" |'''County of Neuburg'''<br>(1505-1559)<ref>Following the [[War of the Succession of Landshut]], the region around Neuburg didn't rejoin Bavaria, and formed an independent county.</ref>
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---CPR--->
| colspan=1 rowspan=12 style="background: #ada;" |'''County of Veldenz'''<br>(1543-1694)
| colspan=5 style="background: #fea898;"|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zweibrucken--->
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to Zweibrücken''<br>(1559-1569)</small>
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of the Palatinate'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #def;">Simmern line</span>)</small>(1559-1685)<ref>Between 1559 and 1592, the county of Lautern was created for John Casimir, brother of the Elector; however it merged again after John Casimir's death with no male descendants.</ref>
| colspan=5 style="background: #fea898;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zweibrucken--->
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="9" style="background: #fde;" |'''County of Neuburg'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #fea898;">Zweibrücken line</span>)</small><br>(1569-1685)
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #cfc;" |'''County of Sulzbach'''<br>(1569-1604)
| colspan=2 style="background: #fea898;" |<ref>Between 1569 and 1572, a county at Vohenstrauss and Parkstein was created for Frederick, son of Count Wolfgang of Zweibrucken; However, it was re-merged in Zweibrucken after Frederick's death with no descendants.</ref>
| colspan=2 rowspan=4 style="background: #dce;" |'''County of Birkenfeld'''<br>(1569-1731)<ref>Bischweiler splits off in 1615-71; this line eventually took over and supplanted Birkenfeld in 1671.</ref>
|-
| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fea898;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zweibrucken---> 
|-
| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Annexed to Neuburg''<br>(1604-1614)</small>
| colspan=1 rowspan=10 style="background: #fbe2a2;" |'''County of Kleeburg'''<br>(1604-1718)
| colspan=1 rowspan=8 style="background: #fea898;" |'''County of Zweibrücken'''<br>(1459-1799)<ref>Landsberg also split off in 1604-1661; this line eventually took over Zweibrücken in 1661.</ref>
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background: #def;" |'''County of Simmern'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1610-1674)
| colspan=1 rowspan=11 style="background: #cfc;" |'''County of Sulzbach'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #fde;">Neuburg line</span>)</small><br>(1614-1742)
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
| colspan=1 rowspan=11 style="background: #dc8;" |'''County of Gelnhausen'''<br>(1654-1799)
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background: #ffc;" |'''Duchy of Leuchtenberg'''<br>(1646-1705)<ref>Duchy formed by [[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria]], but in 1650 he exchanged this property with the County of Haag, which he held until his death. Leuchtenberg was inherited by a second son of [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria]] and later merged in this Electorate.</ref>
| colspan=3 rowspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Bavaria---> 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=4 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=5 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of the Palatinate'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #fde;">Neuburg line</span>)</small><br>(1685-1742)
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=6 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #fea898;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Zweibrucken---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=4 rowspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of Bavaria'''<br>(1623-1806)
| colspan=6 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=6 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fea898;" |<small>(<span style="background: #fbe2a2;">Kleeburg line 1718-31</span>)</small><ref name=Zweibranches>The county was inherited by the Swedish branch of the Kleeburg line in 1681; in 1718, Charles XII of Sweden lacked heirs, and appointed his cousin Gustav from Kleeburg; Kleeburg merged in Zweibrücken under Gustav's rule (1718-31). The same would happen in 1731 with the Birkenfeld line: this line supplanted the Kleeburg one, and also merged with Zweibrücken.</ref>
| colspan=1 style="background: #dce;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Birkenfeld---> 
|-
| colspan=6 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Electorate Pal---> 
| colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background: #fea898;" |<small>(<span style="background: #dce;">Birkenfeld line 1731-99</span>)</small><ref name=Zweibranches/>
|-
| colspan=7 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of the Palatinate'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #cfc;">Sulzbach line</span>)</small><br>(1742-1799)
|-
| colspan=12 style="border-left: double;" "background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of the Palatinate'''<br><small>(<span style="background: #fea898>Zweibrücken line</span>)</small><br>(1799-1803)
|-
| colspan=17 style="background: #fff;" |'''Electorate of Bavaria'''<br>(1623-1806)
|-
|}

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{{collapse top|title=Table of rulers}}

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]||
|align=center|c.1020<br><small>(Possible) son of [[Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz]]</small>
|align=center|c.1050 – December 1072||[[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||? of Reichersbeuern<br><br>[[Haziga of Diessen]]<br>1057<br><br>(four children in total)
|align=center|December 1072<br><small>aged 51–52</small>||
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern|Eckhard]]||
|align=center|1044<br><small>First son of [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]</small>
|align=center|December 1072 – May 1091
|rowspan="3"|[[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde<br>three children
|align=center|May 1091<br><small>aged 46–47</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Otto I, ruled jointly. Arnold took his own seat at Dachau. 
|- style="background:#fed"
|{{ill|Bernard I, Count of Scheyern|de|Bernhard I. von Scheyern|lt=Bernard}}||
|align=center|c.1045<br><small>Second son of [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]</small>
|align=center|December 1072 – 2 March 1104||''Unmarried''
|align=center|2 March 1104<br>[[Scheyern]]<br><small>aged </small>
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto II, Count of Scheyern|Otto II]]||
|align=center|c.1060<br><small>Third son of [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]</small>
|align=center|December 1072 – 31 October 1120||Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde<br>four children
|align=center|31 October 1120<br><small>aged 59–60</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|{{ill|Arnold I, Count of Scheyern|de|Arnold I. von Scheyern|lt=Arnold I}}||
|align=center|c.1060<br><small>Fourth son of [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern|Otto I]]</small>
|align=center|December 1072 – March 1123||[[Dachau, Bavaria|County of Dachau]]||{{ill|Beatrix of Reipersberg|bg|Беатрис фон Райперсберг}}<br>1204<br>one child
|align=center|March 1123<br><small>aged 62–63</small>
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto III, Count of Scheyern|Otto III]]||
|align=center|c.1090?<br><small>Son of [[Otto II, Count of Scheyern|Otto II]] and Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde</small>
|align=center|31 October 1120 – December 1130|| [[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|December 1130<br><small>aged 39–40?</small>||Left no children. He was succeeded by his namesakee half-brother/cousin.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|{{ill|Conrad I, Count of Dachau|de|Konrad I. von Dachau|lt=Conrad I}}||
|align=center|c.1090<br><small>First son of {{ill|Arnold I, Count of Scheyern|de|Arnold I. von Scheyern|lt=Arnold I}} and {{ill|Beatrix of Reipersberg|bg|Беатрис фон Райперсберг}}</small>
|align=center|March 1123 – November 1130
|rowspan="2"|[[Dachau, Bavaria|County of Dachau]]||Willibirg of Carniola-Orlamünde<br>two children
|align=center|November 1130<br><small>aged 39–40</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Arnold I, ruled jointly. Otto took his own seat at Valley.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|{{ill|Arnold II, Count of Dachau|de|Arnold II. von Dachau|lt=Arnold II}}||
|align=center|c.1090<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Arnold I, Count of Scheyern|de|Arnold I. von Scheyern|lt=Arnold I}} and {{ill|Beatrix of Reipersberg|bg|Беатрис фон Райперсберг}}</small>
|align=center|March 1123 – April 1124||''Unmarried''
|align=center|April 1124<br>[[Oberschleißheim]]<br><small>aged 33–34</small>
|- style="background:#fca"
|[[Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley|Otto I]]||
|align=center|c.1090<br><small>Third son of {{ill|Arnold I, Count of Scheyern|de|Arnold I. von Scheyern|lt=Arnold I}} and {{ill|Beatrix of Reipersberg|bg|Беатрис фон Райперсберг}}</small>
|align=center|March 1123 – November 1130||[[Valley, Bavaria|County of Valley]]||{{ill|Adelheid of Weilheim|de|Adelheid von Weilheim}}<br>five children
|align=center|November 1130<br><small>aged 39–40</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Conrad I, Duke of Merania|Conrad II]]||
|align=center|c.1110<br><small>First son of {{ill|Conrad I, Count of Dachau|de|Konrad I. von Dachau|lt=Conrad I}} and Willibirg of Carniola-Orlamünde</small>
|align=center|November 1130 – 18 February 1159
||[[Dachau, Bavaria|County of Dachau]]<br><small>(with the [[Duchy of Merania]] since 1152)</small>||Adelaide of Limburg<br><br>Udehild of Falkenstein<br><br>two children in total
|align=center|18 February 1159<br><small>aged 48–49?</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Conrad I, ruled jointly. Conrad acquired also the [[Duchy of Merania]], which was directly inherited by his son. Th county of Dachau was only given to Conrad III after Arnold's abdication in 1172.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|{{ill|Arnold III, Count of Dachau|de|Arnold III. von Dachau|lt=Arnold III}}||
|align=center|c.1110<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Conrad I, Count of Dachau|de|Konrad I. von Dachau|lt=Conrad I}} and Willibirg of Carniola-Orlamünde</small>
|align=center|November 1130 – 1172||[[Dachau, Bavaria|County of Dachau]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|November 1185<br><small>aged 74–75?</small>
|- style="background:#fca"
|{{ill|Conrad I, Count of Valley|de|Konrad I. von Valley|lt=Conrad I}}||
|align=center|c.1110<br><small>Son of [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley|Otto I]] and {{ill|Adelheid of Weilheim|de|Adelheid von Weilheim}}</small>
|align=center|November 1130 – 28 April 1162||[[Valley, Bavaria|County of Valley]]||Agnes of Greifenstein<br>five children
|align=center|1175<br>[[Valley, Bavaria|Valley]]<br><small>aged 39–40</small>||
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto IV, Count of Scheyern|Otto IV]]|| [[File:Otto IV. von Scheyern-1.png|100px]]
|align=center|1083<br><small>Son of [[Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern|Eckhard]] and Richardis of Carniola-Orlamünde</small>
|align=center|December 1130 – 4 August 1156|| [[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||[[Heilika of Lengenfeld]]<br>13 July 1116<br>nine children
|align=center|4 August 1156<br>[[Wittelsbach Castle]]<br><small>aged 72–73</small>||
|- style="background:#fff;"
|rowspan=2|[[Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V & III ''the Redhead'']]<ref>Otto III as Duke of Bavaria, as there were already two previous rulers of this name in the Duchy.</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[File:Otton I Wittelsbach.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|1117<br>[[Kelheim]]<br><small>First son of [[Otto IV, Count of Scheyern|Otto IV]] and [[Heilika of Lengenfeld]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#fed;"|4 August 1156 – 16 September 1180
|style="background:#fed;"| [[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]
|rowspan=2|[[Agnes of Loon]]<br>1169<br>eleven children
|rowspan=2  align=center|11 July 1183<br>[[Pfullendorf]]<br><small>aged 65–66</small>
|rowspan=2 |In 1180, received, from [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]], the Duchy of Bavaria.
|- style="background:#fff;"
|align=center|16 September 1180 – 11 July 1183|| [[Duchy of Bavaria]]
|- style="background:#fca"
|[[Otto II, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley|Otto II]]||
|align=center|c.1140<br><small>First son of {{ill|Conrad I, Count of Valley|de|Konrad I. von Valley|lt=Conrad I}} and Agnes of Greifenstein</small>
|align=center|28 April 1162 – 29 October 1172
|rowspan="2"|[[Valley, Bavaria|County of Valley]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|November 1130<br><small>aged 39–40</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Conrad I, ruled jointly.
|- style="background:#fca"
|{{ill|Conrad II, Count of Valley|bg|Конрад II фон Фалай|lt=Conrad II}}||
|align=center|c.1140<br><small>Second son of {{ill|Conrad I, Count of Valley|de|Konrad I. von Valley|lt=Conrad I}} and Agnes of Greifenstein</small>
|align=center|28 April 1162 – 1196||Matilda of Ortenburg<br>three children
|align=center|1196<br><small>aged 65–66</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Conrad II, Duke of Merania|Conrad III]]||
|align=center|c.1130<br><small>Son of [[Conrad I, Duke of Merania|Conrad II]]</small>
|align=center|1172 – 8 October 1182
||[[Dachau, Bavaria|County of Dachau]]<br><small>(with the [[Duchy of Merania]] since 1159)</small>||Willibirg of Carniola-Orlamünde<br>two children
|align=center|8 October 1182<br><small>aged 51–52</small>|| After his death with no children, Dachau was absorbed by Bavaria.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Dachau annexed to the Duchy of Bavaria''
|- style="background:#fed"
|{{ill|Otto VI, Count of Scheyern|de|Otto VII. (Pfalzgraf von Bayern)|lt=Otto VI ''the Younger''}}||
|align=center|c.1120<br><small>Second son of [[Otto IV, Count of Scheyern|Otto IV]] and [[Heilika of Lengenfeld]]</small>
|align=center|16 September 1180 – 18 August 1189||[[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||Benedicta of Donauwörth<br>1204<br>one child
|align=center|18 August 1189<br><small>aged 68–69</small>||
|-style="background:#fff"
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Agnes of Loon]], {{ill|Otto VI, Count of Scheyern|de|Otto VII. (Pfalzgraf von Bayern)}} and [[Conrad of Wittelsbach|Conrad of Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Mainz]] (1183-1189)''</small><ref>Pius Wittmann, ''Die Pfalzgrafen von Bayern'', Munich, Ackermann, 1877, p. 52.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Obtained (through marriage) the [[Palatinate of the Rhine]] in 1214. He was assassinated in 1231.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria|Louis I ''the Kelheimer'']]||[[File:Julius Zimmermann - Ludwig I. der Kehlheimer (geb. 1174, reg. 1183-1231), Herzog von Bayern und Pfalzgraf bei Rhein - 4543 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 December 1173<br>[[Kelheim]]<br><small>Son of [[Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V & III]] and [[Agnes of Loon]]</small>
|align=center|11 July 1183 – 15 September 1231||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]||[[Ludmilla of Bohemia]]<br>1204<br>one child
|align=center|15 September 1231<br>[[Kelheim]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria|Otto VII]]|| [[File:Ermordung Philipps von Schwaben.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|c.1160<br><small>Son of {{ill|Otto VI, Count of Scheyern|de|Otto VII. (Pfalzgraf von Bayern)|lt=Otto VI}} and Benedicta of Donauwörth</small>
|align=center|18 August 1189 – 7 March 1209||[[Scheyern|County of Scheyern]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|7 March 1209<br>[[Bad Abbach]]<br><small>aged 48–49</small>||Assassinated [[Philip of Swabia]]. After his death, Scheyern went briefly to the control of the [[Counts of Ortenburg|Ortenburg family]], and then joined the Duchy of Bavaria.
|- style="background:#fed"
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Scheyern annexed to the [[Counts of Ortenburg|County of Ortenburg]], and then joined the Duchy of Bavaria''
|- style="background:#fca"
|[[Otto III, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley|Otto III]]||
|align=center|c.1190<br><small>Son of {{ill|Conrad II, Count of Valley|bg|Конрад II фон Фалай|lt=Conrad II}} and Matilda of Ortenburg</small>
|align=center|1196 – 1268||[[Valley, Bavaria|County of Valley]]||{{ill|Adelheid of Weilheim|de|Adelheid von Weilheim}}<br>five children
|align=center|1268<br><small>aged c.77-78?</small>|| After his death with no children, Valley was absorbed by Bavaria.
|- style="background:#fca"
|colspan="8" align=center| ''Valley annexed to the Duchy of Bavaria''
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto IV ''the Illustrious'']]||[[File:Otto II Wittelsbach.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|7 April 1206<br>[[Kelheim]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria|Louis I]] and [[Ludmilla of Bohemia]]</small>
|align=center|15 September 1231 – 29 November 1253||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]||[[Agnes of the Palatinate]]<br>1222<br>[[Worms, Germany|Worms]]<br>eleven children 
|align=center|29 November 1253<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 47</small>||Through his wife, he and his children inherited the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]]. After his death, Bavaria was divided between his children.
|- style="background:#ade"
|[[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II ''the Strict'']]||[[File:Fürstenfeldbruck-Klosterkirche 8.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|13 April 1229<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto IV]] and [[Agnes of the Palatinate]]</small>
|align=center|29 November 1253 – 2 February 1294|| [[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]] and [[Electoral Palatinate|County Palatine of the Rhine]]||[[Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria|Maria of Brabant]]<br>2 August 1254<br>no children<br><br>[[Anna of Glogau|Anna of Głogów]]<br>1260<br>two children<br><br>[[Matilda of Habsburg|Matilda of Austria]]<br>24 October 1273<br>four children
|align=center|2 February 1294<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 64</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Otto IV, divided the duchy.
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]]||[[File:Heinrich XIII. (Bayern).png|100px]]
|align=center|19 November 1235<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>Second son of [[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto IV]] and [[Agnes of the Palatinate]]</small>
|align=center|29 November 1253 – 3 February 1290||[[Lower Bavaria|Duchy of Lower Bavaria]]||[[Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria|Elizabeth of Hungary]]<br>1250<br>ten children
|align=center|3 February 1290<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>aged 54</small>
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Otto III, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V]]||[[File:Ota3 Thurocsi.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|11 February 1261<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>First son of [[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]] and [[Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria|Elizabeth of Hungary]]</small>
|align=center|3 February 1290 – 9 November 1312
|rowspan="3"|[[Lower Bavaria|Duchy of Lower Bavaria]]||{{ill|Catharina of Austria (1282)|de|Katharina von Habsburg († 1282)|lt=Catharina of Austria}}<br>January 1279<br>two children<br><br>[[Agnes of Glogau|Agnes of Głogów]]<br>18 May 1309<br>two children
|align=center|9 November 1312<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Henry XIII, ruled jointly. In 1305 Otto became also [[King of Hungary]] and [[King of Croatia|Croatia]], as grandson of king [[Béla IV of Hungary]].
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria|Louis III]]||
|align=center|9 February 1269<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>Second son of [[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]] and [[Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria|Elizabeth of Hungary]]</small>
|align=center|3 February 1290 – 13 May 1296||[[Isabella of Lorraine, Duchess of Bavaria|Isabella of Lorraine]]<br>1287<br>no children
|align=center|13 May 1296<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 27</small>
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen I]]||
|align=center|14 March 1271<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>Third son of [[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]] and [[Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria|Elizabeth of Hungary]]</small>
|align=center|3 February 1290 – 10 December 1310||{{ill|Judith of Świdnica-Jawor|pl|Judyta świdnicka}}<br>1299<br>eight children
|align=center|10 December 1310<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 27</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|During a later division of territory among Louis II's heirs in 1294, the elder branch of the Wittelsbachs came into possession of both the Rhenish Palatinate and the territories in Bavaria north of the Danube river (the ''Nordgau'') centred around the town of [[Amberg]]. As this region was politically connected to the Rhenish Palatinate, the name '''Upper Palatinate''' (''Oberpfalz'') became common from the early 16th century, to contrast with the '''Lower Palatinate''' along the Rhine.
|- bgcolor=#ade
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Matilda of Habsburg|Matilda of Austria]] (1294-1296)''</small>
|rowspan="4"| Sons of Louis II, ruled jointly. In 1317 Rudolph abdicated of his rights to his brother, who in 1328 was elected [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. Louis had already been elected King of Germany in 1314. After occupying also the Palatinate, preventing the ascension of Rudolph's son Adolph, he eventually ceded his rights in Palatinate to Adolph's yoounger brothers in the [[Treaty of Pavia (1329)]]. After [[John I, Duke of Bavaria|John I the Child]]'s death in 1340, Louis IV unified the Bavarian duchy.
|- style="background:#ade"
|[[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolph I ''the Stammerer'']]||[[File:Ausschnitt Codex Balduini Trevi.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4 October 1274<br>[[Basel]]<br><small>First son of [[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II]] and [[Matilda of Habsburg|Matilda of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|2 February 1294 – 1317
|rowspan="2"|[[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]]<br><small>(1294-1340)</small> and [[Electoral Palatinate|County Palatine of the Rhine]]<br><small>(1294-1329)</small>||[[Mechtild of Nassau|Matilda of Nassau]]<br>1 September 1294<br>[[Free Imperial City of Nuremberg|Nuremberg]]<br>six children
|align=center|12 August 1319<br>[[Kingdom of England]] (?)<br><small>aged 44</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan=2|[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV ''the Bavarian'']]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ludwig der Bayer.jpg|100px]]
|align=center rowspan=2|5 April 1282<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II]] and [[Matilda of Habsburg|Matilda of Austria]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#ade"|2 February 1294 – 20 December 1340
|rowspan=2|[[Beatrice of Silesia|Beatrice of Świdnica-Jawor]]<br>14 October 1308<br>six children<br><br>[[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut]]<br>26 February 1324<br>[[Cologne]]<br>ten children
|align=center rowspan=2|11 October 1347<br>Puch, near [[Fürstenfeldbruck]]<br><small>aged 65</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|20 December 1340 – 11 October 1347||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]
|- bgcolor=#cff
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV, Duke of Upper Bavaria]] (1312-1319)''</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Stephen I and Otto V, ruled jointly. 
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIV ''the Elder'']]||
|align=center|29 September 1305<br><small>First son of [[Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen I]] and {{ill|Judith of Świdnica-Jawor|pl|Judyta świdnicka}}</small>
|align=center|9 November 1312 – 1 September 1339
|rowspan="3"| [[Lower Bavaria|Duchy of Lower Bavaria]]||[[Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria|Margaret of Bohemia]]<br>12 August 1328<br>[[Straubing]]<br>two children
|align=center|1 September 1339<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 33</small>
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria|Otto VI]]||
|align=center|3 January 1307<br><small>Second son of [[Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen I]] and {{ill|Judith of Świdnica-Jawor|pl|Judyta świdnicka}}</small>
|align=center|9 November 1312 – 14 December 1334||[[Richardis of Jülich]]<br>1330<br>one child
|align=center|14 December 1334<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 27</small>
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XV ''of Natternberg'']]||
|align=center|28 August 1312<br><small>First son of [[Otto III, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V]] and [[Agnes of Glogau|Agnes of Głogów]]</small>
|align=center|9 November 1312 – 18 June 1333||{{ill|Anna of Austria, Duchess of Lower Bavaria|de|Anna von Österreich (1318–1343)|lt=Anna of Austria}}<br>between 1326 and 1328<br>no children
|align=center|18 June 1333<br>{{ill|Natternberg (Deggendorf)|de}}<br><small>aged 20</small>
|- bgcolor=#cff
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV, Duke of Bavaria]] (1339-1340)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Left no male heirs, which allowed his cousin (and brother-in-law) Louis to reunite the Bavarian lands.
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[John I, Duke of Bavaria|John I ''the Child'']]||
|align=center|29 November 1329<br><small>Son of [[Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIV]] and [[Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria|Margaret of Bohemia]]</small>
|align=center|1 September 1339 – 20 December 1340||[[Lower Bavaria|Duchy of Lower Bavaria]]||[[Anna of Bavaria, Duchess of Bavaria|Anna of Upper Bavaria]]<br>18 April 1339<br>[[Munich]]<br>no children
|align=center|20 December 1340<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 11</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|In 1327, [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV, Duke of Bavaria]] occupied Palatinate, but wasn't recognized as Count Palatine, as he was defending the position of his younger nephews against the claimancy of his older nephew, [[Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine]]. Ten years later gave it to his nephews, sons of Rudolph. With the [[Treaty of Pavia (1329)|Treaty of Pavia]] in 1329, as Emperor, Louis made formal his donation, pushing back the claimant Count Adolf.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine|Rudolph II ''the Blind'']]||[[File:Rudolf II. von der Pfalz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|8 August 1306<br>[[Wolfratshausen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolph I]] and [[Mechtild of Nassau|Matilda of Nassau]]</small>
|align=center|[[Treaty of Pavia (1329)|1329]] – 4 October 1353|| [[Electoral Palatinate|County Palatine of the Rhine]]||{{ill|Anna of Carinthia-Tyrol|cs|Anna Korutanská}}<br>1328<br>one child<br><br>[[Margaret of Sicily, Countess Palatine of the Rhine|Margaret of Sicily]]<br>1348<br>no children
|align=center|4 October 1353<br>[[Neustadt an der Weinstraße]]<br><small>aged 47</small>|| Following the early death of his elder brother [[Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine|Adolph]], it was him who took over the county after the withdraw of their uncle Louis IV. Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother Robert. 
|- style="background:#ade"
||[[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V ''the Brandenburger'']]||[[File:LudwigI Wittelsbach Siegesallee.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|May 1315<br><small>First son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Beatrice of Silesia|Beatrice of Świdnica-Jawor]]</small>
|align=center|11 October 1347 – 18 September 1361||[[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]]<br><small>(in all Bavaria until 1349; with the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] since 1323 and until 1351)</small>||[[Margaret of Denmark, Duchess of Bavaria|Margaret of Denmark]]<br>1324<br>no children<br><br>[[Margaret, Countess of Tyrol]]<br>10 February 1342<br>[[Meran]]<br>four children
|align=center|18 September 1361<br>[[Zorneding]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
|rowspan=10  style="background:#fff"| Children of Louis IV, ruled jointly until 1349, when they divided their inheritance: Louis V, Louis VI and Otto VII kept Upper Bavaria; William, Albert and Stephen Lower Bavaria. In 1351 Louis VI and Otto gave up their inheritance in Bavaria, in exchange of the [[Electorate of Brandenburg|Electoral dignity in Brandenburg]]. Having lost the Electorate of Brandenburg in 1373, Otto returned to Bavaria to claim new inheritance, and shared the part of Stephen II's sons (his nephews) in Landshut (Lower Bavaria)
In Lower Bavaria, the three brothers divided the duchy again in 1353: Stephen kept Landshut, William and Albert shared Straubing, and from 1389 the two shared Straubing also with Albert I's son, Albert II.
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan=2|[[Louis VI the Roman|Louis VI ''the Roman'']]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ludwigvi.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|7 May 1328<br>[[Rome]]<br><small>First son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#ade"|11 October 1347 – {{ill|Treaty of Luckau|de|Luckauer Vertrag|lt=December 1351}}
|style="background:#ade"|[[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]]<br><small>(in all Bavaria until 1349)</small>
|rowspan=2|[[Kunigunde of Poland, Duchess of Bavaria|Cunigunde of Poland]]<br>before 1349<br>no children<br><br>[[Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]<br>1360<br>no children
|rowspan=2 align=center|17 May 1365<br>[[Berlin]]<br><small>aged 37</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|{{ill|Treaty of Luckau|de|Luckauer Vertrag|lt=December 1351}} – 17 May 1365||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(until 1356)</small><br><br>[[Electorate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(from 1356)</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan=3|[[Otto V, Duke of Bavaria|Otto VII ''the Lazy'']]
|rowspan=3|[[File:OttoV Faule Siegesallee.JPG|100px]]
|rowspan=3 align=center|1346<br><small>Fourth son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#ade"|11 October 1347 – {{ill|Treaty of Luckau|de|Luckauer Vertrag|lt=December 1351}}
|style="background:#ade"|[[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]]<br><small>(in all Bavaria until 1349)</small>
|rowspan=3|[[Catherine of Bohemia]]<br>19 March 1366<br>no children
|rowspan=3 align=center|15 November 1379<br>{{ill|Wolfstein Castle|de|Burgruine Wolfstein (Isar)}}<br><small>aged 32–33</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|{{ill|Treaty of Luckau|de|Luckauer Vertrag|lt=December 1351}} – {{ill|Treaty of Fürstenwalde|de|Vertrag von Fürstenwalde|lt=18 August 1373}}||[[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(until 1356)</small><br><br>[[Electorate of Brandenburg]]<br><small>(from 1356)</small>
|- style="background:#fde"
|align=center|{{ill|Treaty of Fürstenwalde|de|Vertrag von Fürstenwalde|lt=18 August 1373}} – 15 November 1379||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]<br><small>(in co-rulership with his brother 1373-75, with his nephews 1375-79)</small>
|- style="background:#fde"
||[[Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen II ''the Representative'']]||[[File:Julius Zimmermann - Stephan II. mit der Hafte (geb. 1313, regierte 1347-1375), Herzog von Bayern - 4544 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1319<br><small>Second son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Beatrice of Silesia|Beatrice of Świdnica-Jawor]]</small>
|align=center|11 October 1347 – 13 May 1375||[[Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]<br><small>(in all Bavaria until 1349; in <span style="background:#cff">[[Lower Bavaria]]</span> until 1353)</small>||[[Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Sicily]]<br>27 June 1328<br>four children<br><br>{{ill|Margaret of Nuremberg, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut|bg|Маргарете фон Нюрнберг|lt=Margaret of Nuremberg}}<br>14 February 1359<br>three children
|align=center|13 May 1375<br>[[Landshut]] or [[Munich]]<br><small>aged 55–56</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
||[[William I, Duke of Bavaria|William I ''the Mad'']]||[[File:Guillaume III de Hainaut.png|100px]]
|align=center|12 May 1330<br>[[Frankfurt am Main]]<br><small>Second son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut]]</small>
|align=center|11 October 1347 – 15 April 1389
|rowspan=3|[[Bavaria-Straubing|Duchy of Straubing]]<br><small>(in all Bavaria until 1349; in <span style="background:#cff">[[Lower Bavaria]]</span> until 1353; with the maternal [[County of Holland|Counties of Holland]], [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]] since 1356)</small>||[[Maud, Countess of Leicester|Matilda of England]]<br>1352<br>[[London]]<br>no children
|align=center|15 April 1389<br>[[Le Quesnoy]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
||[[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert I]]||[[File:Albert de Bavière.png|100px]]
|align=center|25 July 1336<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Third son of [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]] and [[Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut|Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut]]</small>
|align=center|11 October 1347 – 13 December 1404||[[Margaret of Brieg|Margaret of Brzeg]]<br>after 19 July 1353<br>[[Passau]]<br>seven children<br><br>[[Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Straubing|Margaret of Clèves]]<br>1394<br>[[Heusden]]<br>no children
|align=center|13 December 1404<br>[[The Hague]]<br><small>aged 68</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
|[[Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing|Albert II]]||[[File:Straubing-Karmelitenkirche-Grabmal-Albrecht-II-Detail.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|1368<br><small>Second son of [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert I]] and [[Margaret of Brieg|Margaret of Brzeg]]</small>
|align=center|15 April 1389 – 21 January 1397||''Unmarried''
|align=center|21 January 1397<br>[[Kelheim]]<br><small>aged 28–29</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|colspan=8 align="center"|''Electorate of Brandenburg lost to the [[House of Hohenzollern]]''
|- style="background:#fff;"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|The [[Golden Bull of 1356]] confirmed the right to participate in the election of a [[Holy Roman Emperor]] to the Count Palatine, title that evolved to ''Elector Palatine''. 
|- style="background:#fff"
||[[Rupert I, Elector Palatine|Robert I ''the Red'']]||[[File:Ruprecht I., 1910.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|9 June 1309<br>[[Wolfratshausen]]<br><small>Third son of [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolph I]] and [[Mechtild of Nassau|Matilda of Nassau]]</small>
|align=center|4 October 1353 – 16 February 1390||[[Electoral Palatinate|County Palatine of the Rhine]]<br><small>(until 1356)</small><br><br>[[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(from 1356)</small>||{{ill|Elisabeth of Namur, Countess Palatine of the Rhine|de|Elisabeth von Namur|lt=Elisabeth of Namur}}<br>1350 or 1358<br>no children<br><br>[[Beatrix of Berg]]<br>1385<br>no children
|align=center|16 Febrruarry 1390<br>[[Neustadt an der Weinstraße]]<br><small>aged 47</small>|| On 10 January 1356 was recognized as the First Elector Palatine. Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his cousin Robert, son of the titular count Adolf.
|- style="background:#ade"
|[[Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol|Meinhard]]||[[File:Meinhard III. von Tirol.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|9 February 1344<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V]] and [[Margaret, Countess of Tyrol]]</small>
|align=center|18 September 1361 – 13 January 1363||[[Upper Bavaria|Duchy of Upper Bavaria]]||[[Margaret of Austria, Countess of Tyrol|Margaret of Austria]]<br>4 September 1359<br>[[Passau]]<br>no children
|align=center|13 January 1363<br>[[Tirol Castle]]<br><small>aged 18</small>||Left no male descendants. After his death Upper Bavaria was divided between Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing.
|- style="background:#ade"
|colspan=8 align="center"|''Divided between [[Landshut|Bavaria-Landshut]] and [[Bavaria-Straubing]]''
|- style="background:#fbd"
||[[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen III ''the Magnificent'']]|| [[File:Zimmermann - Stephen III of Bavaria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1337<br><small>First son of [[Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen II]] and [[Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Sicily]]</small>
|align=center|13 May 1375 – 26 September 1413||[[Ingolstadt|Duchy of Ingolstadt]]<br><small>(in <span style="background:#fde">[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]]</span> until 1392)</small>||[[Taddea Visconti]]<br>13 October 1364<br>two children<br><br>[[Elisabeth of Cleves|Myntha Elisabeth of Cleves]]<br>16 January 1401<br>[[Cologne]]<br>no children
|align=center|26 September 1413<br>[[Niederschönenfeld]]<br><small>aged 75–76</small>
|rowspan=3|Children of Stephen II, shared rule, until 1379, with their uncle Otto VII. In 1392 the brothers divided the land once more. Frederick retained Landshut, Stephen kept Ingolstadt and John received Munich.
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Frederick, Duke of Bavaria|Frederick ''the Wise'']]|| [[File:König Friedrich Rathaus München.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1339<br><small>Second son of [[Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen II]] and [[Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Sicily]]</small>
|align=center|13 May 1375 – 4 December 1393||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]||{{ill|Anna of Neuffen-Hettingen|de|Anna von Neuffen-Hettingen}}<br>1360<br>one child<br><br>[[Maddalena Visconti]]<br>2 September 1381<br>five children
|align=center|4 December 1393<br>[[České Budějovice]]<br><small>aged 53–54</small>
|- style="background:#aed"
||[[John II, Duke of Bavaria|John II]]|| [[File:Herzog Johann II. Rathaus München.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1341<br><small>Third son of [[Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen II]] and [[Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Sicily]]</small>
|align=center|13 May 1375 – 1 July 1397||[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]<br><small>(in <span style="background:#fde">[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]]</span> until 1392)</small>||[[Catherine of Gorizia]]<br>1372<br>three children
|align=center|1 July 1397<br><small>aged 55–56</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Rupert II, Elector Palatine|Robert II ''the Hard'']]||[[File:Ruprecht und Gattin 2.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|12 May 1325<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine|Adolph of the Rhine]] and [[Irmengard of Oettingen]]</small>
|align=center|16 January 1390 – 6 January 1398|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Beatrice of Sicily (1326–1365)|Beatrice of Sicily]]<br>1345<br>seven children
|align=center|6 January 1398<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>aged 72</small>|| Nephew of Rudolph II and Robert I.
|- bgcolor=#fde
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regencies of [[Maddalena Visconti]] and [[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria]] (1393-1401), [[John II, Duke of Bavaria]] (1393-97), [[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria]] and [[William III, Duke of Bavaria]] (1397-1401)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Annexed Ingolstadt in 1445.
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XVI ''the Rich'']]||[[File:Henry XVI of Bavaria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1386<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick, Duke of Bavaria|Frederick]] and [[Maddalena Visconti]]</small>
|align=center|4 December 1393 – 30 July 1450||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]||{{ill|Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria|de|Margarete von Österreich (1395–1447)|lt=Margaret of Austria}}<br>25 November 1412<br>[[Landshut]]<br>six children
|align=center|30 July 1450<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 75–76</small>
|- style="background:#aed"
|[[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria|Ernest]]||[[File:Jaumann Ernst Rat.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1373<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>First son of [[John II, Duke of Bavaria|John II]] and [[Catherine of Gorizia]]</small>
|align=center|1 July 1397 – 2 July 1438
|rowspan="2"|[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]||[[Elisabetta Visconti]]<br>26 January 1395<br>[[Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm]]<br>four children
|align=center|2 July 1438<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 64–65</small>
|rowspan=2|Children of John II, ruled jointly.
|- style="background:#aed"
|[[William III, Duke of Bavaria|William III]]<ref name=Williams>William III ascended first than William II, but was younger than him. The numbering applied reflects [[seniority]]</ref>||[[File:Jaumann Albrecht Wilhelm.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1375<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[John II, Duke of Bavaria|John II]] and [[Catherine of Gorizia]]</small>
|align=center|1 July 1397 – 12 September 1435|| [[Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich|Margaret of Cleves]]<br>1433<br>two children
|align=center|12 September 1435<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 59–60</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Rupert, King of the Romans|Robert III ''the Righteous'']]||[[File:Rooms-koning Ruprecht.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|5 May 1352<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Rupert II, Elector Palatine|Robert II]] and [[Beatrice of Sicily (1326–1365)|Beatrice of Sicily]]</small>
|align=center|6 January 1398 – 18 May 1410|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]<br>27 June 1374<br>[[Amberg]]<br>seven children
|align=center|18 May 1410<br>[[Oppenheim]]<br><small>aged 58</small>||Also [[King of Germany]] (1400–1410).
|- style="background:#ceb"
|[[William II, Duke of Bavaria|William II ''of Oostervant'']]<ref name=Williams/>||[[File:Willem van Beijeren, XXVII grave van Hollandt & Zeelandt, heeft geregeert 13 jaeren, Objectnr PV PV20626.27.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|5 April 1365<br>[[The Hague]]<br><small>First son of [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert I]] and [[Margaret of Brieg|Margaret of Brzeg]]</small>
|align=center|13 December 1404 – 31 May 1417||[[Bavaria-Straubing|Duchy of Straubing]]<br><small>(with the [[County of Holland|Counties of Holland]], [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]])</small>||[[Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria|Margaret of Burgundy]]<br>12 April 1385<br>[[Cambrai]]<br>one child
|align=center|31 May 1417<br>[[Bouchain]]<br><small>aged 52</small>||
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis III, Elector Palatine|Louis III ''the Bearded'']]||[[File:Ludwig III. (Pfalz).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 January 1378<br><small>First son of [[Rupert, King of the Romans|Robert III]] and [[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]</small>
|align=center|18 May 1410 – 30 December 1436|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Blanche of England]]<br>6 July 1402<br>[[Cologne]]<br>no children <br><br>[[Matilda of Savoy]]<br>30 November 1417<br>five children
|align=center|30 December 1436<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Robert III, divided their inheritance. Stephen brought by marriage the [[County of Veldenz]] to his possessions, and, after his death, Zweibrücken split off from Simmern.
|- style="background:#bcd"
|[[John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt|John I]]||[[File:Johann von Pfalz-Neumarkt.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1383<br>[[Neunburg vorm Wald]]<br><small>Second son of [[Rupert, King of the Romans|Robert III]] and [[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]</small>
|align=center|18 May 1410 – 14 March 1443|| [[Palatinate-Neumarkt|County of Neumarkt]]||[[Catherine of Pomerania, Countess Palatine of Neumarkt|Catherine of Pomerania-Stolp]]<br>15 August 1407<br>[[Ribe]]<br>seven children 
|align=center|14 March 1443<br>[[Kastl, Amberg-Sulzbach|Kastl]]<br><small>aged 60</small>
|- style="background:#def"
|[[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Stephen I]]||[[File:Stefan von Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 June 1385<br><small>Third son of [[Rupert, King of the Romans|Robert III]] and [[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]</small>
|align=center|18 May 1410 – 14 February 1459|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Anna of Veldenz]]<br>10 June 1410<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>eight children 
|align=center|14 February 1459<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>aged 73</small>
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach|Otto I]]||[[File:Pfalzgraf Otto I Mosbach a.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|24 August 1390<br>[[Mosbach]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Rupert, King of the Romans|Robert III]] and [[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]</small>
|align=center|18 May 1410 – 5 July 1461|| [[Palatinate-Mosbach|County of Mosbach]]||{{ill|Johanna of Bavaria-Landshut|fr|Johanna von Beieren-Landshut}}<br>January 1430<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br>eight children 
|align=center|5 July 1461<br>[[Reichenbach, Upper Palatinate|Reichenbach]]<br><small>aged 70</small>
|- style="background:#fbd"
|[[Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria|Louis VII ''the Bearded'']]||[[File:Ludbar.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1368<br><small>Son of [[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen III]] and [[Taddea Visconti]]</small>
|align=center|26 September 1413 – 1443||[[Ingolstadt|Duchy of Ingolstadt]]||[[Anne de Bourbon-La Marche]]<br>1 October 1402<br>two children<br><br>[[Catherine of Alençon]]<br>1413<br>two children
|align=center|1 May 1447<br><small>aged 78–79</small>||Imprisoned by his son, who was allied with Henry XVI. Died in prison.
|- style="background:#ceb"
|[[John the Pitiless, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing|John III ''the Pitiless'']]||[[File:Jan van Beijeren, grave van Hollandt & Zeelandt, heeft geregeert 6 jaeren, Objectnr PV PV20626.28.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1374<br>[[Le Quesnoy]]<br><small>Third son of [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert I]] and [[Margaret of Brieg|Margaret of Brzeg]]</small>
|align=center|31 May 1417 – 6 January 1425||[[Bavaria-Straubing|Duchy of Straubing]]||[[Elizabeth of Görlitz|Elizabeth I, Duchess of Luxembourg]]<br>11418<br>no children
|align=center|6 January 1425<br>[[The Hague]]<br><small>aged 50/51</small>
|rowspan="2"|Heirs of William II, whose patimony was divided between them. Even so, John (who had been previously [[Bishop of Liège]]) contested the rights of Jacqueline in the [[Low Countries]], where she also face the presssure of [[Philip the Good]].
|- style="background:#ceb"
|[[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut|Jacqueline]]||[[File:Jacoba van Beieren door Hollandse school ca 1600.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|15 July 1401<br>[[Le Quesnoy]]<br><small>Daughter of [[William II, Duke of Bavaria|William II]] and [[Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria|Margaret of Burgundy]]</small>
|align=center|31 May 1417 – 12 April 1433||[[County of Holland|Counties of Holland]], [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]]||[[John, Duke of Touraine|John, Dauphin of France]]<br>6 August 1415<br>[[The Hague]]<br>no children<br><br>[[John IV, Duke of Brabant]]<br>10 March 1418<br>[[The Hague]]<br><small>(annulled 1422)</small><br>no children<br><br>[[Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester]]<br>February/March 1423<br>[[Hadleigh, Essex]]<br><small>(in secret; annulled 1428)</small><br>no children<br><br>[[Frank van Borssele]]<br>1434<br>no children
|align=center|8 October 1436<br>[[Voorhout]]<br><small>aged 35</small>
|- style="background:#ceb"
|colspan=8 align="center"|''Straubing definitively annexed by the remaining Bavarian duchies; the counties were annexed to the [[Duchy of Burgundy]]''
|- style="background:#fff"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach]] (1436–1442)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis IV, Elector Palatine|Louis IV ''the Meek'']]|| [[File:Ludwig IV. Hans Wertinger.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1 January 1424<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Louis III, Elector Palatine|Louis III]] and [[Matilda of Savoy]]</small>
|align=center|30 December 1436 – 13 August 1449|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou|Margaret of Savoy]]<br>18 October 1445<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>one child
|align=center|13 August 1449<br>[[Worms, Germany|Worms]]<br><small>aged 25</small>
|- style="background:#aed"
|[[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III ''the Pious'']]||[[File:Albrecht III von Bayern lehnt Königskrone ab.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|27 March 1401<br>[[Wolfratshausen]]<br><small>Son of [[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria|Ernest]] and [[Elisabetta Visconti]]</small>
|align=center|2 July 1438 – 29 February 1460||[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]||''[[Agnes Bernauer]]''<br>c. 1432?<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children<br><br>[[Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck|Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]<br>22 January 1437<br>[[Munich]]<br>ten children
|align=center|29 February 1460<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 58</small>||Son of [[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria|Ernest]].
|- style="background:#fbd"
|[[Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria|Louis VIII ''the Hunchback'']]||
|align=center|1 September 1403<br>[[Paris]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria|Louis VII]] and [[Anne de Bourbon-La Marche]]</small>
|align=center|1443 – 7 April 1445||[[Ingolstadt|Duchy of Ingolstadt]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|7 April 1445<br>[[Ingolstadt]]<br><small>aged 41</small>||After his death Ingolstadt was annexed by Landshut.
|- style="background:#fbd"
|colspan=8 align=center|''Ingolstadt annexed by Landshut''
|- style="background:#bcd"
|[[Christopher of Bavaria|Christopher I]]||[[File:Kristoffer, 1418-48, av Bayern konung av Danmark Norge och Sverige - Nationalmuseum - 15050.tif|100px]]
|align=center|26 February 1416<br>[[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz]]<br><small>Son of [[John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt|John I]] and [[Catherine of Pomerania, Countess Palatine of Neumarkt|Catherine of Pomerania-Stolp]]</small>
|align=center|14 March 1443 – 6 January 1448|| [[Palatinate-Neumarkt|County of Neumarkt]]||[[Dorothea of Brandenburg]]<br>12 September 1445<br>[[Copenhagen]]<br>no children 
|align=center|5/6 January 1448<br>[[Helsingborg]]<br><small>aged 31</small>|| Also [[King]] of the [[Kalmar Union]] (1440–1448), in [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]]. Left no descendants. Neumarkt reverted to Palatinate-Mosbach.
|- style="background:#bcd"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Neumarkt definitely annexed to Mosbach'' 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Frederick I, Elector Palatine|Frederick I ''the Victorious'']]||[[File:Friedrich der Siegreiche von Albrecht Altdorfer.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1 August 1425<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Louis III, Elector Palatine|Louis III]] and [[Matilda of Savoy]]</small>
|align=center|13 August 1449 – 12 December 1476|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||''[[Clara Tott]]''<br>1471/2<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>two children 
|align=center|12 December 1476<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 51</small>|| Brother of his predecessor. As he left no legitimate heirs to the Electorate, he was succeeded by his nephew. 
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria|Louis IX ''the Rich'']]||[[File:Ludwig der Reiche.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 February 1417<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>Son of [[Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XVI]] and {{ill|Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria|de|Margarete von Österreich (1395–1447)|lt=Margaret of Austria}}</small>
|align=center|30 July 1450 – 18 January 1479||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]||[[Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria|Amalia of Saxony]]<br>21 March 1452<br>[[Landshut]]<br>four children
|align=center|18 January 1479<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 61</small>|| 
|- style="background:#def"
|[[Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern|Frederick I ''the Pious'']]||
|align=center|19 November 1417<br><small>First son of [[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Stephen]] and [[Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Anna of Veldenz]]</small>
|align=center|14 February 1459 – 29 November 1480|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Margaret of Guelders (1436 - 1486)|Margaret of Guelders]]<br>6 August 1454<br>[[Lobith]]<br>ten children
|align=center|29 November 1480<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Stephen, divided their inheritance. 
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Louis I ''the Black'']]||[[File:Herzog Ludwig I. der Schwarze von Zweibrücken und Veldenz (1423 – 1489).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1424<br><small>Second son of [[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Stephen]] and [[Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Anna of Veldenz]]</small>
|align=center|14 February 1459 – 19 July 1489|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Johanna de Croÿ]]<br>20 March 1454<br>[[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]]<br>twelve children
|align=center|19 July 1489<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>aged 64–65</small>
|- style="background:#aed"
|[[John IV, Duke of Bavaria|John IV]]||
|align=center|4 October 1437<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>First son of [[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III]] and [[Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck|Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]</small>
|align=center|29 February 1460 – 18 November 1463||[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]
|rowspan=2|''Unmarried''
|align=center|18 November 1463<br>{{ill|Harthausen|de|Gutshof Menterschwaige}}<br><small>aged 26</small>
|rowspan="4"|Children of Albert III, shared their inheritance.In 1467, Sigismund moved to a seat in Dachau, but, as he left no descendants, it reunited again with Munich. Albert IV reunited the duchy in 1503 and, in 1506, decreed that the duchy should pass according to the rules of [[primogeniture]].
|- style="background:#aed"
||[[Sigismund of Bavaria|Sigismund]]||[[File:Jan Polack - Sigismund von Bayern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 July 1439<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III]] and [[Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck|Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]</small>
|align=center|29 February 1460 – 1 February 1501||[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]<br><small>(at [[Dachau, Bavaria|Dachau]])</small>
|align=center|1 February 1501<br>[[Blutenburg Castle]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan=2|[[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria|Albert IV ''the Wise'']]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, portrait by Barthel Beham.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|15 December 1447<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Third son of [[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albert III]] and [[Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck|Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#aed"|29 February 1460 – 1 December 1503
|style="background:#aed"|[[Munich|Duchy of Munich]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kunigunde of Austria]]<br>3 January 1487<br>[[Munich]]<br>seven children
|rowspan=2 align=center|18 March 1508<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 60</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|1 December 1503 – 18 March 1508||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]
|- style="background:#aed"
|colspan=8 align=center|''Dachau reunited with Munich''
|- style="background:#fed"
|[[Otto II, Count Palatine of Mosbach-Neumarkt|Otto II ''the Mathematician'']]||[[File:Zeichnung - Otto II - Pfalzgraf Pfalz-Mosbach.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 June 1435<br>[[Mosbach]]<br><small>Son of [[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach|Otto I]] and {{ill|Johanna of Bavaria-Landshut|fr|Johanna von Beieren-Landshut}}</small>
|align=center|5 July 1461 – 4 October 1490|| [[Palatinate-Mosbach|County of Mosbach]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|8 April 1499<br>[[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz]]<br><small>aged 63</small>|| Had a strong interest in astronomy and mathematics. Abdicated in 1490 to spend the remainder of his life in scientific pursuits. Mosbach reverted to the Electorate.
|- style="background:#fed"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Mosbach definitely annexed to the [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]'' 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Philip, Elector Palatine|Philip ''the Upright'']]||[[File:Pfalzgraf Philipp I (1448-1508) as donor, from St. Cacilien in Neckarsteinach, Middle Rhine - Pfalz, 1483 AD, stained and painted glass - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00614.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|14 July 1448<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis IV, Elector Palatine|Louis IV]] and [[Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou|Margaret of Savoy]]</small>
|align=center|12 December 1476 – 28 February 1508||[[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine|Margaret of Bavaria]]<br>1474<br>[[Amberg]]<br>fourteen children
|align=center|28 February 1508<br>[[Germersheim]]<br><small>aged 59</small>||
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[George, Duke of Bavaria|George ''the Rich'']]||[[File:Herzog Georgs des Reichen von Paul Gertner.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|15 August 1455<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria|Louis IX]] and [[Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria|Amalia of Saxony]]</small>
|align=center|18 January 1479 – 1 December 1503||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]||[[Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria|Hedwig of Poland]]<br>14 November 1475<br>[[Landshut]]<br>five children
|align=center|1 December 1503<br>[[Ingolstadt]]<br><small>aged 48</small>||At his death, he left his duchy to his only surviving daughter.
|- style="background:#def"
|[[John I, Count Palatine of Simmern|John I]]||[[File:Fragment of an altarpiece, thought to depict Johan I, count palatine of Simmern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|15 May 1459<br>{{ill|Starkenburg Castle|de|Starkenburg (Burgruine)}}<br><small>Son of [[Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern|Frederick I]] and [[Margaret of Guelders (1436 - 1486)|Margaret of Guelders]]</small>
|align=center|29 November 1480 – 27 January 1509|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||{{ill|Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess of Palatinate-Simmern|bg|Йохана фон Насау-Саарбрюкен|lt=Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken}}<br>29 September 1481<br>three children
|align=center|27 January 1509<br>{{ill|Starkenburg Castle|de|Starkenburg (Burgruine)}}<br><small>aged 49</small> || 
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Kaspar]]||
|align=center|11 July 1459<br><small>First son of [[Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Louis I]] and [[Johanna de Croÿ]]</small>
|align=center|19 July 1489 – 1490
|rowspan="2"| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Amalie of Brandenburg]]<br>19 April 1478<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br>no children 
|align=center|1527<br>[[Veldenz Castle]]<br><small>aged 67–68</small>
|rowspan="2"| Sons of Louis the Black, ruled jointly.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Alexander ''the Lame'']]||
|align=center|26 November 1462<br><small>Second son of [[Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Louis I]] and [[Johanna de Croÿ]]</small>
|align=center|19 July 1489 – 21 October 1514||{{ill|Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein|bg|Маргарета фон Хоенлое-Нойенщайн}}<br>1499<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br>six children 
|align=center|21 October 1514<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504)|Elisabeth]]||
|align=center|1478<br>[[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]]<br><small>Daughter of [[George, Duke of Bavaria|George]] and [[Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria|Hedwig of Poland]]</small>
|align=center|1 December 1503 – 15 September 1504||[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]||[[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)|Robert of the Palatinate]]<br>10 February 1499<br>three children
|align=center|15 September 1504<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 25–26</small>||Heiress of Landshut, according to her father's last will and testament of 1496. She fought the claim of Albert IV during the [[War of the Succession of Landshut]], but, having less allies than her opponent, she eventually lost almost all of her territory.
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan=8 align=center|''Landshut (with exceptions) was annexed to Munich''
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis V, Elector Palatine|Louis V ''the Pacific'']]||[[File:Ludwig V. Pfalz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 July 1478<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Philip, Elector Palatine|Philip]] and [[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine|Margaret of Bavaria]]</small>
|align=center|28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Sibylle of Bavaria]]<br>23 February 1511<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|align=center|16 March 1544<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 65</small> 
|rowspan="2"| Children of Philip, left no descendants. Louis V was succeeded by a younger brother. Neumarkt reverted to the Electorate after Wolfgang's death.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Wolfgang of the Palatinate|Wolfgang ''the Elder'']]||[[File:Pfalzgraf Wolfgang (1494-1558).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|31 October 1494<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Third son of [[Philip, Elector Palatine|Philip]] and [[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine|Margaret of Bavaria]]</small>
|align=center|28 February 1508 – 2 April 1558|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(at [[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz|Neumarkt]])</small>||''Unmarried''
|align=center|2 April 1558<br>[[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz]]<br><small>aged 63</small> 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[William IV, Duke of Bavaria|William IV ''the Steadfast'']]||[[File:Hans Wertinger - Herzog Wilhelm IV. von Bayern Rückseite, Wappen Bayern-Baden und Devise - 17 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|13 November 1493<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>First son of [[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria|Albert IV]] and [[Kunigunde of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|18 March 1508 – 7 March 1550||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]||[[Jakobaea of Baden]]<br>5 October 1522<br>[[Munich]]<br>four children
|align=center|7 March 1550<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|rowspan=2|Children of Albert IV. Though their father had determined the everlasting succession of only the firstborn prince in 1506, Louis, as a second-born son, refused a spiritual career with the argument that he was born before the edict became valid. As so, the brotheres shared their rule, with Louis X taking the seats of Landshut and Straubing.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis X, Duke of Bavaria|Louis X]]||[[File:Ludwig X. von Bayern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|18 September 1495<br>[[Grünwald, Bavaria|Grünwald]]<br><small>Second son of [[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria|Albert IV]] and [[Kunigunde of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|17 February 1514 – 22 April 1545||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]<br><small>(in [[Landshut]] and [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]])</small>|| ''Unmarried''
|align=center|22 April 1545<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|- style="background:#def"
|[[John II, Count Palatine of Simmern|John II]]||[[File:JohannIISimmern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|21 March 1492<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>Son of [[John I, Count Palatine of Simmern|John I]] and {{ill|Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess of Palatinate-Simmern|bg|Йохана фон Насау-Саарбрюкен|lt=Joanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken}}</small>
|align=center|27 January 1509 – 18 May 1557|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Beatrix of Baden]]<br>22 May 1508<br>twelve children
|align=center|18 May 1557<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>aged 65</small>|| He introduced the Reformation into Simmern which led to increased tensions with his neighbours, the Archbishoprics of Trier and Mainz.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Louis II ''the Younger'']]||[[File:Ludwig II., Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken (1502-1532).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|14 September 1502<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>First son of [[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Alexander]] and {{ill|Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein|bg|Маргарета фон Хоенлое-Нойенщайн}}</small>
|align=center|21 October 1514 – 3 December 1532|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]]<br>10 September 1525<br>[[Kassel]]<br>two children
|align=center|3 December 1532<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>aged 30</small>|| 
|- style="background:#ada"
||[[Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz|Robert]]||[[File:Rupprecht von Pfalz-Veldenz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1506<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>Second son of [[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Alexander]] and {{ill|Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein|bg|Маргарета фон Хоенлое-Нойенщайн}}</small>
|align=center|3 December 1532 – 28 July 1544|| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]||{{ill|Ursula of Salm-Kyrburg|bg|Урсула фон Залм-Кирбург}}<br>23 June 1537<br>three children
|align=center|28 July 1544<br>[[Gräfenstein Castle]]<br><small>aged 37–38</small>
|rowspan="3"|Divided the land. Robert was a younger brother of Louis II, and Wolfgang was Louis' son. Technically, Robert held both lands during Wolfgang's minority.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz|Robert, Count Palatine of Veldenz]] (1532–1543)''</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
||[[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]]||[[File:Wolfgang von Zweibrücken-Neuburg.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 September 1526<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Louis II]] and [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|3 December 1532 – 11 June 1569|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Anna of Hesse]]<br>24 February 1544<br>thirteen children
|align=center|11 June 1569<br>[[Nexon, Haute-Vienne|Nexon]]<br><small>aged 42</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Frederick II, Elector Palatine|Frederick II ''the Wise'']]||[[File:Hans Besser 006.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|9 December 1482<br>[[Neustadt an der Weinstraße]]<br><small>Second son of [[Philip, Elector Palatine|Philip]] and [[Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine|Margaret of Bavaria]]</small>
|align=center|16 March 1544 – 26 December 1556|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]||[[Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine|Dorothea of Denmark]]<br>18 May 1535<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|align=center|26 December 1556<br>[[Alzey]]<br><small>aged 73</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by a cousin. 
|- style="background:#ada"
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|<small>''Regencies of {{ill|Ursula of Salm-Kyrburg|bg|Урсула фон Залм-Кирбург}} (1544–1546) and [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] (1544–1560)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| 
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I ''the Astute'']]||[[File:Georg Johann von Pfalz-Veldenz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|11 April 1543<br><small>Son of [[Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz|Robert]] and {{ill|Ursula of Salm-Kyrburg|bg|Урсула фон Залм-Кирбург}}</small>
|align=center|28 July 1544 – 18 April 1592|| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]||[[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]]<br>20 December 1562<br>eleven children 
|align=center|18 April 1592<br>[[Lützelstein]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria|Albert V ''the Magnanimous'']]||[[File:Albrecht V Bayern Jugendbild.jpg|100px|Albert V]]
|align=center|29 February 1528<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Son of [[William IV, Duke of Bavaria|William IV]] and [[Jakobaea of Baden]]</small>
|align=center|7 March 1550 – 24 October 1579||[[Duchy of Bavaria]]||[[Archduchess Anna of Austria|Anna of Austria]]<br>4 July 1546<br>[[Regensburg]]<br>seven children
|align=center|24 October 1579<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 51</small>||
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regencies of [[Philip, Elector Palatine]] (1504–1508) and [[Frederick II, Elector Palatine]] (1508–1516)''</small>
|rowspan="4"|Paternal grandsons of Philip, Elector Palatine, and maternal grandsons of George, Duke of Landshut. In the aftermath of the [[War of the Succession of Landshut]], a part of Landshut who didn't join Bavaria formed the County of Neuburg. In 1556, Otto Henry, count of Neuburg, inherited the Electoral title, and abdicated the county. Neuburg fell then to the County of Zweibrücken. Also, Otto Henry's death marked the end of the main line of Electors: the Simmern line ascended to the Electoral position. 
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="2"|[[Otto Henry, Elector Palatine|Otto Henry ''the Magnanimous'']]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Georg Pencz 001.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|10 April 1502<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>First son of [[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)|Robert of the Palatinate]] and [[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504)|Elisabeth]]</small>
|style="background:#fde" align=center|15 September 1504 – 26 December 1556
|style="background:#fde"| [[Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]<br><small>(in Neuburg)<br><br>Repurposed as:</small><br>[[Palatinate-Neuburg|County of Neuburg]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Susanna of Bavaria]]<br>16 October 1529<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br>no children
|rowspan="2" align=center|12 February 1559<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 56</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|26 December 1556 – 12 February 1559||[[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg|Philip ''the Warlike'']]||[[File:Count Palatine Philip the Warlike, by Hans Baldung.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|12 November 1503<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)|Robert of the Palatinate]] and [[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504)|Elisabeth]]</small>
|align=center|15 September 1504 – 1541|| [[Landshut|Duchy of Landshut]]<br><small>(in Neuburg)<br><br>Repurposed as:</small><br>[[Palatinate-Neuburg|County of Neuburg]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|4 July 1548<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 44</small>
|- style="background:#fde"
|colspan=8 align=center|''Neuburg briefly annexed to Zweibrücken (1559-1569)''
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="2"|[[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III ''the Pious'']]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Friedrich der Fromme.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|14 February 1515<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>First son of [[John II, Count Palatine of Simmern|John II]] and [[Beatrix of Baden]]</small>
|style="background:#def" align=center|18 May 1557 – 12 February 1559
|style="background:#def"| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]]<br>21 October 1537<br>[[Kreuznach]]<br>eleven children<br><br>[[Amalia of Neuenahr]]<br>25 April 1569<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|rowspan="2" align=center|26 October 1576<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|rowspan="2"| When the senior branch of the family died out in 1559, the electorate passed to [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]] of [[Palatinate-Simmern|Simmern]], son of John II and a staunch [[Calvinist]]. The Palatinate became one of the major centers of Calvinism in Europe, supporting Calvinist rebellions in both the [[Netherlands]] and [[France]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|12 February 1559 – 26 October 1576|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>)</small>
|- style="background:#def"
|[[Georg, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim|George]]||
|align=center|20 February 1518<br><small>Second son of [[John II, Count Palatine of Simmern|John II]] and [[Beatrix of Baden]]</small>
|align=center|12 February 1559 – 17 May 1569|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]]<br> 9 January 1541<br>one child 
|align=center|17 May 1569<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>aged 51</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- style="background:#def"
|[[Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim|Richard]]||[[File:Richard of Pfalz-Simmern by the Brunswick-Lüneburg Court Miniaturist.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|25 July 1521<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>Third son of [[John II, Count Palatine of Simmern|John II]] and [[Beatrix of Baden]]</small>
|align=center|17 May 1569 – 13 January 1598|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Julianna of Wied, Countess Palatine of Simmern|Julianna of Wied]]<br>30 January 1569<br>four children<br><br>{{ill|Emilie of Württemberg, Countess of Palatinate-Simmern|nl|Emilia van Württemberg|lt=Emilie of Württemberg}}<br>26 March 1578<br>no children<br><br>{{ill|Anne Margaret of Palatinate-Veldenz|bg|Анна Маргарета фон Пфалц-Велденц}}<br>14 December 1589<br>no children 
|align=center|13 January 1598<br>[[Ravengiersburg]]<br><small>aged 76</small>||Left no descendants. Simmern returned to the Electorate.
|- style="background:#def"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Simmern briefly annexed to the [[Electoral Palatinate]] (1598–1610)''
|- style="background:#fea898"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Anna of Hesse]], [[William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]] and [[Louis VI, Elector Palatine]] (1569–1574)''</small>
|rowspan="6"| Children of Wolfgang, divided their inheritance:
* John received Zweibrücken;
* Frederick received Vohenstrauss-Parkstein, which after his death with no descendants went to Neuburg;
* Otto Henry received Sulzbach, which after his death with no descendants went to Neuburg;
* Charles received Birkenfeld;
* Philip Louis (the eldest son) received Neuburg, and absorbed his childless brothers land after their deaths.
|- style="background:#fde"
||[[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip Louis]]||[[File:Philip Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg.JPG|100px]]
|align=center|2 October 1547<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>First son of [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]] and [[Anna of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|11 June 1569 – 22 August 1614|| [[Palatinate-Neuburg|County of Neuburg]]||[[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Cleves]]<br>27 September 1574<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br>eight children
|align=center|22 August 1614<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John I ''the Lame'']]||[[File:Julius Zimmermann - Johann I. (geb. 1550, reg. 1569-1604), Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Herzog von Zweibrücken - 4489 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|8 May 1550<br>[[Meisenheim]]<br><small>Second son of [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]] and [[Anna of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|11 June 1569 – 12 August 1604|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]<br>1579<br>[[Bad Bergzabern]]<br>nine children
|align=center|12 August 1604<br>[[Germersheim]]<br><small>aged 54</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein|Frederick]]||[[File:Friedrich von Pfalz-Vohenstrauß-Parkstein.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|11 April 1557<br>[[Meisenheim]]<br><small>Third son of [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]] and [[Anna of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|11 June 1569 – 17 December 1597|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]<br><small>([[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein|at Vohenstrauss and Parkstein]])</small>||[[Katharina Sophie of Legnica]]<br>26 February 1587<br>three children
|align=center|17 December 1597<br>[[Vohenstrauß]]<br><small>aged 40</small>
|- style="background:#dce"
|[[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Charles I]]||[[File:Carolvs Pfalzgraff bei Rhein.jpeg|100px]]
|align=center|4 September 1560<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]] and [[Anna of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|11 June 1569 – 16 December 1600|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]]||[[Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<br>23 November 1590<br>four children
|align=center|16 December 1600<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>aged 40</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Otto Henry]]||[[File:Otto Heinrich von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1556-1604, reg. 1582-1604).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|22 July 1567<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>Fifth son of [[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Wolfgang]] and [[Anna of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|11 June 1569 – 29 August 1604|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]||{{ill|Dorothea Maria of Württemberg, Countess of Palatinate-Sulzbach|bg|Доротея Мария фон Вюртемберг|lt=Dorothea Maria of Württemberg}}<br>25 November 1582<br>thirteen children
|align=center|29 August 1604<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Vohenstrauss-Parkstein and Sulzbach annexed to Neuburg'' 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Louis VI, Elector Palatine|Louis VI ''the Careless'']]||[[File:Kurfuerst Ludwig VI. Pfalz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4 July 1539<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>First son of [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]] and [[Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]]</small>
|align=center|26 October 1576 – 22 October 1583|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>)</small>
||[[Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine|Elisabeth of Hesse]]<br>8 July 1560<br>[[Marburg]]<br>twelve children<br><br>[[Anne of Ostfriesland]]<br>12 July 1583<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|align=center|22 October 1583<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 44</small>
|rowspan="2"|Children of Frederick III, divided the land: Louis received the Electorate, and John Casimir was given a portion at [[Kaiserslautern|Lautern]]. The latter didn't have descendants, and his portion returned to the Electorate.
|- style="background:#def"
|[[John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern|John Casimir]]||[[File:Johann Casimir (Pfalz).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|7 March 1543<br>[[Simmern]]<br><small>Second son of [[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]] and [[Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]]</small>
|align=center|26 October 1576 – 16 January 1592|| [[Palatinate-Lautern|County of Simmern]]<br><small>(at [[Kaiserslautern|Lautern]])</small>||[[Elisabeth of Saxony]]<br>4 June 1570<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|align=center|16 January 1592<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|- style="background:#def"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Lautern reabsorbed in the Electorate''
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[William V, Duke of Bavaria|William V ''the Pious'']]||[[File:William V, Duke of Bavaria.jpg|100px|William V]]
|align=center|29 September 1548<br>[[Landshut]]<br><small>Son of [[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria|Albert V]] and [[Archduchess Anna of Austria|Anna of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|24 October 1579 – 15 October 1597|| [[Duchy of Bavaria]]||[[Renata of Lorraine]]<br>22 February 1568<br>[[Munich]]<br>ten children
|align=center|7 February 1626<br>[[Schleissheim Palace]]<br><small>aged 77</small>|| In 1597, he abdicated in favor of his son.
|- style="background:#fff"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern|John Casimir, Count of Lautern]] (1583–1592)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| With his advisor [[Christian of Anhalt]], he founded the [[Protestant Union|Evangelical Union]] of [[Protestant]] states in 1608. 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Frederick IV, Elector Palatine|Frederick IV ''the Righteous'']]||[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 01 095 3.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|5 March 1574<br>[[Amberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis VI, Elector Palatine|Louis VI]] and [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine|Elisabeth of Hesse]]</small>
|align=center|22 October 1583 – 19 September 1610|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>)</small>
||[[Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau|Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau]]<br>23 June 1593<br>[[Dillenburg]]<br>eight children
|align=center|19 September 1610<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]] (1592–1598)''</small>
|rowspan="5"|Children of George John I, ruled jointly. In 1598 divided the land: George Gustavus kept Veldenz;  John Augustus received Lützelstein; and Louis Philip and George John received jointly received Gutenberg.  In 1601 George John ruled alone Gutenberg. In 1611, after the death of John Augustus with no descendants, Lützelstein was annexed to Guttenberg. In 1654, after the death of George John without descendants, Guttenberg reverted to Veldenz, united under Leopold Louis, George Gustavus' son.  
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George Gustavus]]||[[File:Georg Gustav von Pfalz-Veldenz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|6 February 1564<br>{{ill|Michelsburg (Palatinate)|de|Michelsburg (Pfalz)|lt=Michelsburg}}<br><small>First son of [[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I]] and [[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|18 April 1592 – 3 June 1634|| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]||{{ill|Elisabeth of Württemberg, Countess of Palatinate-Veldenz|bg|Елизабет фон Вюртемберг (1548–1592)|lt=Elisabeth of Württemberg}}<br>30 October 1586<br>[[Stuttgart]]<br>no children<br><br>{{ill|Maria Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken|es|María Isabel del Palatinado-Zweibrücken}}<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br>17 May 1601<br>eleven children 
|align=center|3 June 1634<br>[[Lützelstein]]<br><small>aged 70</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[John Augustus, Count Palatine of Lützelstein|John Augustus]]||[[File:Johann August zu Veldenz-Lützelstein.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 November 1575<br>[[Lemberg Castle]]<br><small>Second son of [[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I]] and [[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|18 April 1592 – 18 September 1611|| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]<br><small>(at [[Lützelstein]])</small> ||{{ill|Anna Elisabeth of the Palatinate|de|Anna Elisabeth von der Pfalz}}<br>1599<br>no children
|align=center|18 September 1611<br>[[Lemberg Castle]]<br><small>aged 35</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Guttenberg|Louis Philip]]|| [[File:Ludwig Philipp von Pfalz-Veldenz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|24 November 1577<br><small>Third son of [[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I]] and [[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|18 April 1592 – 24 October 1601
|rowspan="2"| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]<br><small>(at [[Gutenberg, Germany|Gutenberg]])</small>||''Unmarried''  
|align=center|24 October 1601<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 23</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[George John II, Count Palatine of Lützelstein-Guttenberg|George John II]]||
|align=center|24 June 1586<br>[[Lützelstein]]<br><small>Fourth son of [[George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George John I]] and [[Anna of Sweden (1545-1610)|Anna of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|18 April 1592 – 29 September 1654||{{ill|Susanna of Palatinate-Sulzbach|bg|Сузана фон Пфалц-Зулцбах}}<br>20 December 1562<br>eleven children 
|align=center|29 September 1654<br><small>aged 68</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I ''the Great'']]||[[File:Joachim von Sandrart - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria.jpg|100px|Maximilian I]]
|align=center|17 April 1573<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>First son of [[William V, Duke of Bavaria|William V]] and [[Renata of Lorraine]]</small>
|align=center|15 October 1597 – 27 September 1651|| [[Duchy of Bavaria]]<br><small>(until 1623)</small><br><br>[[Electorate of Bavaria]]<br><small>(from 1623)</small>||[[Elisabeth of Lorraine, Electress of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Lorraine]]<br>9 February 1595<br>[[Nancy, France|Nancy]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)|Maria Anna of Austria]]<br>15 July 1635<br>[[Vienna]]<br>two children
|align=center|27 September 1651<br>[[Ingolstadt]]<br><small>aged 78</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of [[William V, Duke of Bavaria|William V]]. Maximilian I, was an ally of Emperor [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] in the [[Thirty Years' War]]. When the [[Elector of the Palatinate]], [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine|Frederick V]], head of a senior branch of the Wittelsbachs, became involved in the war against the Emperor, he was stripped of his Imperial offices and the [[Prince-elector]] title. Maximilian I was granted the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] in 1623.
Albert VI inherited from his wife the lands of Leuchtenberg, and from 1646 reorganizes them as a new Bavarian duchy, the short-lived Duchy of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg. In 1650 Albert made an exchange with Maximilian: Leuchtenberg went to the latter's second son, while Albert received the County of Haag, which he kept until his death and then reverted to Bavaria.
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan=2|[[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria|Albert VI]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Münchner Hofmaler - Bildnis des Herzogs Albrecht VI. von Bayern, der "Leuchtenberger" (1584-1666) - 12283 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg|100px|Albert VI]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|26 February 1584<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[William V, Duke of Bavaria|William V]] and [[Renata of Lorraine]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#ffc"|1 November 1646 - 1650
|style="background:#ffc"|[[Leuchtenberg|Duchy of Leuchtenberg]]
|rowspan=2|{{ill|Mechtild of Leuchtenberg|bg|Мехтхилд фон Лойхтенберг}}<br>8 December 1650<br>five children
|rowspan=2 align=center|5 July 1666<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 82</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|1650 - 5 July 1666||{{ill|County of Haag|de|Grafschaft Haag}}
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center colspan=8|''Haag reverted to Bavaria''
|- style="background:#dce"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg]] (1600–1612) and [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] (1600–1604)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of Charles I, divided their inheritance
|- style="background:#dce"
|[[George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|George William]]||[[File:Georg-wilhelm.png|100px]]
|align=center|6 August 1591<br>[[Ansbach]]<br><small>First son of [[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Charles I]] and [[Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]</small>
|align=center|16 December 1600 – 25 December 1669|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]]||{{ill|Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde|es|Dorotea de Solms-Sonnenwalde}}<br>30 November 1616<br>six children<br><br>{{ill|Juliana of Salm-Grumbach|bg|Юлиана фон Салм-Грумбах}}<br>30 November 1641<br>no children<br><br>{{ill|Anna Elisabeth of Oettingen-Oettingen|bg|Анна Елизабет фон Йотинген-Йотинген}}<br>8 March 1649<br>no children
|align=center|25 December 1669<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>aged 78</small>
|- style="background:#dce"
|[[Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler|Christian I]]||[[File:Christian I. von Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler.jpeg|100px]]
|align=center|3 November 1598<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>Second son of [[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Charles I]] and [[Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]</small>
|align=center|16 December 1600 – 6 September 1654|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]]<br><small>([[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler|at Bischweiler]])</small>||[[Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Magdalene Catherine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]<br>14 November 1630<br>nine children<br><br>[[Maria Joanna of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig]]<br>28 October 1648<br>one child
|align=center|6 September 1654<br>[[Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg|Neuenstein]]<br><small>aged 55</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John II ''the Younger'']]||[[File:Johann II von Pfalz-Zweibruecken.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 March 1584<br>[[Bad Bergzabern]]<br><small>First son of [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John I]] and [[Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]</small>
|align=center|12 August 1604 – 9 August 1635|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Catherine de Rohan]]<br>26 August 1604<br>one child<br><br>[[Louise Juliana of the Palatinate]]<br>13 May 1612<br>seven children
|align=center|9 August 1635<br>[[Metz]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|rowspan="3"| Children of John I, divided their inheritance.
|- style="background:#eac"
|[[Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg|Frederick Casimir]]||
|align=center|10 June 1585<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>Second son of [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John I]] and [[Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]</small>
|align=center|12 August 1604 – 30 September 1645|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]<br><small>[[Palatinate-Landsberg|at Landsberg]])</small>||[[Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau|Emilia Antwerpiana of Orange-Nassau]]<br>4 July 1616<br>{{ill|Burg Landsberg (Alsace)|lt=Landsberg|de|Burg Landsberg (Elsass)}}<br>three children
|align=center|30 September 1645<br>[[Montfort, Doubs|Montfort-en-Auxois]]<br><small>aged 60</small>
|- style="background:#fbe2a2"
|[[John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|John Casimir]]||[[File:Johan Kasimir, 1589-1652, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (David Beck) - Nationalmuseum - 15921.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|20 April 1589<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>Third son of [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John I]] and [[Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]</small>
|align=center|12 August 1604 – 18 June 1652|| [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|County of Kleeburg]]||[[Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg|Catherine of Sweden]]<br>11 June 1615<br>[[Stockholm]]<br>eight children
|align=center|18 June 1652<br>[[Stegeborg Castle]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick V ''the Winter King'']]||[[File:Friedrich V. von der Pfalz bis.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 August 1596<br>{{ill|Deinschwang|de}}<br><small>First son of [[Frederick IV, Elector Palatine|Frederick IV]] and [[Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau|Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau]]</small>
|align=center|19 September 1610 – 23 February 1623|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>)</small>
||[[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth of Great Britain]]<br>14 February 1613<br>[[London]]<br>thirteen children
|align=center|29 November 1632<br>[[Mainz]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Frederick IV. In 1610, after their father's death, the younger son, Louis Philip, restored the county of Simmern, while Frederick V, in 1619, accepted the throne of [[Bohemia]] - where he was known  as "the Winter King" because his reign in Bohemia only lasted one winter - from the Bohemian estates. Frederick V was defeated by the [[Emperor Ferdinand II]] at the [[Battle of White Mountain]] in 1620, and Spanish and Bavarian troops soon occupied the Palatinate itself. In 1623, Frederick was put under the ban of the Empire. 
|- style="background:#def"
|[[Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern|Louis Philip]]||[[File:Ludwig Philipp von Pfalz-Simmern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 November 1602<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Second son of [[Frederick IV, Elector Palatine|Frederick IV]] and [[Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau|Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau]]</small>
|align=center|19 September 1610 – 6 January 1655|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Marie Eleonore von Brandenburg|Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg]]<br>4 December 1631<br>seven children
|align=center|6 January 1655<br>[[Krosno Odrzańskie]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|Frederick V's territories and his position as elector were transferred to the Duke of Bavaria, Maximilian I, of a distantly related branch of the House of Wittelsbach. Although technically Elector Palatine, he was known as the Elector of Bavaria. From 1648 he ruled in Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate alone, but retained all his electoral dignities and the seniority of the Palatinate Electorate.<br><br>''Electoral Palatinate briefly annexed to the [[Electorate of Bavaria]] (1623–1648)''
|- style="background:#fde"
|[[Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Wolfgang William]]||[[File:Wolfgang Wilhelm.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4 November 1578<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>First son of [[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip Louis]] and |[[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align=center|22 August 1614 – 14 September 1653|| [[Palatinate-Neuburg|County of Neuburg]]||[[Magdalene of Bavaria]]<br>11 November 1613<br>[[Munich]]<br>one child<br><br>{{ill|Catharina Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|fr|Catherine-Charlotte de Palatinat-Deux-Ponts}}<br>11 November 1631<br>[[Blieskastel]]<br>two children<br><br>{{ill|Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg|de|Maria Franziska von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg}}<br>3 June 1651<br>no children
|align=center|14 September 1653<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br><small>aged 74</small>
|rowspan="3"|Children of Philip Louis, divided theirr inheritance. The younger sons inherited Sulzbach but had different seats: John Frederick created Palatinate-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein, but at his death with no surviving children, Sulzbach became reunited under Augustus' son, Christian August. 
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Augustus]]||[[File:August, Pfalzgraf von Sulzbach.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|2 October 1582<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip Louis]] and |[[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align=center|22 August 1614 – 14 August 1632|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]||{{ill|Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Countess of Palatinate-Sulzbach|fr|Hedwige de Holstein-Gottorp|lt=Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp}}<br>17 July 1620<br>seven children
|align=center|14 August 1632<br>[[Bad Windsheim]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein|John Frederick]]|| [[File:Johann Friedrich von Pfalz-Hilpoltstein.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 August 1587<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>Third son of [[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Philip Louis]] and |[[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Cleves]]</small>
|align=center|22 August 1614 – 19 October 1644|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]<br><small>(at [[Hilpoltstein]])</small>||{{ill|Sophie Agnes of Hesse-Darmstadt|fr|Sophie-Agnès de Hesse-Darmstadt}}<br>7/17 November 1624<br>eight children
|align=center|19 October 1644<br>[[Hilpoltstein]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Johann Friedrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein|John Frederick, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein]] (1632–1636)''</small>
|rowspan="2"| Reunited Sulzbach after John Frederick's death in 1644.  
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Christian Augustus]]||[[File:ChristianAugustPfalzSulz.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|26 July 1622<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>Son of [[Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Augustus]] and {{ill|Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Countess of Palatinate-Sulzbach|fr|Hedwige de Holstein-Gottorp|lt=Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp}}</small>
|align=center|14 August 1632 – 23 July 1708|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]||{{ill|Amalie of Nassau-Siegen|fr|Amélie de Nassau-Siegen}}<br>27 March 1649<br>five children
|align=center|23 July 1708<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>aged 85</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[George John II, Count Palatine of Lützelstein-Guttenberg]] (1634–1639)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Reunited Palatinate-Veldenz in 1654. However, left no surviving male descendants. Veldenz went to the Electorate.
|- style="background:#ada"
|[[Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz|Leopold Louis]]||[[File:LeopoldLudwigPfalzVeld.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|1 February 1625<br>[[Lauterecken]]<br><small>Son of [[George Gustavus, Count Palatine of Veldenz|George Gustavus]] and {{ill|Maria Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken|es|María Isabel del Palatinado-Zweibrücken}}</small>
|align=center|3 June 1634 – 29 September 1694|| [[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|County of Veldenz]]||[[Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg]]<br>4 July 1648<br>[[Bischweiler]]<br>twelve children
|align=center|29 September 1694<br>[[Strasbourg]]<br><small>aged 69</small>
|- style="background:#ada"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Veldenz definitely annexed to the [[Electoral Palatinate]]''
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Frederick]]||
|align=center|5 April 1619<br><small>Son of [[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John II]] and [[Catherine de Rohan]]</small>
|align=center|9 August 1635 – 9 July 1661|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||{{ill|Anna Juliana of Nassau-Saarbrücken|bg|Анна Юлиана фон Насау-Саарбрюкен}}<br>6 April 1640<br>ten children
|align=center|9 July 1661|| Left no male surviving descendants. Zweibrucken was inherited by his sister and her husband.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine|Charles I Louis]]||[[File:Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of Prince Charles Louis, Elector Palatine - WGA07386.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|22 December 1617<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick V of the Palatinate|Frederick V]] and [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth of Great Britain]]</small>
|align=center|24 October 1648 – 28 August 1680|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>, restored)</small>||[[Charlotte, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel|Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel]]<br>22 February 1650<br>[[Kassel]]<br><small>(unilateral divorce in 1658)</small><br>three children<br><br>''[[Marie Luise von Degenfeld]]''<br>6 January 1658<br>[[Schwetzingen]]<br><small>(morganatic and bigamous)</small><br>thirteen children<br><br>''[[Elisabeth Hollander von Bernau]]''<br>11 December 1679<br>[[Vohenstrauß]]<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>one child
|align=center|28 August 1680<br>near [[Edingen-Neckarhausen]]<br><small>aged 62</small>|| By the [[Peace of Westphalia]] in 1648, Charles Louis was restored to the Lower Palatinate and was given a ''new'' electoral title, also that of "Elector Palatine" but lower in precedence than the other electorates. 
|- style="background:#fff"
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria]] (1651-1654)''</small>
|rowspan="3"| In 1650, Maximilian Philip, second son of Maximilian, received the Duchy of Leuchtenberg, from which his uncle Albert VI had abdicated. His childless death led to the union of the Bavarian Leuchtenberg lands and the Electorate.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand Maria]]||[[File:Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria.jpg|100px|Ferdinand Maria]]
|align=center|31 October 1636<br>[[Schleissheim Palace]]<br><small>First son of [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I]] and [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)|Maria Anna of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|27 September 1651 – 26 May 1679||[[Electorate of Bavaria]]||[[Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy|Henriette Adelaide of Savoy]]<br>8 December 1650<br>eight children
|align=center|26 May 1679<br>[[Schleissheim Palace]]<br><small>aged 42</small>
|- style="background:#ffc"
|[[Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg|Maximilian Philip Hieronymus]]||[[File:Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus von Bayern-Leuchtenberg.jpg|100px|Maximilian Philip]]
|align=center|30 September 1638<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I]] and [[Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)|Maria Anna of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|1650 - 20 March 1705||[[Leuchtenberg|Duchy of Leuchtenberg]]||[[Mauricienne Fébronie de La Tour d'Auvergne]]<br><small>(1652-1706)</small><br>1668<br>[[Château-Thierry]]<br>no children
|align=center|20 March 1705<br>[[Türkheim]]<br><small>aged 66</small>
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align="center"colspan="8"| ''Leuchtenberg re-merged in the Electorate of Bavaria''
|- style="background:#fbe2a2"
|[[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles Gustavus]]||[[File:King Charles X Gustavus (Sébastien Bourdon) - Nationalmuseum - 19702.tif|100px]]
|align=center|8 November 1622<br>[[Nyköping Castle]]<br><small>First son of [[John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|John Casimir]] and [[Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg|Catherine of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|18 June 1652 – 6 June 1654|| [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|County of Kleeburg]]||[[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br>24 October 1654<br>[[Stockholm]]<br>one child
|align=center|13 February 1660<br>[[Gothenburg]]<br><small>aged 37</small>|| Abdicated from Kleeburg in 1654, to become [[King of Sweden]] (as ''Charles X)'', right hat he inherited from his mother.
|- style="background:#fbe2a2"
|[[Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|Adolph John I]]||[[File:Adolf Johan d.ä., 1629-1689 (David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl) - Nationalmuseum - 39785.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|21 October 1629<br>[[Stegeborg Castle]]<br><small>Second son of [[John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|John Casimir]] and [[Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg|Catherine of Sweden]]</small>
|align=center|6 June 1654 – 24 October 1689|| [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|County of Kleeburg]]||[[Elsa Beata Brahe]]<br>19 June 1649<br>[[Stockholm]]<br>one child<br><br>[[Elsa Elisabeth Brahe]]<br>1661<br>[[Stockholm]]<br>nine children
|align=center|24 October 1689<br>[[Stegeborg Castle]]<br><small>aged 60</small>|| Brother of Charles Gustavus, received Kleeburg after the abdication of his brother.
|- style="background:#cff"
|[[Louis Henry, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern|Louis Henry]]||
|align=center|11 October 1640<br>[[Sedan, Ardennes|Sedan]]<br><small>Son of [[Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern|Louis Philip]] and [[Marie Eleonore von Brandenburg|Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg]]</small>
|align=center|6 January 1655 – 3 January 1674|| [[Palatinate-Simmern|County of Simmern]]||[[Maria of Orange-Nassau (1642–1688)|Maria of Orange-Nassau]]<br>23 September 1666<br>[[Kleve]]<br>no children
|align=center|3 January 1674<br>[[Bad Kreuznach]]<br><small>aged 33</small>|| Left no descendants. Simmern returned to the Electorate.
|- style="background:#cff"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Simmern definitely annexed to the [[Electoral Palatinate]]''
|- style="background:#fea898"
|{{ill|Juliana Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken|pt|Juliana Madalena do Palatinado-Zweibrücken|lt=Juliana Magdalena}}||
|align=center|23 April 1621<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Daughter of [[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John II]] and [[Catherine de Rohan]]</small>
|align=center|9 July 1661 – 25 March 1672|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Frederick Louis]]<br>14 November 1645<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br>thirteen children
|align=center|25 March 1672<br>[[Meisenheim]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|rowspan="2"| Juliana was a younger sister of Frederick and likely the intended heiress, as it was the cousin from Landsberg (and not the one from Kleeburg), to whom she was married and the one who effectively inherited the county of Zweibrücken. Originally ruling at [[Palatinate-Landsberg]] – merged with Zweibrücken after his wife's inheritance –, Frederick Louis survived his wife, but in 1677 the [[Kingdom of France]] occupied his counties. He left no surviving descendants. And only then the Kleeburg line (the Swedish one) came to inherit Zweibrücken.
|- style="background:#fea898"
||[[Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Frederick Louis]]||[[File:Fredrik Ludvig, 1619-1681, pfalzgreve av Landsberg och Zweibrücken - Nationalmuseum - 15766.tif|100px]]
|align=center|27 October 1619<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg|Frederick Casimir, Count of Landsberg]] and [[Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau|Emilia Antwerpiana of Orange-Nassau]]</small>
|align=center|9 July 1661 – 11 April 1681|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]<br><small>(in [[Palatinate-Landsberg|Landsberg]] 1645-1661)</small>
||{{ill|Juliana Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken|pt|Juliana Madalena do Palatinado-Zweibrücken|lt=Juliana Magdalena}}<br>14 November 1645<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br>thirteen children<br><br>''[[Anna Marie Elisabeth Hepp]]''<br>21 August 1672<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>five children
|align=center|11 April 1681<br>[[Landsberg Castle (Palatinate)|Landsberg Castle]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|- style="background:#dce"
|[[Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Charles Otto]]||
|align=center|5 September 1625<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>Son of [[George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|George William]] and {{ill|Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde|es|Dorotea de Solms-Sonnenwalde}}</small>
|align=center|25 December 1669 – 30 March 1671|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]]||{{ill|Margaret Hedwig of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein|es|Margarita Eduviges de Hohenlohe-Neuenstein}}<br>26 September 1658<br>three children
|align=center|30 March 1671<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>aged 45</small>|| Left no surviving descendants. Birkenfeld passed to Bischweiler line.
|- style="background:#dce"
||[[Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Christian II]]||[[File:Christian II. (Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld).jpeg|100px]]
|align=center|22 June 1637<br>[[Bischweiler]]<br><small>First son of [[Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler|Christian I]] and [[Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Magdalene Catherine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]</small>
|align=center|30 March 1671 – 26 April 1717|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]] <br><small>(in [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler|Bischweiler]] 1654-1671)</small>||[[Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein|Catherine Agatha of Rappoltstein]]<br>5 September 1667<br>seven children
|align=center|26 April 1717<br>[[Birkenfeld]]<br><small>aged 79</small>
|rowspan="2"| Children of Christian I. Christian II kept Bischweiler, while his brother John Charles gained Gelnhausen. Christian II inherited, in 1671, Birkenfeld from his cousin Charles Otto, and annexed Bischweiler to it.  
|- style="background:#dc8"
|[[John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John Charles]]||[[File:Johan Karl, 1638-1704, pfalzgreve av Birkenfeld (Abraham Wuchters) - Nationalmuseum - 15758.tif|100px]]
|align=center|17 October 1638<br>[[Bischweiler]]<br><small>Second son of [[Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler|Christian I]] and [[Magdalene Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Magdalene Catherine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]</small>
|align=center|6 September 1654 – 21 February 1704|| [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|County of Gelnhausen]]||{{ill|Sophie Amalie of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|bg|София Амалия фон Пфалц-Цвайбрюкен}}<br>1685<br>[[Weikersheim]]<br>one child<br><br>[[Esther Maria von Witzleben]]<br>28 July 1696<br>five children
|align=center|21 February 1704<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>aged 65</small>
|- style="background:#dce"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Bischweiler reannexed to Birkenfeld, though ruled by Bischweiler line''
|- style="background:#fff"
|align="center"colspan="7"| <small>''Regency of [[Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg|Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Leuchtenberg]] (1679-1680)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Took part in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] on the side of France, against [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. He was accordingly forced to flee Bavaria following the [[Battle of Blenheim]] and deprived of his Electorate on 29 April 1706. He regained his Electorate in 1714 by the [[Treaty of Baden (1714)|Peace of Baden]] and ruled until 1726.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Maximilian II Emanuel]]||[[File:Elector Maximilian II Emanuel in armour.png|128x128px|Maximilian II Emanuel]]
|align=center|11 July 1662<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Son of [[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand Maria]] and [[Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy|Henriette Adelaide of Savoy]]</small>
|align=center|26 May 1679 – 26 February 1726||[[Electorate of Bavaria]]||[[Maria Antonia of Austria]]<br>15 July 1685<br>[[Vienna]]<br>three children<br><br>[[Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska]]<br>15 August 1694<br>[[Warsaw]]<br><small>(by proxy)</small><br>ten children
|align=center|26 February 1726<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Charles II, Elector Palatine|Charles II]]||[[File:Charles II, Elector Palatine 01.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|10 April 1651<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine|Charles I Louis]] and [[Charlotte, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel|Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel]]</small>
|align=center|28 August 1680 – 26 May 1685|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#def">Simmern line</span>)</small>
||[[Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark|Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark]]<br>20 September 1671<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br>no children
|align=center|26 May 1685<br>[[Heidelberg]]<br><small>aged 34</small>|| Last of Simmern line. The Electorate was inherited by the Counts of Neuburg branch.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Charles XI of Sweden|Charles I]]||[[File:Charles XI of Sweden (1691).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|24 November 1655<br>[[Tre Kronor (castle)|Tre Kronor]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles Gustavus, Count of Kleeburg]] and [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]]</small>
|align=center|11 April 1681 – 5 April 1697|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark]]<br>6 May 1680<br>[[Skottorp]]<br>seven children
|align=center|5 April 1697<br>[[Tre Kronor (castle)|Tre Kronor]]<br><small>aged 41</small>|| Son of Charles Gustavus (Charles X of Sweden), assumed the restored Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Also [[King of Sweden]], as ''Charles XI''.
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="2"|[[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Anonym Herzog Philipp Wilhelm.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|24 November 1615<br>[[Giessen]]<br><small>Son of [[Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg|Wolfgang William]] and [[Magdalene of Bavaria]]</small>
|style="background:#fde" align=center|1653 – 26 May 1685
|style="background:#fde"| [[Palatinate-Neuburg|County of Neuburg]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Anna Catherine Constance Vasa|Anna Catherine of Poland]]<br>8 June 1642<br>[[Warsaw]]<br>no children<br><br>[[Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt|Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]]<br>3 September 1653<br>[[Bad Schwalbach]]<br>seventeen children
|rowspan="2" align=center|2 September 1690<br>[[Vienna]]<br><small>aged 74</small>
|rowspan="2"| When the Simmern branch of the family died out in 1685, the electorate passed to [[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]] of [[Palatinate-Neuburg|Neuburg]] (also Duke of [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich]] and [[Berg (German region)|Berg]]). He was a Catholic and a maternal nephew of [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|26 May 1685 – 2 September 1690|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#fde">Neuburg line</span>)</small>
|- style="background:#fbe2a2"
|[[Adolph John II, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|Adolph John II]]||
|align=center|21 August 1666<br>[[Bergzabern]]<br><small>First son of [[Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|Adolph John I]] and [[Elsa Elisabeth Brahe]]</small>
|align=center|24 October 1689 – 27 April 1701|| [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|County of Kleeburg]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|27 April 1701<br>[[Laiuse Castle]]<br><small>aged 34</small>|| Left no descendants. His lands went to his brother, Gustavus.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine|John William]]||[[File:Jan Frans van Douven 003.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|19 April 1658<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br><small>First son of [[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]] and [[Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt|Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]]</small>
|align=center|2 September 1690 – 8 June 1716|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#fde">Neuburg line</span>)</small>||[[Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria|Maria Anna Josepha of Austria]]<br>25 October 1678<br>[[Wiener Neustadt]]<br>two children<br><br>[[Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici]]<br>6 May 1691<br>[[Innsbruck]]<br>no children
|align=center|8 June 1716<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br><small>aged 58</small>|| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother.
|- style="background:#fea8"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]] (1697)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Also [[King of Sweden]], as ''Charles XII''. After his death with no descendants, Zweibrücken was inherited by Kleeburg line.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles II]]||[[File:Karl (Charles) XII of Sweden.png|100px]]
|align=center|17 June 1682<br>[[Tre Kronor (castle)|Tre Kronor]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles XI of Sweden|Charles I]] and [[Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark]]</small>
|align=center|5 April 1697 – 30 November 1718|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|30 November 1718<br>[[Halden]]<br><small>aged 36</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
|rowspan="2"|[[Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken|Gustavus]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Henri Millot - Gustav Samuel Leopold von Pfalz-Zweibrücken - Schloss Bad Homburg.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|12 April 1670<br>[[Stegeborg Castle]]<br><small>Second son of [[Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|Adolph John I]] and [[Elsa Elisabeth Brahe]]</small>
|style="background:#fbe2a2" align=center|27 April 1701 – 30 November 1718
|style="background:#fbe2a2"| [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|County of Kleeburg]]
|rowspan="2"|{{ill|Dorothea of Palatinate-Veldenz|fr|Dorothée de Palatinat-Veldenz}}<br>10 July 1707<br>no children<br><br>''[[Louise Dorothea von Hoffmann]]''<br>13 May 1723<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children
|rowspan="2" align=center|17 September 1731<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>aged 61</small>
|rowspan="2"| Inherited Zweibrücken from his cousin Charles IV, and annexed Kleeburg to it. Left no descendants.  His lands went to Birkenfeld line.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|align=center|30 November 1718 – 17 September 1731|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]
|- style="background:#fbe2a2"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Palatinate-Kleeburg was definitely reannexed to [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken]]''
|- style="background:#dc8"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine|John William, Elector Palatine]] (1704–1711)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother John.
|- style="background:#dc8"
|[[Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|Frederick Bernard]]|| [[File:Conrad Mannlich - Friedrich Bernhard von Pfalz-Zweibrücken - Schloss Arolsen.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|28 May 1697<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>First son of [[John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John Charles]] and [[Esther Maria von Witzleben]]</small>
|align=center|21 February 1704 – 5 August 1739|| [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|County of Gelnhausen]]||{{ill|Ernestine Louise of Waldeck-Pyrmont|fr|Ernestine Louise de Waldeck}}<br>30 May 1737<br>[[Arolsen]]<br>two children
|align=center|5 August 1739<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>aged 42</small>
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Theodore Eustace]]||[[File:Theodor, Pfalzgraf von Sulzbach Hz von Bayern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|14 February 1659<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Christian Augustus]] and {{ill|Amalie of Nassau-Siegen|fr|Amélie de Nassau-Siegen}}</small>
|align=center|23 July 1708 – 11 July 1732|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]||[[Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg|Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg]]<br>6 June 1692<br>[[Lobositz]]<br>nine children
|align=center|11 July 1732<br>[[Dinkelsbühl]]<br><small>aged 73</small>||  
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine|Charles Philip]]||[[File:Karl Philipp, Kurfürst (1716-1742).jpg|100px]]
|align=center|4 November 1661<br>[[Neuburg an der Donau]]<br><small>Second son of [[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]] and [[Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt|Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt]]</small>
|align=center|8 June 1716 – 31 December 1742||[[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#fde">Neuburg line</span>)</small>||[[Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł]]<br>10 August 1688<br>[[Berlin]]<br>four children<br><br>[[Teresa Lubomirska]]<br>15 December 1701<br>[[Kraków]]<br>two children<br><br>''[[Violante Theresia of Thurn and Taxis]]''<br>1728<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>no children
|align=center|31 December 1742<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged </small>|| Left no male descendants. The Electorate was inherited by the Counts of Sulzbach line.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|rowspan="2"|[[Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Christian III]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Christian III de Deux-Ponts-Birkenfeld--Joseph Matter-f4232641.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|7 November 1674<br>[[Strasbourg]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Christian II]] and [[Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein|Catherine Agatha of Rappoltstein]]</small>
|style="background:#dce" align=center|26 April 1717 – 17 September 1731
|style="background:#dce"| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|County of Birkenfeld]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken]]<br>21 September 1719<br>[[Lorentzen family|Lorentzen]]<br>four children
|rowspan="2" align=center|3 February 1735<br>[[Zweibrücken]]<br><small>aged 60</small>
|rowspan="2"| Inherited Zweibrücken from his cousin Gustavus, and annexed Birkenfeld to it. 
|- style="background:#fea898"
|align=center|17 September 1731 – 3 February 1735|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]
|- style="background:#dce"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Birkenfeld reannexed to Zweibrücken''
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles Albert]]||[[File:George Desmarées 002.jpg|100px|Charles Albert]]
|align=center|6 August 1697<br>[[Brussels]]<br><br><small>Son of [[Maximilian II Emanuel]] and [[Maria Antonia of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|26 February 1726 – 20 January 1745||[[Electorate of Bavaria]]||[[Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress|Maria Amalia of Austria]]<br>5 October 1722<br>[[Vienna]]<br>seven children
|align=center|20 January 1745<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 47</small>||Took on the [[House of Habsburg]] in the [[War of the Austrian Succession]], again in combination with France, succeeding so far as to be elected [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in 1742 (as Charles VII). However, the Austrians occupied Bavaria (1742–1744), and the Emperor died shortly after returning to Munich.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|[[John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|John Christian]]||[[File:John Christian of Sulzbach, misidentified with Christian III of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|23 January 1700<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>Son of [[Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|Theodore Eustace]] and [[Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg|Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg]]</small>
|align=center|11 July 1732 – 20 July 1733|| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]||[[Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne]]<br>15 February 1722<br>two children<br><br>[[Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg|Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg]]<br>21 January 1731<br>[[Mannheim]]<br>no children
|align=center|20 July 1733<br>[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]]<br><small>aged 33</small>|| 
|- style="background:#fea898"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken]] (1735–1740)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|His children from his morganatic marriage were barred from succession. He was succeeded by his nephew.
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Christian IV]]||[[File:Christian IV of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|6 September 1722<br>[[Bischweiler]]<br><small>Son of [[Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Christian III]] and [[Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken]] </small>
|align=center|3 February 1735 – 5 November 1775|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||''[[Maria Johanna Camasse]]''<br>1751<br><small>(morganatic)</small><br>six children
|align=center|5 November 1775<br>[[Herschweiler-Pettersheim]]<br><small>aged 53</small>
|- style="background:#dc8"
|[[John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John]]||[[File:Johann, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen.png|100px]]
|align=center|24 May 1698<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>Second son of [[John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John Charles]] and [[Esther Maria von Witzleben]]</small>
|align=center|5 August 1739 – 10 February 1780|| [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|County of Gelnhausen]]||{{ill|Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun|fr|Sophie-Charlotte de Salm-Dhaun}}<br>1743<br>[[Dhaun]]<br>eight children 
|align=center|10 February 1780<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged 81</small>||
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian III Joseph ''the Beloved'']]||[[File:Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria by Georges Desmarées 2.jpg|100px|Maximillian III]]
|align=center|28 March 1727<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Son of [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles Albert]] and [[Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress|Maria Amalia of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|20 January 1745 – 30 December 1777||[[Electorate of Bavaria]]||[[Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony]]<br>9 July 1747<br>no children
|align=center|30 December 1777<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 50</small>||As he had no children, was the last of the direct Bavarian Wittelsbach line descended from [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]. He was succeeded by the [[Elector of the Palatinate]], [[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Charles Theodore]], who thereby regained their old titles for the senior Wittelsbach line—descended from Louis IV's older brother [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolph I]].
|- style="background:#fff"
||[[Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach|Elisabeth Augusta]]||[[File:Elisabeth Auguste von Felix Anton Besold 1748.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|17 January 1721<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>Daughter of [[Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach|Joseph Charles of the Palatinate-Sulzbach]] and [[Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg|Elisabeth Augusta Sophia of the Palatinate-Neuburg]]</small>
|align=center|31 December 1742 – 17 August 1794|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#fde">maternal Neuburg line</span>, ''suo jure'' heiress)</small>||[[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Charles Theodore]]<br>17 January 1742<br>[[Mannheim]]<br>one child
|align=center|17 August 1794<br>[[Weinheim]]<br><small>aged 73</small>
|rowspan="4"|Elisabeth was the maternal granddaughter of Charles Philip, and the wife of the next Elector Palatine; she therefore carried the title (''suo jure'') to her husband. However, the title and authority of Elector Palatine were subsumed into the Electorate of Bavaria in 1777. Charles Theodore and his heirs retained only the single vote and precedence of the Bavarian elector, though they continued to use the title "Count Palatine of the Rhine" ({{langx|de|Pfalzgraf bei Rhein}}, {{langx|la|Comes Palatinus Rheni}}). They left no descendants, and the Electorates passed to the Zweibrücken line.
|- style="background:#cfc"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine|Charles Philip, Elector Palatine]] (1733–1738)''</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="2"|[[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Charles Theodore]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Workshop of Batoni - Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" align=center|11 December 1724<br>[[Drogenbos]]<br><small>Son of [[John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|John Christian]] and [[Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne]]</small>
|style="background:#cfc" align=center|20 July 1733 – 31 December 1742
|style="background:#cfc"| [[Palatinate-Sulzbach|County of Sulzbach]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach|Elisabeth Augusta]]<br>17 January 1742<br>[[Mannheim]]<br>one child<br><br>[[Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este|Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este]]<br>15 February 1795<br>[[Innsbruck]]<br>no children
|align=center rowspan="2"|16 February 1799<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 74</small>
|- style="background:#fff
|align=center|31 December 1742 – 16 February 1799|| [[Electoral Palatinate|Electorate of the Palatinate]]<br><small>(<span style="background:#cfc">Sulzbach line</span>, with the [[Electorate of Bavaria]] since 1777)</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
|[[Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken|Charles August]]||[[File:Charlesaugustzweibruecken.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|29 October 1746<br>[[Düsseldorf]]<br><small>First son of [[Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Frederick Michael of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken]] and [[Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach|Maria Franziska of the Palatinate-Sulzbach]]</small>
|align=center|5 November 1775 – 1 April 1795|| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]||[[Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony|Maria Amalia of Saxony]]<br>12 February 1774<br>[[Dresden]]<br>no children
|align=center|1 April 1795<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged 48</small>|| Nephew of Christian IV, left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. 
|- style="background:#dc8"
|{{ill|Charles John Louis, Count of Palatinate-Gelnhausen|fr|Jean Charles Louis de Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|lt=Charles John Louis}}||
|align=center|13/18 September 1745<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>First son of [[John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John]] and {{ill|Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun|fr|Sophie-Charlotte de Salm-Dhaun}}</small>
|align=center|10 February 1780 – 31 March 1789|| [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|County of Gelnhausen]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|31 March 1789<br>[[Mannheim]]<br><small>aged 43</small>|| Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother William.
|- style="background:#dc8"
|[[Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria|William]]||[[File:Herzog Wilhelm in Bayern.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|10 November 1752<br>[[Gelnhausen]]<br><small>Second son of [[John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen|John]] and {{ill|Sophie Charlotte of Salm-Dhaun|fr|Sophie-Charlotte de Salm-Dhaun}}</small>
|align=center|31 March 1789 – 16 February 1799|| [[Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen|County of Gelnhausen]]||[[Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]<br>30 January 1780<br>[[Mannheim]]<br>three children
|align=center|8 January 1837<br>[[Bamberg]]<br><small>aged 84</small>|| In 1799 his lands were annexed to Bavaria.
|- style="background:#dc8"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''Gelnhausen definitely annexed to the [[Electorate of Bavaria]]'' 
|- style="background:#fff"
|rowspan="2"|[[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian IV & I Joseph]]<ref>Maximilian I as King of Bavaria.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:King Max I Joseph in Coronation Robe.jpg|100px]]
|align=center rowspan="2"|27 May 1756<br>[[Schwetzingen]]<br><small>Second son of [[Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|Frederick Michael of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken]] and [[Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach|Maria Franziska of the Palatinate-Sulzbach]]</small>
|align=center style="background:#fea898"|1 April 1795 – 16 February 1799
|style="background:#fea898"| [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|County of Zweibrücken]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt|Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt]]<br>30 September 1785<br>[[Darmstadt]]<br>five children<br><br>[[Caroline of Baden]]<br>9 March 1797<br>[[Karlsruhe]]<br>eight children
|align=center rowspan="2"|13 October 1825<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 69</small>
|rowspan="2"| Charles Theodore's heir, Maximilian Joseph, Duke of [[Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Zweibrücken]] (on the French border), brought all the Wittelsbach territories under a single rule in 1799. In the chaos of the [[Wars of the French Revolution]], the old order of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] collapsed, and the Palatinate was dissolved: first, its left bank territories were occupied (and then annexed) by France starting in 1795; then, in 1803, its right bank territories were taken by the Margrave of [[Baden]]. The Rhenish Palatinate, as a distinct territory, disappeared. In the course of these events, Bavaria became once again the ally of France, and Maximilian IV Joseph became King Maximilian I of Bavaria—whilst remaining Prince-Elector and Arch-steward of the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the Holy Roman Empire was abolished.
|- style="background:#fff"
|align=center|16 February 1799 – 1 January 1806<br><br><br>1 January 1806 –13 October 1825 || [[Electorate of Bavaria]]<br><small>(until 1806; with the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]] in [[personal union]] until 27 April 1803)</small><br><br>[[Kingdom of Bavaria]]<br><small>(from 1806)</small>
|- style="background:#fea898"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''In 1799, Palatinate-Zweibrücken was definitely annexed to the [[Electorate of Bavaria]]''
|- style="background:#fff"
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|''In 1803, the Electoral Palatinate was definitely annexed to the [[Electorate of Bavaria]]''
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Ludwig I, King of Bavaria|Ludwig I]]||[[File:Ludwig I of Bavaria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|25 August 1786<br>[[Strasbourg]]<br><small>Son of [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian IV & I Joseph]] and [[Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt|Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt]]</small>
|align=center|13 October 1825 – 20 March 1848|| [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]||[[Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen]]<br>12 October 1810<br>[[Munich]]<br>nine children
|align=center|29 February 1868<br>[[Nice]]<br><small>aged 81</small>|| Abdicated in the [[Revolutions of 1848 in the German states|Revolutions of 1848]].
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian II]]||[[File:Maximilian II of Bavaria.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|28 November 1811<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Son of [[Ludwig I, King of Bavaria|Ludwig I]] and [[Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen]]</small>
|align=center|20 March 1848 – 10 March 1864|| [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]||[[Marie of Prussia]]<br>12 October 1842<br>[[Munich]]<br>two children
|align=center|10 March 1864<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 52</small>|| 
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Ludwig II of Bavaria|Ludwig II]]||[[File:De 20 jarige Ludwig II in kroningsmantel door Ferdinand von Piloty 1865.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|25 August 1845<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>First son of [[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian II]] and [[Marie of Prussia]]</small>
|align=center|10 March 1864 – 13 June 1886|| [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|13 June 1886<br>[[Lake Starnberg]]<br><small>aged 40</small>|| Ludwig II was called the ''Märchenkönig'' (Fairy tale king). He grudgingly acceded to Bavaria becoming a component of the [[German Empire]] in 1871, was declared insane in 1886.<ref>{{Citation |last=King |first=Greg |title=The Mad King: The Life and Times of Ludwig II of Bavaria. |year=1996 |publisher=Carol Publishing |isbn=978-1-55972-362-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/madkinglifetimes00king }}</ref>
|- style="background:#fff"
|colspan=7 align=center|<small>''Regency of [[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Prince Luitpold of Bavaria]] (1886-1912)<br>Regency of [[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Prince Ludwig of Bavaria]] (1912-1913)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|From a mathematical, calendrical point of view, his marked the longest "reign" amongst the Kings of Bavaria. However, Otto was mentally ill since teenhood and throughout all of his later life, hence the royal functions had to be carried out by [[prince regent]]s.
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Otto, King of Bavaria|Otto]]||[[File:OttoIBeieren.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|27 April 1848<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Second son of [[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian II]] and [[Marie of Prussia]]</small>
|align=center|13 June 1886 – 15 November 1913|| [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]||''Unmarried''
|align=center|15 November 1913<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>aged 68</small>
|- style="background:#fff"
|[[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]]||[[File:Louis III en costume de sacre.jpg|100px]]
|align=center|7 January 1845<br>[[Munich]]<br><small>Son of [[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Prince Luitpold of Bavaria]] and [[Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria|Auguste Ferdinande of Austria]]</small>
|align=center|5 November 1913 – 13 November 1918|| [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]||[[Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria|Maria Theresa of Austria-Este]]<br>20 February 1868<br>[[Vienna]]<br>thirteen children
|align=center|13 November 1918<br>[[Sárvár]]<br><small>aged 76</small>|| Previous regent. Declared King of Bavaria following a controversial change of the constitution, discharging his cousin Otto from "office". Lost the throne in the German Revolution of 1918–1919 at the end of [[World War I]]. Marks the end of 738 years of uninterrupted Wittelsbach rule over Bavaria.
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==Major members of the family==

<gallery class="center">
File:Ludwig der Bayer.jpg|[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1314–1347)
File:Isabeau de Baviere (detail).jpg|[[Isabeau of Bavaria|Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen of France]] (1370–1435)
File:Kurfürst Friedrich V. von der Pfalz als König von Böhmen.jpg|[[Frederick V, Elector Palatine|Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia]] (1596–1632)
File:Joseph Vivien 001.jpg|[[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (1662–1726)
File:Karl XII i Ystad 1715, målning av Johan Heinrich Wedekindt från 1719.jpg|[[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles XII, King of Sweden]] (1682–1718)
File:Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.PNG|[[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1742–1745)
File:King Otto of Greece.jpg|[[Otto, King of Greece]] (1815–1867)
File:De 20 jarige Ludwig II in kroningsmantel door Ferdinand von Piloty 1865.jpg|[[Ludwig II of Bavaria|Ludwig II, King of Bavaria]] (1845–1886)
</gallery>

===Patrilineal descent===
[[File:Ludwig I of Bavaria.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of Ludwig I of Bavaria]]'' by [[Joseph Karl Stieler]], 1826]]
[[Franz, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Franz's]] patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.  [[Patrilineal descent]] is the principle behind membership in [[royal house]]s, as it can be traced back through the generations.
#[[Heinrich I, Count of Pegnitz]], 1000–1043
#[[Otto I, Count of Scheyern]], 1020–1072
#[[Eckhard I, Count of Scheyern]], 1044-1088
#[[Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach]], 1083–1156
#[[Otto I, Duke of Bavaria]], 1117–1183
#[[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria]], 1173–1231
#[[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria]], 1206–1253
#[[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria]], 1229–1294
#[[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria]], 1274–1319
#[[Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine]], 1300–1327
#[[Rupert II, Elector Palatine]], 1325–1398
#[[Rupert of Germany]], 1352–1410
#[[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken]], 1385–1459
#[[Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1424–1489
#[[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1462–1514
#[[Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1502–1532
#[[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1526–1569
#[[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]], 1560–1600
#[[Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler]], 1598–1654
#[[Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1637–1717
#[[Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], 1674–1735
#[[Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken]], 1724–1767
#[[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]], 1756–1825
#[[Ludwig I of Bavaria]], 1786–1868
#[[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria]], 1821–1912
#[[Ludwig III of Bavaria]], 1845–1921
#[[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria]], 1869–1955
#[[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]], 1905–1996
#[[Franz, Duke of Bavaria]], b. 1933

===Bavarian branch===
*[[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Bavaria and Count of Tyrol]] (1323–1361)
*[[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut]] (1347–1404)
*[[Isabeau de Bavière]] (1371–1435), [[queen-consort]] of [[France]]
*[[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria]] (1397–1438) duke of [[Bavaria-Munich]]
*[[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria]] (1438–1460) duke of [[Bavaria-Munich]]
*[[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut|Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland]] (1417–1432)
*[[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria]] (1465–1508)
*[[William IV, Duke of Bavaria]] (1508–1550), <small>co-regent [[Louis X, Duke of Bavaria|Louis X]] from 1516 to 1545</small>
*[[Louis X, Duke of Bavaria]] (1516–1545)
*[[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria]] (1550–1579)
*[[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria]] (1597–1651)
*[[Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660–1690)|Maria Anna, Dauphine of France]] (1660–1690)
*[[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (1662–1726)
*[[Duchess Violante Beatrice of Bavaria]] (1673–1731), [[Grand Duke of Tuscany|Hereditary Princess of Tuscany]] and [[Siena|Governess of Siena]],
*[[Clemens August of Bavaria]] (1700–1761)
*[[Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria|Maria Antonia of Bavaria]] (1724–1780)

===Palatinate branch===
*[[Frederick I, Elector Palatine]] (1451–1476)
*[[Frederick III, Elector Palatine]] (1559–1576)
*[[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]] (1610–1623), King of Bohemia (the "Winter King")
*[[Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine]] (1648–1680)
*[[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] (1619–1682)
*[[Sophia of the Palatine]] (1630–1714), daughter of [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine|Frederick V]], [[List of heirs to the British throne|Heiress to the British throne]], mother of [[King George I of Great Britain]]
*[[Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine]] (1652–1722)
*[[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine]] (1690–1718), his wife [[Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici]] being the last [[:wikt:scion|scion]] of the [[House of Medici]]
*[[Ludwig I of Bavaria|King Ludwig I of Bavaria]] (1825–1848)
*[[Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] (1805–1872), Archduchess of [[Austria]]
*[[Empress Elisabeth of Austria|Elisabeth in Bavaria]] (1837–1898) ("Sisi"), Empress of Austria
*[[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] (1864–1886)
*[[Maria Sophie of Bavaria|Marie Sophie]] (1841–1925), last queen of the Kingdom of the [[Two Sicilies]]
*[[Queen Elisabeth of Belgium|Elisabeth of Bavaria]] (1876–1965), [[queen-consort]] of [[Albert I of Belgium]]
*[[Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein]], b. 1967

===Scandinavian kings===

*[[Christopher of Bavaria|Christopher of Denmark, Norway and Sweden]], reigned 1440–1448

====[[Monarchy of Sweden|Royal House of Sweden]]====
*[[Charles X Gustav of Sweden]], reigned 1654–1660
*[[Charles XI of Sweden]], reigned 1660–1697
*[[Charles XII of Sweden]], reigned 1697–1718
*[[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden|Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden]], reigned 1718–1720

==Family tree==

===Antecedents of the Wittelsbachs and Early Dukes of Bavaria===

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|Leo='''[[Leopold I, Margrave of Austria|Leopold I]]<ref name="lingelbach">Lingelbach 1913, p. 89.</ref> '''<br/><small>'''[[List of rulers of Austria|Margrave of Ostmark]]'''<br/>'''r. 976-994'''<br/>c. 940 – 994</small>}}

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|Ot2='''[[Otto II, Count of Scheyern|Otto II]]<ref name="ESI-23" />'''<ref>{{Blockquote|Louda & c make Otto II the father of Otto IV}}</ref><br/>{{Small|'''Count of Scheyern'''<br/> Vogt of Freising<br/>and Weihenstephan<br/>?-1120}}|
|Ber='''Bernard I<ref name="ESI-23" />'''<br/>{{small|'''Count of Scheyern'''<br/> d.abt. 1102}}|
|Ar1='''[[:de:Arnold I. von Scheyern|Arnold I]]<ref>Wolfram Ziegler: ''König Konrad III. (1138–1152). Hof, Urkunden und Politik.'' Böhlau Wien, 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-205-77647-5}}, S. 472.</ref>'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau'''<br/>d. c. 1123</small>}}

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|Uda='''[[:de:Udalrich I. von Scheyern|Udalrich I]]<br/>(also Ulrich)'''<br/>{{small|Count of Scheyern <br/>and Vogt of Freising<br/>† 1130}}
|Ekk='''[[:de:Ekkehard II. von Scheyern|Ekkehard II]]'''<br/>{{small|1116, Vogt von Ebersberg<br/>† after 1135}}
|Ot3='''Otto III'''<br/>{{small|d.1130}}
|Eck='''Eckhard III'''<br/> {{small|d.1183}}
|Ber=Bernard II (d. c. 1135)
|Kon='''[[:de:Konrad I. von Dachau|Conrad I]]'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern-Dachau'''<br/>† 1130</small>
|Ar2='''[[:de:Arnold II. von Dachau|Arnold II]]'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern-Dachau'''<br/>† 1124</small>
|Ot1='''[[:de:Otto I. von Dachau-Valley|Otto I]]'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley'''<br/>† 1130</small>}}

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|Sch=[[File:Scheyern Coat of Arms.svg|50px]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Armorial général, contenant la description des armoiries des familles nobles et patriciennes de l'Europe: précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason|first=Johannes Baptist|last=Rietstap|publisher=G.B. van Goor|year=1861|page=W|url=https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|quote=De gueules, à la fasce vivrée d'argent. ...|access-date=2023-05-10|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510185603/https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Das Wappen der Wittelsbacher">{{cite web |last=Biebel |first=Christoph |title=Das Wappen der Wittelsbacher |year=2006 |url=http://home.arcor.de/chr.biebel/Downloads/Skript/Wittelsbacher.pdf |accessdate=2007-10-11 }}{{Dead link |date=October 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref> <br/>'''{{Small|{{Color|#1E90FF|House of Wittelsbach}}}}'''|boxstyle_Sch=border-width:0px}}

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|Ot1='''[[Otto I, Duke of Bavaria|Otto I the Redhead]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Count palatine#Counts Palatine of Bavaria|Count Palatine of Bavaria]], <br/>{{Color|#1E90FF|Count of Wittelsbach & Scheyern (Otto VI)}}'''<br/>'''r. 1156-1180'''<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1180-1183'''<br/>1117–1183)}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#1E90FF
|Con='''[[Conrad of Wittelsbach]], [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]'''<br/><small>'''[[Elector of Mainz|Archbishop of Mainz]]'''<br/>''', r. 1161–1165, 1183−1200'''<br/>c.1120/1125–1200</small>
|Ot7='''Otto VII'''<br/><small>'''[[Count palatine#Counts Palatine of Bavaria|Count Palatine of Bavaria]]'''<br/>d.1189</small>|
|Co1='''[[Conrad I, Duke of Merania|Conrad I]]'''<br/><small>'''[[Duchy of Merania|Duke of Merania]]'''<br/>'''r.1152–1159'''<br/>d.1159</small>
|Kon='''[[:de:Konrad I. von Valley|Conrad I]]'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley'''<br/>† 1175</small>}}

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|Lo1='''[[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria|Louis I]] the Kelheimer'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1183-1231'''<br/>1173 -1231</small>|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#1E90FF
|Ot8='''[[Otto VIII, Count Palatine of Bavaria|Otto VIII]]'''<br/><small>'''[[Count palatine#Counts Palatine of Bavaria|Count Palatine of Bavaria]],r.1189-1209'''<br/>bef. 1180–1209<br/>killed [[Philip of Swabia]]</small>
|CoM='''[[Conrad II, Duke of Merania|Conrad II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Duchy of Merania|Duke of Merania]]'''<br/>'''r.1159-–1182'''<br/>d.1182}}
|Ot2='''Otto II'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley'''<br/>† 1166</small>
|Co2='''Conrad II'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley'''<br/>† 1200</small>}}

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|Arm=[[File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|50px]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Biebel|first=Christoph|title=Das Wappen der Wittelsbacher|year=2006|url=http://home.arcor.de/chr.biebel/Downloads/Skript/Wittelsbacher.pdf|accessdate=2007-10-11}}{{Dead link |date=October 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name=Louda191>{{Harvsp|Maclagan|Louda|1999|p=191}}</ref> <br/><small>'''{{Color|#1E90FF|House of Wittelsbach}}'''</small>|boxstyle_Arm=border-width:0px
|Ot3='''Otto III'''<br/><small>'''Count of Scheyern in Dachau-Valley'''<br/>† 1268</small>}}

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|Ot2='''[[Otto II, Duke of Bavaria|Otto II]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1231-1253'''<br/>(1206-1253)<br/>m.[[Agnes of the Palatinate]],<br>grdd of Duke [[Henry the Lion]]<br>and [[Conrad of Hohenstaufen]]<br>by which the Wittelsbach inherited<br>the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]]</small>|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#1E90FF}}

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|Lo2='''[[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]] & [[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Count Palatine of the Rhine]]'''<br/>'''r. 1253-1294'''<br/>(1229–1294)</small>|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-color:#1E90FF
|H13='''[[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1255-1290'''<br/> (1235–1290)<br/>m. [[Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria|Elizabeth]] d. [[Béla IV of Hungary]]</small>
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{{tree chart|border=1| RUD | | | | | | Lo4 |COA  | | | Ot3 | | Lo3 | | Ste |
|RUD='''[[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf I the Stammerer]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1274–1319)|boxstyle_RUD=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|Lo4='''[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]'''<br/>[[Holy Roman Emperor]],1314<br/>[[Duke of Upper Bavaria]], 1294<br/>(1282–1347)|boxstyle_LOU=border-width:2px; border-color:#1E90FF
|COA=[[File:Arms of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COA=border-width:0px
|Ot3='''[[Otto III, Duke of Bavaria|Otto III]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1290–1312'''<br/>[[King of Hungary]]<br/>'''r.1305–1307'''<br/> (1261–1312)</small>
|Lo3='''[[Louis III, Duke of Bavaria|Louis III]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1290–1296'''<br/>(1269–1296)</small>
|Ste='''[[Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen I]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1290–1310'''<br/>(1271–1310)</small>}}

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|COA=[[File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|50px]]<br/>'''<small>{{Color|#1E90FF|House of Wittelsbach in the Palatine and Bavaria}}</small>'''|boxstyle_COA =border-width:0px
|H15='''[[Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XV]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1312-1333'''<br/>(1312–1333)</small>
|H14='''[[Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIV]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1310–1339'''<br/>(1305–1339)</small>
|Ot4='''[[Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria|Otto IV]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1310–1334'''<br/>(1307–1334)</small>}}

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|Joh='''[[John I, Duke of Bavaria|John I]]'''<br/><small>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''r. 1339–1340'''<br/>(1329–1340)<br/>lower Bavaria passed to Emperor Louis IV</small>}}

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===The Palatinate/Elder Branch===

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | | | | | | | |RUD| | | | | | |LOU|COALOU
|RUD='''[[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf I the Stammerer]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1274–1319)|boxstyle_RUD=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|LOU='''[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]'''<br/>[[Holy Roman Emperor]],1314<br/>[[Duke of Upper Bavaria]], 1294<br/>(1282–1347)
|COALOU=[[File:Arms of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COALOU=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | | | | ADH | |RUD | |RUP
|ADH='''[[Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine]]'''(1300–1327)
|RUD='''[[Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1306–1353)|boxstyle_RUD =border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|RUP='''[[Rupert I, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]], 1353-1356<br/>(1309– 1390)|boxstyle_RUP=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | | | |RUP | | | | |RUP='''[[Rupert II, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1325–1398)|boxstyle_RUP=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00; }}
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|Rup=[[Rupert, King of the Romans|'''Rupert'''<br> King of Germany]] <br/>(1352&ndash;1410)<br>''m.'' [[Elisabeth of Nuremberg]]|boxstyle_Rup=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|RupCOA=[[File:Arms of Rupert I of Germany.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_RupCOA=border-width:0px
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|RupCOA=[[File:Arms of the Electoral Palatinate (Variant 1).svg|75px]]|boxstyle_RupCOA=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1| Rup | | Fre | | Lud | | | Joh | | | | | | | | Ste | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ott | |Rup='''Rupert'''<br>(1375&ndash;1397)
|Fre='''Frederick'''<br>(1377&ndash;1401)
|Lud=[[Louis III, Elector Palatine|'''Louis III'''<br> Elector Palatine]]<br>(1378&ndash;1436)|boxstyle_ Lud=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|Joh=[[John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt|'''John'''<br> Count Palatine of Neumarkt]]<br>(1383&ndash;1443)<br>''m.'' [[Catherine of Pomerania, Countess Palatine of Neumarkt|Catherine of Pomerania]]
|Ste=[[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|'''Stephen'''<br> Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrucken]]<br>(1385&ndash;1459)<br>''m.'' [[Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken|Anna of Veldenz]]|Ott=[[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach|'''Otto'''<br> Count Palatine of Mosbach]]<br>(1390&ndash;1461) }}
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{{tree chart |border=1| Pfa | |FRE | |RUP | |Chr | | Fre | | Rup | | Ste | | | Lud | | | Joh | | | | | | | | Ott |Rup=[[Rupert of Palatinate-Simmern (1420-1478)|'''Rupert'''<br>Bishop of Strasbourg]]<br>(1420&ndash;1478)
|Fre=[[Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern|'''Frederick'''<br>the Hunsrücker]]<br/>Count Palatine of Simmern<br>(1417&ndash;1480)
|Pfa='''[[Louis IV, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1424–1449)|boxstyle_ Pfa=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|FRE='''[[Frederick I, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1425–1476)|boxstyle_FRE=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|RUP='''[[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (archbishop of Cologne)|Ruprect]]'''<br/>[[Prince Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne]]<br/> (1427 –1480)
|Chr=[[Christopher III of Denmark|'''Christopher'''<br>King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway]]<br>(1416&ndash;1448)|boxstyle_Chr=border-color:#06F;
|Lud=[[Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Louis'''<br>the Black]]<br>(1424&ndash;1489)<br>''m.'' Johanna de Cröy
|Ott='''[[Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt|Counts of Mosbach-Neumarkt]]'''
|Ste='''Stephen'''<br>(1421&ndash;1485)
|Joh=[[John of Palatinate-Simmern, Archbishop of Magdeburg|'''John'''<br>Archbishop of Magdeburg]]<br>(1429&ndash;1475)
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|PHI='''[[Philip, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1448–1508)|boxstyle_PHI=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|Sim='''[[John I, Count Palatine of Simmern]]'''<br/>(1459–1509)|Kas=[[Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Kaspar'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]<br>(1458&ndash;1527)|Ale=[[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Alexander'''<br>the Lame]]<br>(1462&ndash;1514)<br>''m.'' Margaret of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
|Chr=[[File:Royal Arms of Norway, Denmark & Sweden (1442-1448).svg|75px]]|boxstyle_Chr=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1|LOU | |RUP | |FRED | | | | | |JOH | | | | | | Lud | | | Rup | | | | | | |JOH=[[John II, Count Palatine of Simmern]]<br/>(1492–1557)
|LOU='''[[Louis V, Elector Palatine|Louis V]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1478–1544)<br/>[[Lutheran]], 1530s|boxstyle_LOU=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|FRED='''[[Frederick II, Elector Palatine|Frederick II]] the Wise'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1482–1556)<br/>[[Lutheran]], 1540s|boxstyle_FRED=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|RUP='''[[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Bishop of Freising)|Ruprecht of the Palatinate]]'''<br/>Bishop of Freising<br/>(1481–1504)
|Lud=[[Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Louis'''<br>the Younger]]<br>(1502&ndash;1532)<br>''m.'' [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken|Elisabeth of Hesse]]
|Rup=[[Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz|'''Rupert'''<br>Count Palatine of Veldenz]]<br>(1506&ndash;1544)
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|OH='''[[Otto Henry, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1502–1559)<br/>[[Lutheran]], 1540s|boxstyle_OH=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|PHI='''[[Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg]]'''<br/>(1503–1548)
|FRED='''[[Frederick III, Elector Palatine|Frederick III]]'''<br>'''the Pious'''<br/>Count Palatine of Simmern<br/>[[Elector Palatine]],1559<br/>(1515–1576)<br/>made the Palatine [[Calvinist]]|boxstyle_FRED=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|Wol=[[Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Wolfgang'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]<br>(1526&ndash;1569)<br>''n.'' [[Anna of Hesse]]
|Vel='''[[County of Veldenz#Palantine Veldenz Line|Counts of Veldenz]]'''}}
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|LUD='''[[Louis VI, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>(1539–1583)<br/>[[Lutheran]]|boxstyle_LUD=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|JC='''[[John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern|John Casimir]]'''<br/>[[Palatinate-Lautern|Count Palatine of Lautern]]<br/>(1543– 1592)<br/>[[Calvinist]] general
|Pld=[[Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg|'''Philip Louis'''<br>Count Palatine of Neuburg]]<br>(1547&ndash;1614)<br/>[[Lutheran]]<br/>m.[[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]
|Joh=[[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''John'''<br>the Lame]]<br>(1550&ndash;1604)<br>''m.'' [[Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]]
|Oth=[[Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach|'''Otto Henry'''<br>Count Palatine of Sulzbach]]<br>(1556&ndash;1604)
|Fre=[[Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein|'''Frederick'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein]]<br>(1557&ndash;1597)
|Kar=[[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld|'''Charles'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]<br>(1560&ndash;1600)}}
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|FRED='''[[Frederick IV, Elector Palatine]]'''<br/>(1574 –1610)<br/>[[Calvinist]]|boxstyle_FRED=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|WW='''[[Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg]]'''<br/>(1578–1653)<br/>Duke of [[United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg|Jülich & Berg]], 1614<br/>[[Lutheran]] to 1613, [[Catholic]]
|Pld='''[[Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach]]'''<br/>(1582–1632)<br/>[[Catholic]]
|Joh=[[John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''John'''<br>the Younger]]<br/>Count Palatine of Zweibrucken<br>(1584&ndash;1635)
|Fre=[[Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg|'''Frederick Casimir'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg]]<br>(1585&ndash;1645)
|Cas=[[John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|'''John Casimir'''<br>Count Palatine of Kleeburg]]<br>(1589&ndash;1652)<br>''m.'' [[Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg|Catherine of Sweden]]
|Kar='''[[George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]'''<br>(1591–1669)
|Chr='''[[Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler]]'''<br/>(1598–1654)
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|ELIZ=[[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Princess Elizabeth of England, Scotland and Ireland]]<br/> (1596–1662)
|BOH=[[File:Arms of Frederick V of the Palatinate as King of Bohemia.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_BOH=border-width:0px
|PW='''[[Philip William, Elector Palatine|Philip William]]'''<br/>(1615–1690)<br/>[[Count Palatine of Neuburg|C. Pal. of Neuburg]]: {{r.|1653|1690}}, D. Julich & Berg: {{r.|1653|1679}}, [[Elector Palatine]]: {{r.|1685|1690}}<br/>[[Catholic]]|boxstyle_PW=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|CA='''[[Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach]]'''<br/>(1622–1708)<br/>[[Catholic]]
|Joh='''[[Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Frederick<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrucken]] & Duke of Zweibrucken'''<br>(1616–1661)
|Fre=[[Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|'''Frederick Louis'''<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]<br>(1619&ndash;1681)
|Cas=[[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|'''Charles X Gustav'''<br>King of Sweden]]<br>(1622&ndash;1660)<br>''m.'' [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]]|boxstyle_Cas=border-color:#06F;
|Ado=[[Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg|'''Adolf John'''<br>Count Palatine of Kleeburg]]<br>(1629&ndash;1689)
|JO='''[[Charles II Otto, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]'''<br/>(1625–1671)
|CHR='''[[Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]'''<br/>(1637–1717)
|JC='''[[John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen]]'''<br/>(1638–1704)
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|RUP='''[[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]]'''<br/>(1619-1682)<br/>English General and Admiral<br/>[[Lord High Admiral of England]]<br/>[[Duke of Cumberland]]
|SOP='''[[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia]]'''<br/>(1630–1714)<br/>Her son became [[King George I of Great Britain]] in 1714.
|FLO='''[[Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|Fredrick Louis<br>Count Palatine of Zweibrucken]]& <br/> Duke of Zweibrucken'''<br/>(1619–1681)
|COASW=[[File:Armoiries Suède Palatinat1.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COASW=border-width:0px
|Cas=[[Charles XI of Sweden|'''Charles XI'''<br>King of Sweden]]<br>(1655&ndash;1697)<br>''m.'' [[Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark]]|boxstyle_ Cas=border-color:#06F;
|Ado='''[[Palatinate-Kleeburg|Counts of Kleeburg, ext 1731]]<br/>Duke of Zweibrucken, 1718'''
|JW='''[[Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine]], D of Julich & Berg'''<br/>(1658–1716)<br>[[Catholic]]|boxstyle_JW=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|CP='''[[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine]], D of Julich & Berg'''<br/>(1661–1742)<br/>[[Catholic]]|boxstyle_CP=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|TBD='''[[Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach]]'''<br/>(1659–1732)
|CHR='''[[Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]'''<br/>D. of Zweibrucken<br/>(1674–1735)
|FRE='''[[Frederick Bernard, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen]]'''<br/>(1697–1739)
|JOH='''[[John, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen]]'''<br/>(1698–1780)
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|Cas=[[Charles XII of Sweden|'''Charles XII'''<br>King of Sweden]]<br>(1682&ndash;1718)|Ado=[[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden|'''Ulrika Eleonora'''<br> Queen of Sweden]]<br>(1688&ndash;1741)<br>''m.'' [[Frederick I of Sweden]]|boxstyle_ Cas=border-color:#06F;
|HAN=[[File:Royal Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]<br/>[[House of Hanover]] [[Kings of Great Britain]]|boxstyle_HAN=border-width:0px
|TBD2='''[[John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach]]'''<br/>(1700–1733)
|CHR='''[[Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]'''<br/>D. Zweibrücken<br/>(1722–1775)
|FR='''[[Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]]'''<br/>D. Zweibrücken<br/>Imp. Field Marshal<br/>(1724–1767)
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|COACT=[[File:Bayern-1777.png|75px]]|boxstyle_COACT=border-width:0px
|TBD3='''[[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria|Charles Theodore]]'''<br/>(1724–1799)<br/>[[Elector Palatine]] {{r.|1742|1777}}<br/><small>Palatine Electorate merged with Bavarian</small><br/>[[Elector of Bavaria]] {{r.|1777|1799}}<br/>[[Catholic]]|boxstyle_TBD3=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|CH2='''[[Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken]]'''<br/>(1746–1795)
|MAX='''[[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|Maximilian I Joseph]]'''<br/>D. Zweibrücken, 1795<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|El. Palatine]], 1799-1806<br/>[[Electorate of Bavaria|El. Bavaria]], 1799-1806<br/>[[King of Bavaria]], 1806<br/>(1756-1825)|boxstyle_MAX=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;
|COABAV=[[File:Armoiries du royaume de Bavière (1809).svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COABAV=border-width:0px
|WLM='''[[Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria|William]]'''<br/>[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1752–1837)
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|WLM=[[File:Armoiries ducs en Bavière.svg|75px]]<br/>[[Dukes in Bavaria]]|boxstyle_WLM=border-width:0px
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===The Bavarian/Younger Branch===

{{Chart top|collapsed=yes|House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria}}

The colours denote the Dukes, Counts and Electors over the following regions of Bavaria and under the following circumstances:

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{{color box|#FFD700|border=silver}} – Holy Roman Emperor

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|width=4px}} – Dukes of Bavaria (united)

{{border|Name of Elector|color=#F00|width=4px}} – Elector and Duke of Bavaria, ArchSenechal of the Empire (1623–1777)

{{border|Name of Elector|color=#F00|width=2px}} – Elector Palatine of the Rhine

{{border|Name of Count|color=#FFD700|width=2px}} – [[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]], Duke of Bavaria in [[Bavaria-Straubing]] ([[Lower Bavaria]])

{{border|Name of Count|color=#FFD700|style=dashed|width=2px}} – [[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]], Duke of [[Bavaria-Straubing]] ([[Lower Bavaria]]) -- disputed

{{border|Name of Margrave|color=#000000|width=2px}} – Margrave of Brandenburg ([[Prince-Elector|Elector]] by [[Emperor Charles IV]] with [[Golden Bull of 1356]])

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{{border|Name of Archbishop/Cardinal and Elector|color=#C41E3A|width=2px}} – [[Electorate of Cologne|Prince-Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne]]/[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=double|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria in [[Upper Bavaria]] (Oberbayern)

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=dotted|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria in [[Lower Bavaria]] (Niederbayern)

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=dotted|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria in [[Bavaria-Landshut]] ([[Lower Bavaria]])

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=ridge|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria in [[Bavaria-Ingolstadt]] ([[Upper Bavaria]])

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=dashed|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria in [[Bavaria-Munich]] ([[Upper Bavaria]])

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=inset|width=2px}} – Dukes of Bavaria-Munich-Dachau ([[Upper Bavaria]])

{{border|Name of Duke|color=#1E90FF|style=outset|width=2px}} – [[Duke in Bavaria]], used since 1506, when primogeniture was established in Bavaria, by all other members of the house of Wittelsbach

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|Wit='''House of Wittelsbach'''
|WitCOA=[[File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|75px]]|boxstyle_WitCOA=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | | | | | | | | |RUD| | | | | | |LOU|COALOU
|RUD='''[[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf I the Stammerer]]'''<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine]]<br/>(1274–1319)|boxstyle_RUD=border-width:2px;border-color:#F00;

|LOU='''[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]'''<br/>[[Holy Roman Emperor]],1314<br/>[[Duke of Upper Bavaria]], 1294<br/>(1282–1347)|boxstyle_LOU=border-width:4px; border-color:#1E90FF; background-color: #FFD700

|COALOU=[[File:Arms of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COALOU=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1| |A01| |A02 | | |A03 | |A04| |A05 | |A06| 
|A01='''[[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria|Louis V the Brandenburger]]'''<br/>{{Small|[[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|Margrave of Brandenburg]]<br/>{{r.|1323|1351}}<br/>'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Upper) Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''{{r.|1347|1361}}'''<br/>(1319–1375)}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px; border-style:double;border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''[[Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen II]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[Bavaria-Landshut|Duke of Bavaria-Landshut]]'''<br/>{{r.|1349|1363}}'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Upper)Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''{{r.|1363|1375}}'''<br/>(1319–1375)}}|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:4px;border-style:double;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03='''[[Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg|Louis VI the Roman]]'''<br/>'''{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Upper) Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1347|1365}}<br/>[[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|El. Margrave of Brandenburg]]<br/>{{r.|1356|1365}}<br/>raised to El. 1356}}'''<br/>(1328–1365)|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px; border-color:#000000

|A04='''[[William I, Duke of Bavaria|William I]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1349|1353}}<Br/>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)]]<br/>{{r.|1353|1398}}<br/>[[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]]<br/>{{r.|1345|1389}}}}''' <br/>(1330–1389)|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700

|A05='''[[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht I]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Lower) Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1349|1353}}<Br/>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)]]<br/>{{r.|1353|1404}}<br/>[[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]]<br/>{{r.|1389|1404}}}}''' <br/>(1336–1404)|boxstyle_A05 =border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700

|A06='''[[Otto V, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V the Bavarian]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Upper) Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1349|1351}}<br/>[[List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg|El. Margrave of Brandenburg]]<br/>{{r.|1351|1373}}<br/>raised to El. 1356, dep. 1373 by [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Emp. Charles IV]] for his son [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia|Wenceslaus]]}}'''<br/>(1340–1379)|boxstyle_A06 =border-width:2px; border-color:#000000
}}

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|BRAND =[[File:Armoiries Bavière-Brandebourg.svg|75px]]||boxstyle_BRAND =border-width:0px
|BAV=[[File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|75px]]|boxstyle_BAV=border-width:0px
|BAVHOLL=[[File:Arms of the House of Bavaria-Holland.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_BAVHOLL=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart |border=1| |A01 | |A02 | | |A03 | |A04 | | |A05 | |A06| |A07|
|A01='''[[Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol|Meinhard III]]'''<br/>{{Small|'''[[County of Tyrol|Count of Tyrol]]'''<br/>{{r.|1361|1363}}'''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of (Upper)Bavaria]]'''<br/>'''{{r.|1361|1363}}'''<br/>(1344–1363)}}|boxstyle_A01=border-width:2px; border-style:double;border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''[[Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria|Stephen III of Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{r.|1375|1413}}<br/>(1337–1413)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:2px; border-style:ridge;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03='''[[Frederick, Duke of Bavaria|Frederick of Landshut]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]]<br/>{{r.|1375|1393}}<br/>(1339–1393)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px; border-style:dotted;border-color:#1E90FF

|A04='''[[John II, Duke of Bavaria|John II of Munich]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]]<br/>{{r.|1375|1397}}<br/>(1341–1397)}}'''|boxstyle_A04 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF

|A05='''[[William II, Duke of Bavaria|William II]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)]]<br/>{{r.|1404|1417}}<br/>[[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]]<br/>{{r.|1404|1417}} <br/>(1365–1417)}}'''|boxstyle_A05 =border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700

|A06='''[[Albert II, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht II]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)]], admin for Will. II<br/>{{r.|1389|1397}}<br/>(1368–1397)}}'''

|A07='''[[John III, Duke of Bavaria|John III the Pitiless]]<br/> {{Small|[[List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège|Prince Bp. of Liege]], resigned<br/>{{r.|1374|1425}}<br/>[[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], de facto<br/>{{r.|1420|1425}}<br/>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria(-Straubing)]]{{r.|1417|1425}}<br/>[[Duke of Luxembourg]] w/ wife [[Elizabeth of Görlitz|Eliz.of Gorlitz]]{{r.|1418|1425}}<br/>(1374–1425)}}'''|boxstyle_A07=border-width:2px;border-style:dashed;border-color:#FFD700
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | |A02 | | |A03 | |A04 | |A05 | |A06| 
|A02='''[[Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria|Louis VII]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{r.|1413|1443}}<br/>(1368–1447)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:2px; border-style:ridge;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03='''[[Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XVI]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]]<br/>{{r.|1393|1450}}<br/>[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]] (merged), {{r.|1447|1450}}<br/>(1386–1450)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px; border-style:dotted;border-color:#1E90FF

|A04='''[[Ernest, Duke of Bavaria|Ernest]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]]<br/>{{r.|1397|1438}}<br/>absorbed [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]], 1429<br/> (1373–1438)}}'''|boxstyle_A04 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF

|A05='''[[William III, Duke of Bavaria|William III]]<br/>{{Small|co-[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]]<br/>{{r.|1397|1435}}<br/>(1375–1435)}}'''|boxstyle_A05 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF

|A06='''[[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut|Jacqueline]]<br/>{{Small|[[Count of Holland|Count of Holland, Zealand]], and [[Count of Hainaut|Hainaut]]<br/>Holl & Zea. {{r.|1417|1420}}, {{r.|1425|1432}}, Hain {{r.|1417|1432}}<br/>(1401–1436)}}'''|boxstyle_A06=border-width:2px; border-color:#FFD700
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | |A01 | | |A02 | |A03 |
|A01='''[[Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria|Louis VIII]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{r.|1443|1445}}<br/>(1403–1445)}}'''|boxstyle_A01 =border-width:2px; border-style:ridge;border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''[[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria|Louis IX]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]] & [[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{r.|1450|1479}}<br/>(1417–1479)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:2px; border-style:dotted;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03='''[[Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht III the Pious]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]] & [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]]<br/>{{r.|1438|1460}}<br/>(1401–1460)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A02 | | |A03 | |A04 | |A05 | |A06| 
|A02='''[[John IV, Duke of Bavaria|John IV of Munich]]<br>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]] & [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]]<br/>{{r.|1460|1463}}<br/>(1437–1463 of plague)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03='''[[Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria|Sigismund of Dachau]]<br/>{{Small|co-[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]] & [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]]<br/>{{r.|1460|1467}}<br/>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich-Dachau]], {{r.|1467|1501}}<br/>(1439–1501)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px; border-style:inset;border-color:#1E90FF

|A04='''[[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria|Albrect IV, the Wise]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]] & [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]]<br/>{{r.|1467|1508}}, <br/>[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]], {{r.|1503|1508}}, & [[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>(1447–1508)<br/>Male-[[Primogeniture]] est. 1506}}'''|boxstyle_A04 =border-width:2px; border-style:dashed;border-color:#1E90FF

|A05='''Christopher<br/>{{Small|(1449–1493, Rhodes)}}'''

|A06='''Wolfgang<br>{{Small|(1451–1514), a canon in Passau, Augsburg and Köln}}'''
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A01 | | | | | | |A02 | | | | | | |A03| 
|A01='''[[William IV, Duke of Bavaria|William IV]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Munich|Munich]] & [[Bavaria-Straubing|Straubing]], & [[Bavaria-Ingolstadt|Ingolstadt]]<br/>{{r.|1508|1550}}<br/>(1493 –1550)}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px; border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''[[Louis X, Duke of Bavaria|Louis X of Landshut]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]-[[Bavaria-Landshut|Landshut]]<br/>{{r.|1516|1545}}<br/>(1495–1545)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-width:2px; border-style:dotted;border-color:#1E90FF

|A03=[[Ernest of Bavaria (1500–1560)|Ernest]]<br/>{{Small|Administrator of Diocese of Passau, {{r.|1516|1540}}<br/>[[Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg|Administrator of Diocese of Salzburg]], {{r.|1540|1554}}<br/>(1500–1560)}}
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A01 | | | | | | |A02 | | | | | |
|A01='''[[Albert V, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht V]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1550|1579}}<br/>(1528–1579)}}''' |boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px; border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''United Bavaria'''|boxstyle_A02=border-width:4px; border-color:#1E90FF
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|A01='''[[William V, Duke of Bavaria|William V]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1579|1597}}<br/>(1548–1626)}}''' |boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px; border-color:#1E90FF

|A02='''[[Ferdinand of Bavaria (soldier)|Ferdinand]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]], general<br/>(1550–1608)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A03='''[[Ernest of Bavaria|Ernest]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne|Abp. of Cologne]], {{r.|1583|1612}}, & [[List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège|Pr. Bishop of Liege]], (1581) & [[Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim|Hildesheim]] (1573), [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Freising]], {{r.|1566|1612}} <br/>(1554–1612)}}''' |boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px;border-color:#C41E3A
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A01| | | |A02 | | | |A03| | |A04| 
|A01='''[[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I the Great]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1597|1651}}<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector & Arch-Seneschal]] (repl. Palatine, conf. 1648)<br/>{{r.|1623|1648}}<br/>[[Electorate of Bavaria|Elector of Bavaria]] & Arch-Seneschal<br/>{{r.|1648|1651}}<br/>(1573–1651)}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;

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|A02='''[[Philipp of Bavaria|Philip]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Bishop of Regensburg|Bp. of Regensburg]]<br/>{{r.|1579|1598}}<br/>[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], 1596<br/>(1576–1598)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A03='''[[Ferdinand of Bavaria (bishop)|Ferdinand]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne|Abp. of Cologne]] & etc., {{r.|1612|1650}}<br/>(1577–1650)}}'''|boxstyle_A03=border-width:2px;border-color:#C41E3A

|A04='''[[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht VI]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Landgrave]] of [[Leuchtenberg]] to 1650, [[Reichsgraf]] of [[Haag in Oberbayern]]<br/>[[Regent]] of Bavaria, {{r.|1651
|1654}}<br/>(1584–1666)}}'''|boxstyle_A04 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A01 | | | | | | |A02 | | | | | |A03| |A04 |
|A01='''[[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria|Ferdinand]]<br/> {{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Elector and Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1651|1679}}<br/>(1636–1679)}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;

|A02='''[[Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg|Maximilian]]<br/> {{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Landgrave]] of [[Leuchtenberg]]<br/>Prince Administrator (Kuradministrator) of Bavaria<br/>{{r.|1679|1680}}<br/>(1638–1705)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A03='''[[Maximilian Henry of Bavaria|Maximilian Henry]]<br/> {{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne|Abp. of Cologne]] & etc., {{r.|1650|1688}}<br/>(1621- 1688)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-width:2px;border-color:#C41E3A

|A04='''Sigmund Albrecht<br/><br/> {{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/> [[Bishop of Freising]] and Regensburg, 1668<br/> (1623–1685)}}'''|boxstyle_A04 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| |MA |v|A01 | | | | | | |A02 | 
|A01='''[[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian II Emanuel]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Elector and Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1679|1726}}<br/>[[List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Governor of Spanish Netherlands]]<br/>{{r.|1692|1706}}<br/>(1662–1726)}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;

|A02='''[[Joseph Clemens of Bavaria|Joseph Clemens]], <br/> {{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne|Abp. of Cologne]] & etc., {{r.|1688|1723}}<br/>(1671- 1723)}}'''|boxstyle_A02=border-width:2px;border-color:#C41E3A

|MA='''[[Maria Antonia of Austria]]<br/>{{Small|eldest d. & only surviving child of Emp.[[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] & Margaret Theresa of Spain. heir to the Spanish throne<br/>(1669–1692)}}'''
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| |A06 | |A01 |COAEW| |A02 | |A03 | |A04 | |A05| 
|A01='''[[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]]<br/> {{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Elector and Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1726|1745}}<br/>[[List of Bohemian monarchs|King of Bohemia]]<br/>{{r.|1741|1743}}<br/>[[Holy Roman Emperor]]<br/>{{r.|1742|1745}}<br/>(1697–1745)}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;background-color: #FFD700

|COAEW=[[File:Arms of Charles VII Albert, Holy Roman Emperor-Or shield variant.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COAEW=border-width:0px

|A02='''Philipp Moritz Maria<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>elected bishop of Paderborn and Münster<br/>(1698–1719)}}'''|boxstyle_A02 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A03='''[[Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria|Ferdinand Maria Innocenz]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>Imperial General<br/>(1699–1738)}}'''|boxstyle_A03 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A04='''[[Clemens August of Bavaria|Clemens Augustus]]<br/>{{Small| [[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>[[Prince-Elector|Elector]] and [[Archbishop of Cologne|Abp. of Cologne]] & etc., {{r.|1723|1761}}<br/>(1700–1761)}}'''|boxstyle_A04=border-width:2px;border-color:#C41E3A

|A05='''[[Johann Theodor of Bavaria|Johann Theodore]]<br/>{{Small| [[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/> [[Bishops of Regensburg|Prince-Bishop of Regensburg]], [[Bishops of Freising and Archbishops of Munich and Freising|Prince-Bishop of Freising]], and the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège|Prince-Bishop of Liège]]<br/>[[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]<br/>(1703–1763)}}'''|boxstyle_A05 =border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px

|A06='''[[Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria|Joseph Ferdinand]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>heir of Spain<br/>(1692–1699)}}'''|boxstyle_A06 =border-color:#1E90FF;border-style:outset;border-width:2px
}}

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{{tree chart |border=1| | | | | |A01 | | | | | | | | |A02| |
|A01='''[[Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian III Joseph]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Elector and Duke of Bavaria]]<br/>{{r.|1745|1777}}<br/>(1727–1777)<br/> by the [[Treaty of Pavia (1329)]], Bavaria was inherited by the elder branch of the Palatine}}'''|boxstyle_A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;

|A02='''[[Duke Clement Francis of Bavaria|Clemens Franics]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>Crown Prince of Bavaria<br/>(1722–1770)}}'''|boxstyle_A02=border-color:#1E90FF; border-style:outset;border-width:2px;
}}

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===The Royal House of the Kingdom of Bavaria===

{{Chart top|collapsed=yes|Royal House of Bavaria/Wittelsbach}}

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The colors denote the Kings, Prince, Dukes in Bavaria during the kingdom of Bavaria.  <br/>All the male and female descendants were "Princes of Bavaria" and "Princesses of Bavaria" even the younger line of the "Dukes in Bavaria".<br/>
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{{border|{{Background color|#87CEFA|Name of King}}|color=#F00|width=4px}} - [[King of Bavaria]]
{{border|Name of Duke|width=4px|color=#06F}} - [[Duke in Bavaria]]

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{{border|{{Background color|#87CEFA|Name of Prince}}|width=2px|background-color=#87CEFA}} – Head of Royal House

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{{tree chart| | | | | | |COABAV| |   | | | |  | | | | | |COABAV2 | | 
|COABAV=[[File:Armoiries du royaume de Bavière (1809).svg|75px]]||boxstyle_COABAV=border-width:0px
|COABAV2=[[File:Armoiries ducs en Bavière.svg|75px]]|boxstyle_COABAV2=border-width:0px
}}

{{tree chart| | | CAR |y| MX4J|y| AUW | | | |  | | | | WLM |~|~|y|~|~| WIFE | 
| MX4J= [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|'''Maximilian I/IV Joseph ''']]<br/>{{Small|D. Zweibrücken, 1795<br/>[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|El. Palatine]] & [[Electorate of Bavaria|Bavaria]], 1799-1806<br/>[[King of Bavaria]],{{r.|1806|1825}}<br/>(1756-1825)}}
| CAR=2. [[Caroline of Baden|Caroline<br>of Baden]]<br>1776–1841
| AUW=1. [[Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt]]<br>1765–1796
| WLM = [[Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria|William]]<br/>[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1752–1837)
|WIFE = [[Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]]<br/>{{Small|sister of King Max I of Bavaria}}
       |boxstyle_ MX4J=background-color: #87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ WLM=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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{{tree chart| FRW |~| ELI | | LU1 |y| THE | |CHS | | | | | | | A01 | | 
| LU1= '''[[Ludwig I of Bavaria|Ludwig I]]<br>{{Small|[[King of Bavaria]] {{r.|1825|1848}}<br/>(1786––1868 )}}'''
| THE=[[Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Theresa<br>of Saxe-<br>Hildburghausen]]<br>1792–1854
| ELI=[[Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria|Elisabeth<br>Ludovika<br>of Bavaria]]<br>1801–1873
| FRW=[[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Fr Wm IV of Prussia]]<br>1795–1861
| CHS='''[[Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria|Karl Theodor]]<br/>{{Small|Fld Mar. & Insp. Gen.<br/>(1795–1875)}}'''
| A01='''[[Duke Pius August in Bavaria|Pius]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria|D. in Bavaria]]<br/>(1786-1837)}}'''
| LUD=[[Princess Ludovika of Bavaria|Ludovika<br>of Bavaria]]<br>1808–1892 | AMA=[[Amalie Auguste of Bavaria|Amalia<br>Augusta of<br>Bavaria]]<br>1801–1877
       |boxstyle_ LU1=background-color:#87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ A01=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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|COABAV=[[File:Arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1835-1918.svg|75px]]||boxstyle_COABAV=border-width:0px
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{{tree chart| | MX5 |~|y|~| MAR | |OTTO | | LUI |y| AUF | |ADL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |MJ | | | 
| MX5= '''[[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian II/V]]<br>{{Small|[[King of Bavaria]] {{r.|1848|1864}}<br/>(1811––1864)}}'''
| MAR=[[Marie of Prussia|Marie of<br>Prussia]]<br>1825–1889
| OTTO='''[[Otto of Greece|Otto]]<br/>{{Small|[[List of kings of Greece|King of Greece]]<br/>{{r.|1832|1862}}<br/>(1815–1867)}}'''
| LUI= '''[[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Luitpold]]<br/>{{Small|[[Prince Regent|Prinz Regent]]<br/>{{r.|1886|1912}}<br>(1821–1912)}}'''
| AUF=[[Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria|Augusta<br>Ferdinande<br>of Austria]]<br>1825–1864
| ADL='''[[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)|Adalbert]]<br/>{{Small|P. of Bavaria<br/>(1828–1875)}}{{Small|m. Inf. Amalia, s. K.-Cnsrt Francis of Spain}}'''
| MJ='''[[Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria|Maximilian Joseph]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1808–1888)}}'''
| KAT=[[Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria|Charles<br>Theodore<br>of Bavaria]]<br>1839–1909
       |boxstyle_ MX5=background-color: #87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ LUI=background-color: #D0F0FF;
       |boxstyle_MJ=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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{{tree chart| LU2 | | OT8 | | LU3|y| MAT | | |LEO| | |ARN| |LF | | | | |ALF | | | | LU | | KAT | | | MAX | 
| LU2= '''[[Ludwig II of Bavaria|Ludwig II]]<br>{{Small|[[King of Bavaria]] {{r.|1864|1886}}<br/> "the Swan King" or "der Märchenkönig"<br/>(1845-1886)}}'''
| OT8= '''[[Otto, King of Bavaria|Otto I (VIII)]]<br>{{Small|[[King of Bavaria]] {{r.|1886|1913}} deposed<br>(1848–1916)}}'''
| LU3= '''[[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III]]<br>{{Small|[[Prince Regent]], {{r.|1912|1913}}<br/>[[King of Bavaria]]{{r.|1913|1918}} abd.<br/>''in pretence''<br>1918–1921<br/>(1845–1921)}}'''
| MAT=[[Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919)|Maria<br>Theresa of<br>Austria-Este]]<br>1849–1919
| LEO='''[[Prince Leopold of Bavaria|Leopold]], [[Generalfeldmarschall|Fld. Mar.]]<br/>{{Small|(1846–1930)}}'''
| ARN='''[[Prince Arnulf of Bavaria|Arnulf]]<br/>{{Small|(1852–1907)}}'''
| LF='''[[Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria|Louis Ferdinand]]<br/>{{Small|(1859–1949)m. [[Infanta María de la Paz of Spain]]}}'''
| ALF='''[[Prince Alfons of Bavaria|Alphonso]]<br/>{{Small|(1862–1933)}}'''
| LU='''[[Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831–1920)|Louis William]], Gen. Cavalry<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1831–1920)}}'''
| KAT = '''[[Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria|Charles Theodore]], [[Ophthalmology|Ophthalmologist]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1839–1909)}}'''
| MAX = '''[[Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria|Maximilian]], 2nd Lt.<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1849–1893)}}'''
       |boxstyle_ LU2=background-color: #87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ LU3=background-color: #87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ OT8=background-color: #87CEFA;border-width:4px;border-color:#F00;
       |boxstyle_ LU=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
       |boxstyle_ KAT=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
       |boxstyle_ MAX=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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{{tree chart| |RUP |y |MAG | |CH| | FRAN | |GEO | |CON | |HEN| |FER| |AL| |JCLEM| |LWIL| |SIEG| |CHAR| |LUI| 
| RUP='''[[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria|Rupert]]<br>(1869–1955)<br>''in pretence''<br>1921–1955'''
| MAG='''[[Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria|Marie<br>Gabrielle<br>of Bavaria]], d. Charles Theordore<br>(1876–1912)'''
|CH='''[[Prince Karl of Bavaria|Charles]]<br/>{{Small|(1874–1927)}}'''
|FRAN='''[[Prince Franz of Bavaria|Francis]], Gen.<br/>{{Small|(1875–1957)}}'''
|GEO='''[[Prince Georg of Bavaria|George]], Col.<br/>Priest, 1921, [[Monsignor|Mnsgr.]]<br/>{{Small|(1880–1943)}}'''
|CON='''[[Prince Konrad of Bavaria|Conrad]], Maj.<br/>{{Small|(1883–1969)}}'''
|HEN='''[[Prince Heinrich of Bavaria|Henry]], Maj.<br/>{{Small|(1884–1916),k. in action WWI}}'''
|FER='''[[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria|Ferdinand]]<br/>{{Small|(1884–1958)}}<br/>{{Small|m. [[Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain|Inf. Maria Teresa of Spain]]}}'''
|AL='''[[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970)|Adalbert]]<br/>{{Small|(1886–1970)}}'''
|JCLEM='''[[Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria|Joseph Clemens]]<br/>{{Small|(1902–1990)}}'''
|LWIL='''[[Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1884–1968)|Luis William]], Lt.<br/>{{Small|(1884–1968)}}'''
|SIEG='''[[Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria|Siegfried]]<br/>{{Small|(1876–1952)}}'''
|CHAR='''[[:de:Christoph in Bayern|Christoph]], Maj.<br/>{{Small|(1879-1963)}}'''
|LUI='''[[:de:Luitpold Emanuel in Bayern|Luitpold]]<br/>{{Small|(1890-1973)}}'''
       |boxstyle_RUP=background-color: #87CEFA;
       |boxstyle_LWIL=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
       |boxstyle_SIEG=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
       |boxstyle_CHAR=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
       |boxstyle_LUI=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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{{tree chart| |LUI | | AL6 |y |MAR  | | A01 | |A02 | |A03 | |A04 | |PS | 
| LUI='''[[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria#Marriages and children|Luitpold]]<br/>{{Small|Hereditary Prince of Bavaria<br/> (1901–1914)}}'''
| AL6= [[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria|'''Albert VI ''']]<br>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|"Duke of Bavaria"]]<br/>1905–1996<br>''in pretence''<br>1955–1996
| MAR=[[Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan|Maria<br>Draskovich<br>of Trakostjan]]<br>1904–1969
| A01= '''[[Prince Heinrich of Bavaria|Henry]]<br/>{{Small|(1922–1958)}}'''
| A02 = '''[[Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008)|Louis]]<br/>{{Small|(1913–2008)}}'''
| A03 = '''Rasso<br/>{{Small|(1926–2011)}}'''
| A04 = '''[[Prince Eugen of Bavaria|Eugen]]<br/>{{Small|(1925–1997)}}'''
| PS = Princes of Spain<br/>[[File:Arms of Prince Ferdinand of Baviaria (1884-1958) as Spanish Infante.svg|50px]]
       |boxstyle_ AL6=background-color: #87CEFA;}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | FRA | |MAX | | | | | |A01 | |A02 | |A03 | |A04 | 
| FRA= [[Franz, Duke of Bavaria|'''Franz ''']]<br>[[List of monarchs of Bavaria|"Duke of Bavaria"]]<br/>1933–<br>''in pretence''<br>(1996–)
| MAX='''[[Max Emanuel in Bayern|Maximilian Emmanuel]]<br/>{{Small|[[Duke in Bavaria]]<br/>(1937-)}}'''
| A01='''[[Luitpold Prinz von Bayern|Luitpold]]<br/>{{Small|(1951-)}}'''
| A02='''[[Father Florian]]<br/>{{Small|born Francis Joseph<br/>(1957–2022)}}'''
| A03='''Wolfgang<br/>{{Small|(1960-)}}'''
| A04='''Christopher<br/>{{Small|(1962-)}}'''
       |boxstyle_ FRA=background-color: #87CEFA;
       |boxstyle_MAX=border-width:4px;border-color:#06F;
}}

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===Complete Genealogy of the Wittelsbach Dynasty===

[[File:Wittelsbach Dynasty Family Tree.jpg|center|600px]]

===Living legitimate members of the House of Wittlesbach===

'''Bold''' signifies heads of the house and numbers shown indicate the pretense to the kingship of Bavaria:

{{Tree list}}
* [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Ludwig I of Bavaria]]''' (1786–1868)''
** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Maximilian II of Bavaria]]''' (1811–1864)''
*** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Ludwig II of Bavaria]]''' (1845–1886)''
*** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Otto, King of Bavaria|Otto of Bavaria]]''' (1848–1916)''
** ''[[Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria]] (1813–1863)'', married [[Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (1806-1877) without issue
** ''[[Otto of Greece|Prince Otto of Bavaria]], later '''[[List of kings of Greece|King of Greece]]''', (1815–1867)'', married [[Amalia of Oldenburg|Princess Amalia of Oldenburg]] (1818–1875) without issue
** Princess Theodelinde of Bavaria (1816–1817)
** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] ''[[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria]] (1821–1912)''
*** [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Ludwig III of Bavaria]]''' 1845–1921''
**** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria]]''' (1869–1955)''
***** ''Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (1901–1914)''
***** ''Princess Irmingard of Bavaria (1902–1903)''
***** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''[[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]]''' (1905–1996)''
****** Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria (born 1931), married Georg, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1928–2015) and has issue
****** ''Princess Marie Charlotte of Bavaria (1931–2018)'', married Paul, Prince of Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (1930–2011) and issue
****** [[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''[[Franz, Duke of Bavaria]]''' (born 1933), head of the House of Wittelsbach (1996–present)
****** '''(1)''' [[Max Emanuel Herzog in Bayern|Prince Max-Emanuel, Duke in Bavaria]] (born 1937)
******* [[Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein|Princess Sophie of Bavaria]] (born 1967), married [[Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein]] (born 1968) and has issue
******* Princess Marie Caroline of Bavaria (born 1969), married Duke Philipp of Württemberg (born 1964) and has issue
******* Princess Helene of Bavaria (born 1972)
******* Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (born 1973), married Daniel Terberger (born 1967) and has issue
******* Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1975), married twice and has issue
***** ''Prince Rudolf of Bavaria (1909–1912)''
***** ''[[Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958)|Prince Heinrich of Bavaria]] (1922–1958)'', married Anne Marie de Lustrac (1927–1999) without issue
***** ''[[Princess Irmingard of Bavaria]] (1923–2010)'', married [[Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913–2008)|Prince Ludwig of Bavaria]] (1913–2008), see issue below
***** ''Princess Editha of Bavaria (1924–2013)'', married twice and has issue
***** ''Princess Hilda of Bavaria (1926–2002)'', married Juan Bradstock Edgar Lockett de Loayza (1912–1987) and had issue
***** ''Princess Gabriele of Bavaria (1927–2019)'', married Carl Emmanuel, 14th [[House of Croÿ|Duke of Croÿ]] (1914–2011) and had issue
***** Princess Sophie of Bavaria (born 1935), married Jean, 12th [[House of Arenberg|Duke of Arenberg]] (1921–2011) and has issue
**** ''[[Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Princess of Hohenzollern|Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria]] (1870–1958)'', married [[William, Prince of Hohenzollern]] (1864–1927) without issue
**** ''[[Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria]] (1872–1954)'', married [[Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Castro]] (1869–1960) and had issue
**** ''[[Prince Karl of Bavaria (1874–1927)|Prince Karl of Bavaria]] (1874–1927)''
**** ''[[Prince Franz of Bavaria]] (1875–1957)''
***** ''[[Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913-2008)|Prince Ludwig of Bavaria]] (1913-2008)''
****** '''(2)''' [[Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (b. 1951)|Prince Luitpold of Bavaria]] (born 1951)
******* Princess Auguste of Bavaria (born 1979), married Hereditary Prince Ferdinand of [[Lippe-Weissenfeld#Princes|Lippe-Weißenfeld]] (born 1976) and has issue
******* Princess Alice of Bavaria (born 1981), married Prince Lukas of [[House of Auersperg|Auersperg]] (born 1981) and has issue
******* '''(3)''' Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (born 1982)
******** '''(4)''' Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (born 2024)
******* '''(5)''' Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1986)
******** '''(6)''' Prince Maximilian of Bavaria (born 2021)
******** '''(7)''' Prince Luitpold of Bavaria (born 2023)
******* '''(8)''' Prince Karl of Bavaria (born 10 March 1987)
****** ''Princess Maria of Bavaria (1953-1953)''
****** ''Princess Philippa of Bavaria (1954–1953)''
***** ''[[Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria]] (1914–2011)'', married [[Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza|Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza]] (1909–1981) and had issue – including the current [[Head of the Imperial House of Brazil]]
***** ''Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1917–2004)'', married Baron Zdenko von Hoenning-O'Caroll (1906–1996) and had issue
***** ''Princess Eleonore of Bavaria (1918–2009)'', married Count Konstantin of [[Waldburg-Zeil]] (1909–1972) and had issue
***** ''Princess Dorothea of Bavaria (1920–2015)'', married [[Archduke Gottfried of Austria]] (1902–1984) and had issue
***** ''Prince Rasso of Bavaria (1926-2011)''
****** Princess Maria Theresa of Bavaria (born 1956), married Count Tamбs Kornis de Gцncz-Ruszka (born 1949) and has issue
****** ''[[Father Florian|Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria]] (1957–2022)''
****** Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (born 1959), married Count Andreas von Kuefstein (born 1954) and has issue
****** '''(9)''' Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (born 1960)
******* '''(10)''' Prince Tassilo of Bavaria (born 1992)
******* '''(11)''' Prince Richard of Bavaria (born 1993)
******* '''(12)''' Prince Philip of Bavaria (born 1996)
******* Princess Flavia of Bavaria (born 2011)
****** Princess Benedikta of Bavaria (born 1961), married Count Rudolf von Freyberg-Eisenberg (born 1958) and has issue
****** '''(13)''' Prince Christoph of Bavaria (born 1962)
******* '''(14)''' Prince Corbinian of Bavaria (born 1996)
******* '''(15)''' Prince Stanislaus of Bavaria (born 1997)
******* '''(16)''' Prince Marcello of Bavaria (born 1998)
******* Princess Odilia of Bavaria (born 2002)
****** Princess Gisela of Bavaria (born 1964), married [[Alexander Prinz von Sachsen|Prince Alexander of Saxony]] (born 1954) and has issue
**** ''[[Princess Mathilde of Bavaria]] (1877–1906)'', married [[Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (1870–1942) and had issue
**** ''Prince Wolfgang of Bavaria (1879–1895)''
**** ''Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1881–1948)''
**** ''Princess Notburga of Bavaria (1883-1883)''
**** ''Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria (1884–1975)'', married [[Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach]] (1864–1928) without issue
**** ''Princess Helmtrud of Bavaria (1886–1977)''
**** ''Princess Dietlinde of Bavaria (1888–1889)''
**** ''Princess Gundelinde of Bavaria (1891–1983)'', married Count Johann Georg of Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (1887–1924) and had issue
*** ''[[Prince Leopold of Bavaria]] (1846–1930)''
**** ''[[Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria]] (1874–1957)'', married Count Otto of Seefried and Buttenheim (1870–1951) and had issue
**** ''[[Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1875–1964)|Princess Auguste of Bavaria]] (1875–1964)'', married [[Archduke Joseph August of Austria]] (1872–1962) and had issue
**** ''[[Prince Georg of Bavaria]] (1880–1943)'', married [[Archduchess Isabella of Austria]] (1888–1973) without issue
**** ''[[Prince Konrad of Bavaria]] (1883–1969)''
***** ''[[Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria]] (1921–1985)'', married Count Umberto Poletti Galimberti, Count di Assandri (1921–1995) and had issue
***** ''[[Prince Eugen of Bavaria]] (1925–1997)'', married Countess Helene von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1921–2017) without issue
*** ''[[Princess Therese of Bavaria]] (1850–1925)''
*** ''[[Prince Arnulf of Bavaria]] (1852–1907)''
**** ''[[Prince Heinrich of Bavaria]] (1884–1916)''
** ''[[Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess of Modena|Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria]] (1823–1914)'', married [[Francis V, Duke of Modena]] (1819–1875) and had issue
** ''[[Princess Hildegard of Bavaria]] (1825–1864)'', married [[Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen]] (1817–1895) and had issue
** ''[[Princess Alexandra of Bavaria]] (1826–1875)''
** ''[[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)|Prince Adalbert of Bavaria]] (1828–1875)''
*** ''[[Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (1859–1949)''
**** ''[[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (1884–1958)'', married twice and renounced his rights to the Bavarian throne in 1914
**** ''[[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970)|Prince Adalbert of Bavaria]] (1886–1970)''
***** ''[[Prince Konstantin of Bavaria]] (1920–1969)''
****** '''(17)''' [[Prince Leopold of Bavaria (born 1943)|Prince Leopold of Bavaria]] (born 1943)
******* '''(18)''' Prince Manuel of Bavaria (born 1972)
******** '''(19)''' Prince Leopold of Bavaria (born 2007)
******** Princess Alva of Bavaria (born 2010)
******** '''(20)''' Prince Gabriel of Bavaria (born 2014)
******** '''(21)''' Prince Joseph of Bavaria (born 2019)
******* Princess Maria del ''Pilar'' of Bavaria (born 1978)
******* Princess Maria Felipa of Bavaria (born 1981), married Christian Dienst (born 1978) and has issue
******* '''(22)''' Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (born 1986)
******** '''(23)''' Prince Alexis of Bavaria (born 2020)
******** '''(24)''' Prince Nikolaus of Bavaria (born 2023)
****** '''(25)''' Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (born 1944)
******* Princess Bernadette of Bavaria (born 1986), married Carmelo Milici (born 1987) and has issue
******* '''(26)''' Prince Hubertus of Bavaria (born 1989)
****** Princess Ysabel of Bavaria (born 1954), married Count Alfred Hoyos (born 1951) and has issue
***** ''Prince Alexander of Bavaria (1923–2001)''
*** ''[[Prince Alfons of Bavaria]] (1862–1933)''
**** ''[[Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria]] (1902–1990)''
**** ''Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria (1913–2005)'', married twice and had issue
*** ''[[Princess Isabella of Bavaria]] (1863–1924)'', married [[Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa]] (1854–1931) and had issue
*** ''Princess Elvira of Bavaria (1868–1943)'', married Count Rudolf von Wrbna-Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg und Freudenthal (1864–1927) and had issue
*** ''Princess Clara of Bavaria (1874–1941)''
{{Tree list/end}}

==Gallery of the Bavarian Kings==

<gallery widths=180>
File:King Max I Joseph in Coronation Robe.jpg|[[Maximilian I. Joseph (Bayern)|Max I. Joseph]] (1806–1825)
File:Ludwig I of Bavaria.jpg|[[Ludwig I of Bavaria|Ludwig I.]] (1825–1848)
File:MaximilianII.jpg|[[Maximilian II of Bavaria|Maximilian II.]] (1848–1864)
File:De 20 jarige Ludwig II in kroningsmantel door Ferdinand von Piloty 1865.jpg|[[Ludwig II of Bavaria|Ludwig II.]] (1864–1886)
File:Luitpold Bayern.jpg|[[Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria|Prinzregent Luitpold]] (1886–1912)
File:Paul Beckert Ludwig III als Großmeister des St-Georg-Ordens.jpg|[[Ludwig III of Bavaria|Ludwig III.]] (1913–1918)
</gallery>

==Castles and palaces==

===Bavaria===
Some of the most important Bavarian castles and palaces that were built by Wittelsbach rulers, or served as seats of ruling branch lines, are the following:
<gallery widths=180>
File:München Alter Hof Burgstock.jpg|[[Alter Hof|''The Old Court'']] in Munich
File:Wening Residenz München.jpg|[[Munich Residenz]] by [[Michael Wening]]
File:Exterior del Palacio de Nymphenburg, Múnich, Alemania59.JPG|[[Nymphenburg Palace]] in Munich
File:Nuevo Palacio Schleissheim, Oberschleissheim, Alemania, 2013-08-31, DD 28.jpg|[[Schleissheim Palace]] in Munich
File:Castillo Trausnitz, Landshut, Alemania, 2012-05-27, DD 20.JPG|[[Trausnitz Castle]] in Landshut
File:Neues Schloss Ingolstadt Südwest.jpg|[[New Castle (Ingolstadt)|Ingolstadt Castle]]
File:Schloss Straubing2.JPG|[[Straubing]] Castle
File:P1010270 Burghausen.jpg|[[Burghausen Castle]]
File:Hohenschwangau (9436083255).jpg|[[Hohenschwangau Castle]]
File:Castelul Linderhof18.jpg|[[Linderhof Palace]]
File:Schloss Herrenchiemsee Parkseite Westen.jpg|[[Herrenchiemsee]] Palace
File:Neuschwanstein Castle.jpg|[[Neuschwanstein Castle]]
</gallery>

===Palatinate branch===
Some of the most important castles and palaces of the Palatinate Wittelsbach were:
<gallery widths=180>
File:Heidelberger Schloss von Gerrit Berckheyde 1670.jpg|[[Heidelberg Castle]] 1670
File:Ehrenhof des Mannheimer Schlosses.JPG|[[Mannheim Palace]]
File:Schwetzingen BW 2014-07-22 16-43-37.jpg|[[Schwetzingen Castle]]
File:Schloss Neuburg.jpg|[[Neuburg Castle (Bavaria)]]
File:Düsseldorf, handkolorierter Kupferstich nach L.Janscha, 1798.jpg|[[Düsseldorf Castle]]
File:Schloss Benrath Jan2012.jpg|[[Schloss Benrath|Benrath Mansion]] in Düsseldorf
File:Bensberg Neues Schloss Denkmal 136 2011.jpg|[[Bensberg]] Castle
File:Zweibrücken castle front April 2010 darker.jpg|[[Zweibrücken Castle]]
File:Birkenfeld-merian.jpg|[[Birkenfeld]] Castle 1645
File:2010.08.22.123059 Burg Sulzbach-Rosenberg.jpg|[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg|Sulzbach]] Castle
File:Residenz Neumarkt Oberpfalz 001.JPG|[[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz|Neumarkt]] Castle
File:Merian_Simmern.JPG|[[Simmern]] Castle 1648
</gallery>

===Electorate of Cologne===
From 1597 to 1794, [[Bonn]] was the capital of the [[Electorate of Cologne]] and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne, most of them belonging to the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach (continuously from 1583 to 1761).
<gallery widths=180>
File:Universität Bonn.jpg|[[Electoral Palace, Bonn|Electoral Palace]], Bonn
File:Poppelsdorfer Schloss seen from the East.jpg|[[Poppelsdorf Palace]], Bonn
File:Schloss Augustusburg, Hof.JPG|[[Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl|Augustusburg Palace]], Brühl
</gallery>

==Coats of arms==
A full [[armorial]] of the Wittelsbach family can be found on the French-language Wikipedia at [[:fr:Armorial de la famille de Wittelsbach|Armorial of the House of Wittelsbach]].

===Origins===

{| border=1 cellspacing=5 width="100%"
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"
| width="206" | '''Armoiries'''
| width="206" | '''Écu'''
| '''Nom et blasonnement'''
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | 
| style="text-align:center" |  [[File:Scheyern Coat of Arms.svg|150 px]]
| '''House of Scheyern'''

''De gueules, à fasce vivrée d'argent.  Cimier:  un chapeau piramidal aux armes de l'ècu, retrousseré d'argent, sommé d'une plume d'autruche de même.'' (''azure, a golden fess dancetty'')<ref name="Das Wappen der Wittelsbacher" />
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Wittelsbach-Bayern-Wappen.png|150px]]
| style="text-align:center" |  [[File:Armoiries Bavière (Wittelsbach).svg|150 px]]
| '''House of Wittelsbach''' The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of [[Bogen, Germany|Bogen]], who became extinct in 1242. When [[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria|Louis I]] married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of [[Bogen, Germany|Bogen]], he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and Deggendorf. The first members of the family to use the arms were that Louis I/Ludwig and Heinrich, who were the sons of first Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria, Otto I.  They used the arms in their seals around 1240. The arms have ever since been the arms of the family.  The number of lozenges varied; from the 15th century 21 were used, increasing to 42 when Bavaria became a kingdom in 1806.<ref name="Das Wappen der Wittelsbacher" />

''Fuselé en bande d'azur et d'argent.''<ref>{{cite book|title=Armorial général, contenant la description des armoiries des familles nobles et patriciennes de l'Europe: précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason|first=Johannes Baptist|last=Rietstap|publisher=G.B. van Goor|year=1861|page=W|url=https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|quote="Fuselé en bande d'argent et d'azur."|access-date=2023-05-10|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510185603/https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | 
| style="text-align:center" |  [[File:DEU Neustadt an der Weinstrasse COA.svg|150 px]] <br/> [[File:Arms of the Palatinate (Old).svg|100px]]
| '''[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine#The Palatinate under the Wittelsbach: the Electoral dignity (1214–1803)|Count Palatine of the Rhine]]''' from 1215.

''de sable, au lion d'or, armé, lampassé et couronné de gueules et en 2 et 3 fuselé en bande d'azur et d'argent''.<ref name="bsb">[http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00016900/image_68 BSB-CGM-1952].</ref>
{{Fix|text=Inconsistent with the image, which is not quartered with the Bavarian arms}}
The Count Palatine was also an [[Electoral Prince]] of the Empire, with the title of arch-seneschal of the Empire, as symbolized by : ''gueules à l'orbe d'or cerclée de même''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

|}

===Grand Offices of the [[Electoral Prince|Prince Electors of the House of Wittelsbach]] (Erzämter) ===

Each of the prince electors carried one of the grand offices of the Empire.  Each office was indicated by a heraldic mark; the ones that the House of Wittelsbach carried are shown below.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
! scope=col | Office and titles
! scope=col | Mark of office
! scope=col | Holder
! scope=col | Blazon (of mark of office)
|-
! scope=row rowspan=2 | [[Seneschal|Arch-Senechal]] ([[Steward (office)|Arch-Steward]]) of the Empire<br />([[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine#The Palatinate under the Wittelsbach: the Electoral dignity (1214–1803)|Count Palatine of the Rhine]] from 1329 to 1623 and 1706 to 1714, <br />plus [[List of monarchs of Bavaria|Dukes of Bavaria]] from 1623 to 1706 and after 1714)
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Armoiries archi-sénéchal du Saint-Empire.svg|100px]] <br/> <br/> [[File:HRE Arch-Steward Arms.svg|100px]]
| [[Image:COA family de Pfalz-Simmern.svg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | ''De gueules à l'orbe d'or''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|-
| [[Image:COA_family_de_Kurpfalz.svg|100px]]
|-
! scope=row rowspan=2 | [[Arch-Treasurer|Arch-treasurer of the Empire]]<br />([[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine#The Palatinate under the Wittelsbach: the Electoral dignity (1214–1803)|Count Palatine of the Rhine]] from 1652 to 1706 and from 1714 to 1777, <br />plus [[House of Hanover]] from 1710 to 1714 and after 1777)
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Armoiries archi-trésorier du Saint-Empire.svg|100px]] <br/><br/> [[File:HRE Arch-Treasurer Arms.svg|100px]]
| [[Image:Armoiries électeur palatin 1648.svg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | ''De gueules à la couronne de Charlemagne d'or''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|-
| [[Image:Royal Hanover Inescutcheon.svg|100px]]
|}

=== Palatinate branch (senior line), issue of Rudolph I of the Palatinate and Bavaria ===

In the German fashion, all the sons were "Count Palatine of the Rhine" ({{langx|de|Pfalzgraf bei Rhein}}).  There was only one '''[[List of Counts Palatine of the Rhine|Elector Palatine of the Rhine]]''' ({{langx|de|Kurfürst von der Pfalz}}).  Similarly, all the sons were [[Dukes of Bavaria]] ({{langx|de|Herzog von Bayern}}), until 1506.  Then, [[Duke in Bavaria]] (German: Herzog in Bayern) was the title used by all members of the House of Wittelsbach with the exception of the [[Duke of Bavaria]]. This became a unique position given to the eldest descendant of the younger branch of the Wittelsbachs, who inherited the rule of the entire duchy of Bavaria. For example, so reads the full title of the late 16th century's Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and patriarch of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld: "Count Palatine by Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count at Veldenz and Sponheim" (Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Herzog in Bayern, Graf zu Veldenz und Sponheim).

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"
! width="110" | Figure
! Name of armiger and blazon
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of the Electoral Palatinate (Variant 1).svg|100 px]] <br/><br/> [[File:Arms of the Palatinate (Palatinate-Bavaria).svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Electoral Palatinate|Electoral Palatinate, County Palatine of the Rhine]]''' from 1215 to 1623.

''Quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules, 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent''.<ref name="bsb"/>

Heraldic augmentation for the Count Palatine of the Rhine, a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire: ''Quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules, 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent, overall gules, an orb or encircled of the same''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" |[[File:Wappen des Herzogs in Bayern (Haus Wittelsbach).png|200px]]
| '''[[Electoral Palatinate|Electoral Palatinate, County Palatine of the Rhine]]''' from 1215 to 1623.

Coat of arms (15th century), the Wittelsbach (Bogen) lozenges quartered with the lion of the Palatinate.
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Rupert I of Germany.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Rupert of Germany]]''' (1352 † 1410), king of the Romans from 1400 to 1410.

''Or, an eagle sable, membered, beaked and langued gules; overall quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules, 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Royal Arms of Norway, Denmark & Sweden (1442-1448).svg|100px]]
| '''[[Christopher of Bavaria]]''' (1416 † 1448), king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
''Quarterly a cross paty argent, fimbriated gules, cantonned 1 and 4, azure three bars wavy argent, overall a lion crowned or, which is Sweden ancien, 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise argent and azure, which is Bavaria. Overall quarterly 1 or, nine hearts gules in three pallets, three lions passant guardant azure in pale, armed and langued gules, crowned of the field, brochant sur-le-tout, which is Denmark, 2 azure, three crowns or, which is Sweden moderne, 3 gules, a lion crowned or, holding in his paws a battle-axe argent, the handle of the second, which is Norway ancien and 4 gules, a dragon or, which is for the Kingdom of the Vandals''{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of the Palatinate (Palatinate-Bavaria)-Simmern.svg|100 px]]

| '''[[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken]]''' (1385 † 1459), [[House of Palatinate-Simmern|Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken]]

''Quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (Palatinate), 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), overall an inescutcheon Chequy or and azure (Simmern)''<ref>{{Citation
| last = Rodler
| first = Hieronymus
| title = Coat of arms of Johann II, Count Palatine and Duke of Simmern, 1532
| publisher = Georg Rüxner, Anfang, ursprüg, und herkomen des Thurniers inn Teutscher nation, [2nd ed.], Seimern 1532, fol.[ix] (verso)
| year = 1532
| url = https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/coat-of-arms-of-johann-ii-count-palatine-and-duke-of-simmern
| access-date = 2023-05-15}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Pfalz-Veldenz (Palatinate-Bavaria).svg|100 px]]
| '''[[County Palatine of Veldenz|Counts Palatine of Veldenz]]'''

''Quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (Palatinate), 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), overall an inescutcheon d'argent a lion d'azur, with a couronné d'or'' <ref>{{cite book|title=Armorial général, contenant la description des armoiries des familles nobles et patriciennes de l'Europe: précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason|first=Johannes Baptist|last=Rietstap|publisher=G.B. van Goor|year=1861|page=Bavière (de)|url=https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|quote="Fuselé en bande d'argent et d'azur."|access-date=2023-05-10|archive-date=2023-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510185603/https://www.euraldic.com/lasu/am/am_w_it.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Coat of Arms of Palatinate-Birkenfeld.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld|Counts of Palatinate–Birkenfeld]]''' (1584–1717)

''Quarterly 1 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (Palatinate), 2 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), 3 a lion azure crowned or (Veldenz), 4 Chequy gules and azure (Birkenfeld).''{{Fix|text=image is chequy gules and argent}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Das Birkenfelder Schloß. Leben und Treiben an einer kleinen Fürstenresidenz 1584-1717|first=Heinrich|last =Rodewald|publisher=Erike|location=Birkenfeld|year=1927|quote=as the arms of Count Palatine Georg Wilhelm of Birkenfeld}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries Frédéric V de Wittelsbach, roi de Bohême.svg|100 px]] <br/><br/> [[File:Arms of Frederick V of the Palatinate as King of Bohemia.svg|100px]]
| '''[[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]]''' (1596 † 1632), elector palatine from 1610 to 1623 and king of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620.

''Quarterly of six, three rows of two, 1 gules, a lion argent, queue fourchée in saltire, crowned, armed and langued or (Bohemia), 2 azure, an eagle chequy of argent and gules, beaked, langued, membered and crowned or (Moravia), 3 or, an eagle sable, armed, beaked and langued gules, on its heart a crescent below a cross argent (Silesia), 4 barry of six argent and azure, a lion gules, queue fourchée in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (Luxembourg), 5 per fess embattled azure and or (Upper Lusace), 6 argent, a bull gules issuant from a terrace vert (Lower Lusace). Overall per pale sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (Palatinate) and fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria); grafted in point gules, an orb or, which is the heraldic augmentation for the archsteward of the Holy Roman Empire''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of the Electoral Palatinate (Variant 1).svg|100 px]] <br/><br/> [[File:Arms of the Electoral Palatinate (Variant 2).svg|100px]]
| '''Counts Palatine of the Rhine''' from 1648 to 1688.

''Quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (Palatinate), 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), overall gules, a crown of Charlemagne or, which is the heraldic augmentation for the [[archtreasurer]] of the Holy Roman Empire''.<ref>Par déduction. En 1648, le fils de Frédéric V recupère une partie des terres paternelles, le titre d'électeur, confisquées en 1623, et la charge d'archi-trésorier du Saint-Empire. Il paraît logique de penser qu'il ajoute l'écu de cette charge sur ses armes.</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries comtes palatins de Soulzbach.svg|100 px]]
| '''Counts palatine of Neuburg''' from 1574 to 1688.<br />'''Counts palatine of Sulzbach''' from 1688 to 1795.

''Quarterly of eight, two rows of four, 1 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), 2 or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (Juliers), 3 gules, an escutcheon argent surmounted by an escarbuncle with rays or (Cleves), 4 argent, a lion gules, queue fourchée in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (Berg), 5 argent, a lion azure armed, langued and crowned or (Veldenz), 6 or, a fess chequy argent and gules of three rows (de la Marck), 7 argent, three chevrons gules (Ravensberg), 8 argent, a fess sable. Overall, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (County palatine of the Rhine)''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries électeurs palatins de Neubourg.svg|100 px]]
| '''Electors palatine of Neuburg''' from 1688 to 1742.

''Per pale, I quarterly 1 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (county palatine of the Rhine), 2 fusilly bendwise azure and argent (Bavaria), 3 argent, a lion azure armed, langued and crowned or (Veldenz), 4 or, a fess chequy of three rows argent and gules (de la Marck), II per fess, the chief tierced in pale, the base per pale: 1, or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (Juliers), 2 gules, an escutcheon argent, surmounted by an escarbuncle with rays or (Cleves), 3 argent, a lion gules, queue fourchée in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (Berg); 4 argent, three chevrons gules (Ravensberg), 5 argent, a fess sable. Overall gules, a crown of Charlemagne or (Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire)''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | <br/>[[File:Arms of Pfalz-Neuburg (1609-1685).svg|100 px]]
| '''[[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Counts palatine of Zweibrücken]]''' from 1569 to 1675 [[Palatine Zweibrücken]]

''Per pale, I quarterly 1 and 4 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (county palatine of the Rhine), 2 and 3 fusilly bendwise, azure and argent (Bavaria); overall argent, a lion azure armed, langued and crowned or (Veldenz); II quarterly of six, two rows of three, 1 or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules (Juliers), 2 gules, an escutcheon argent, surmounted by an escarbuncle with rays or (Cleves), 3 argent, a lion gules, queue fourchée in saltire, armed, langued and crowned or (Berg), 4 or, a fess chequy of three rows, argent and gules (de la Marck), 5 argent, three chevrons gules (Ravensberg), 6 argent, a fess sable''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" |<br/>[[File:Bayern-1777.png|100px]]
|'''[[Electorate of Bavaria]]''' under [[Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria]], 1777–1799

''1. duchy of Cleve, 2. duchy of Jülich, 3. duchy of Berg, 4. principality of Moers, 5. heart, 6. markgraviat of Bergen op Zoom, 7. county of Mark, 8a. county of Veldenz, 8b. county of Sponheim, 9. county of Ravensberg, heart: duchy of Bavaria and Palatinate, electorate.''
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" |<br/>[[File:CoA Kurpfalz-Bayern 1799-1804.svg|100px]]
|'''[[Electorate of Bavaria]]''' under [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]], 1799–1804

''Grand quarters 1: Or a lion Sable with a forked tail in saltire armed and langued Gules, crowned Or (which is from Juliers) in 2, Argent a lion Gules, a forked tail in saltire, armed, langued and crowned Azure (which is of Berg), in 3, Gules, an escutcheon Argent, carbuncle rays Or, debruising over all (which is of Cleves) , in 4, Or a fess Sable (which of the County of Sponheim), in 5, checky Argent and Gules of three tires (which is of Birkenfeld), in 6 Gules, three mountain Vert charged of three silver crosses in saltire (which is from Bergen op Zoom), in 7, Argent with a lion Azure crowned Or (which is from the County of Veldenz, in 8, Or, a fess checkered argent and gules of three tires (which is from la Marck), in 9, argent, three coats of arms gules (2 and 1) (which is from Ribeaupierre), in 10, argent, three chevrons gules (which is from Ravensberg), in 11, argent three-headed eagle sable crowned or 2 and 1 (which is from the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont, over all, quarterly in 1 and 4 Sable, a lion Or, armed and langued and crowned Gules (which is of the County Palatine of the Rhine) and 2 and 3 tapering in bend Azure and Argent (which is of Bavaria), on the all from gules to orb d'or.''<ref>{{cite web |language=de |title=Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte|url=http://www.hdbg.eu/koenigreich/web/index.php/objekte/index/herrscher_id/1/id/330 |website=hdbg.eu |access-date = 2023-04-23}}.</ref>{{;}}.<ref>{{cite web |language=de |title=Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte|url=http://www.hdbg.eu/koenigreich/web/index.php/objekte/xzoom/herrscher_id/1/id/330|access-date = 2023-04-23}}</ref>{{;}}<ref>{{cite web |language=de |url=http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0006/bsb00065402/images/index.html?seite=1&fip=193.174.98.30 |url-status=live |archive-date=Jul 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710145745/https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0006/bsb00065402/images/index.html?seite=1&fip=193.174.98.30 |website=daten.digitale-sammlungen.de |access-date=7 August 2023 |title=Digitale Bibliothek}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" |<br/>[[File:Blason de Maximilien Joseph de Bavière de 1804 à 1806.svg|100px]]
|'''[[Electorate of Bavaria]]''' under [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]], 1804–1806

''Per pale in 1: Azure, to the penon quarterly Argent and Gules, the shaft Or and Argent and Gules of three pieces (which is of the Bishopric of Würzburg), in 2, Argent a lion Gules, the forked tail in saltire, armed, langued and crowned Azure (which is of Berg), in 3, Gules, an escutcheon Argent, carbuncle rays Or, debruising over the whole (which is of Cleves), in 4, Or a lion Sable armed and langued Gules a stick Argent debruising over the whole (which is of the Archdiocese of Bamberg), in 5, parti gules and argent (which is of the abbey of Augsburg, in 6, per fess gules and azure on the head of a princess crowned or (which is of the abbey of Kempten, in 7, d argent a Moor's head neck and earring Gules, crowned Or (which is of Freising Abbey), in 8, argent a wolf Gules (which is of the Abbey of Passau), in 9, Argent a fess Azure (which is of Leuchtenberg), in 10, Per fess in 1 Gules an elephant Argent and in 2 Or (which is of County Helfenstein ), 11, argent, three chevrons gules (which is Ravensberg), 12, argent a mounting three peaks vert surmounted by a lion gules armed and langued also gules (which is of Mindeheim), 13, Or, a fess chequered Argent and Gules of three rows (which is of the Marck), 14, Gules a half-headed eagle Argent (which is of Ottobeuren Abbey ), 15, Argent to the castle with two towers Gules (which is of Rothenburg), over all, quarterly in 1 and 4 Sable, to the lion Or, armed and langued and crowned Gules (which is of County Palatine of the Rhine) and in 2 and 3 tapered in bend Azure and Argent (which is of Bavaria), over all Gules an orb Or.''.<ref>{{cite web |language=de |title=Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte<!-- Vérifiez ce titre --> |url=http://www.hdbg.eu/koenigreich/web/index.php/objekte/index/herrscher_id/1/id/330 |website=hdbg.eu |access-date = 2023-04-23}}.</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | <br/> [[File:Armoiries Suède Palatinat1.svg|100px]]<br/><br/>[[File:Palatinate-Zweibrücken.png|100px]]
| '''[[List of Swedish monarchs#House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach|Kings of Sweden]]''' from 1654 to 1720 (from the [[Palatinate-Kleeburg|Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg]] a sub-cadet branch of the [[House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken|Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken]])

''Quarterly, a cross paty or, which is the cross of Saint Eric, cantonned 1 and 4, azure, three crowns or, two and one (Sweden moderne), 2 and 3 azure, three bars wavy argent, a lion crowned or, armed and langued gules (Sweden ancien). Overall quarterly Bavaria, Juliers, Cleves and Berg, inescutcheon sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (County palatine of the Rhine).''{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries comtes palatins de Birkenfeld.svg|100 px]]
| '''Counts palatine of Birkenfeld''' from 1569 to 1795.

''Per pale, I quarterly 1 and 4 County palatine of the Rhine, 2 and 3 Bavaria; II quarterly 1 Veldenz, 2 chequy gules and argent (de Birkenfeld), 3 argent, three escutcheons gules, two and one (Rappolstein), 4 argent, three heads of eagles sable, crowned or, two and one (de Hohenach)''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries du royaume de Bavière (1809).svg|100 px]]
| '''[[List of monarchs of Bavaria#Kingdom of Bavaria|King of Bavaria]]''' from 1809 to 1835.

''Fusilly bendwise, azure and argent, an inescutcheon gules, a sword argent pommelled or and a scepter or in saltire, in chief a royal crown or''{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1835-1918.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[King of Bavaria|Kings of Bavaria]]''' from 1835 to 1918 (see [[Coat of arms of Bavaria]]).

''Quarterly 1 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules (County palatine of the Rhine), 2 per fess indented gules and argent (the "[[Franconian Rake]]") for the northern parts of Bavaria that were part of the [[stem duchy]] of [[Franconia]], 3 bendy sinister argent and gules, a pale or (markgraviate of [[Burgau]] representing those lands that were part of the [[stem duchy]] of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]]), 4 argent, a lion azure, armed, langued and crowned or ([[Veldenz]]) representing the lands on the middle Rhenish Palatinate were this branch of the Wittelsbachs originated. Overall, Bavaria.''{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries Othon de Wittelsbach, roi de Grèce.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Otto of Greece|Otto de Wittelsbach]]''' (1815 † 1867), [[List of kings of Greece|king of Greece]].

''Azure, a cross couped argent, inescutcheon Bavaria''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries ducs en Bavière.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Dukes in Bavaria]]''' after 1834.
''Paly-bendy azure and argent''.
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Prince Ferdinand of Baviaria (1884-1958) as Spanish Infante.svg|130 px]]
| '''[[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria]]''' (1884–1958), Infante of Spain<br />branch of "Wittelsbach-Bourbon»

''Quarterly, County Palatine of the Rhine, Franconia, de Burgovie, de Veldenz. Inescutcheon, Bavaria. In chief, gules, a cross argent.''

|}

=== Bavarian branch (junior branch), issue of Louis of Bavaria, extinct by 1777 ===
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|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"
!  width="110" | Figure
! Name of armiger and blazon
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries Bavière.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Dukes of Bavaria]]''' from 1180 to 1623.
''Fusilly in bend azure and argent''{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis IV]]''' (1286 † 1347), king of the Romans in 1314, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1328.
''Or, an eagle sable, membered, beaked and langued gules, inescutcheon fusilly in bend azure and argent''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Armoiries Bavière-Brandebourg.svg|100 px]]
| '''[[Dukes of Bavaria]]''' and '''[[Electors of Brandenburg]]''' : Louis V († 1361), Louis VI († 1365) and Otto V († 1379).
''Per pale fusilly in bend azure and argent, and argent, an eagle gules, armed, beaked and langued or''.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of the House of Bavaria-Holland.svg|100px]]
|'''Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, Counts of Hainaut and Holland''' from 1254 to 1433.

''Quarterly 1 and 4, fusilly in bend, azure and argent, 2 and 3, grand-quarterly I and IV or, a lion sable, armed and langued gules, II and III, or, a lion gules, armed and langued azure''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Charles VII Albert, Holy Roman Emperor.svg|100 px]]
| '''Electors of Bavaria''' from 1623 to 1777.

In 1620, the Elector Palatine Frederick V, a Protestant, was defeated after trying to take the kingdom of Bohemia. He was placed under the [[imperial ban|ban of the Empire]] and his lands, titles and electoral dignity were confiscated and given to his Roman Catholic cousin, the Duke of Bavaria, who takes:

''Quarterly 1 and 4 fusilly in bend, azure and argent, 2 and 3 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules, overall gules, an orb crucifer or''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:center" | [[File:Arms of Charles VII Albert, Holy Roman Emperor-Or shield variant.svg|100 px]] <br/><br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of Charles VII Albert, Holy Roman Emperor-Or shield variant.svg|100px]]
| '''[[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]]''' (1697 † 1745), Holy Roman Emperor from 1742 to 1745.
''Or, an eagle sable, membered, beaked and langued gules; inescutcheon quarterly 1 and 4 fusilly in bend, azure and argent, 2 and 3 sable, a lion or, armed, langued and crowned gules, sur le tout gules, an orb crucifer or''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
|}

==See also==
[[File:Schatzkammer Residenz Muenchen Krone des Koenigreichs Bayern2.jpg|thumb|The [[Bavarian Crown Jewels]] (at [[Munich Residenz]])]]
* [[Kings of Germany family tree]]
* [[List of rulers of Bavaria]]
* [[Electorate of the Palatinate|List of rulers of the Palatinate]]
* [[Asteroid]] [[90712 Wittelsbach]], [[Meanings of asteroid names|named in the castle and dynasty's honour]]
* [[Wittelsbach Diamond]]
* [[Monarchism in Bavaria after 1918]]
* [[List of coats of arms with the Palatine Lion]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120509200239/http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_III/Geschichte/w96vsm.html Family tree] of the Counts of Scheyern-Wittelsbach-Dachau-Valley, from a lecture by Prof. Schmid: ''Bayern im Spätmittelalter'', winter 1996/97
* {{cite book |chapter=The Ottonians as kings and emperors |first=Eckhard |last=Muller-Mertens |title=The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024 |editor-first1=Timothy |editor-last1=Reuter |editor-first2=Rosamond |editor-last2=McKitterick |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1999 }}239
* [http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/scheyern_grafen_von/otto_1_graf_von_scheyern_+_1078.html Otto I at genealogie-mittelalter]
* [http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/scheyern_grafen_von/otto_2_graf_von_scheyern_+_1110.html Otto II at genealogie-mittelalter (give a different date of death)]
* [http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/scheyern_grafen_von/otto_3_graf_von_scheyern_+_nach_1140.html Otto III at genealogie-mittelalter]
* {{cite book|last=Lingelbach |first=William E. |title=The History of Nations: Austria-Hungary |publisher=P. F. Collier & Son Company |location=New York |year=1913 |asin=B000L3E368}}
*{{cite book |title=Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia: The Philosopher Princess |first=Renée |last=Jeffery |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2018 }}
* [[Johannes Rietstap]]: {{cite book|language= French|title=Armorial general|first=Johannes Baptist|last =Rietstap|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co.|year=2003|volume= 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGwv4BDnlaQC&q=orange|isbn=9780806304427}}
* [[Johannes Rietstap]]: {{cite book|language= French|first= Johannes Baptist |last= Rietstap |author-link = Johannes Rietstap |title = Armorial général, contenant la description des armoiries des familles nobles et patriciennes de l'Europe: précédé d'un dictionnaire des termes du blason |publisher = G.B. van Goor |date = 1861 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TU4EAAAAIAAJ&q=nassau+princes+d%27orange}}
* [[Johannes Rietstap]]: {{Cite web|language= French|title= On-line Armorial de J.B. RIETSTAP – et ses Compléments|url= http://www.euraldic.com/blas_aa.html|access-date= 8 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111209134904/http://www.euraldic.com/blas_aa.html|archive-date= 9 December 2011}}
* [[Johannes Rietstap]]: {{cite book|language=Dutch|title=Handboek der Wapenkunde|first1=Johannes Baptist|last1=Rietstap|publisher=Theod. Bom|location=the Netherlands|year=1875|pages=348}}
* {{cite book|last1=Maclagan|first1=Michael |last2=Louda|first2=Jiří|title=Line of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe|year=1999|orig-year=1981|publisher=Little, Brown & Co|location=London|isbn=1-85605-469-1|pages=188–194}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|House of Wittelsbach}}

*[https://haus-bayern.com/ Haus Bayern] – webpage of the Royal House of Bavaria (in German)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091028121414/http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/royalbavaria.html Archived website about the Royal Family of Bavaria]
*[http://herzog-von-bayern.de/ Haus Bayern – Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds] – Wittelsbach foundation (in German)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161115102455/http://www.gen.heinz-wember.de/wittelsbacher/ Die Genealogie der Wittelsbacher] – Genealogy of the Wittelsbach family (in German)

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