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Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria

Louis IX
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
Reign30 July 1450 – 18 January 1479
Predecessor Henry XVI
SuccessorGeorge
Born(1417-02-23)23 February 1417
Burghausen, Bavaria
Died18 January 1479(1479-01-18) (aged 61)
Landshut
SpouseAmalia of Saxony
Issue
among others...
George, Duke of Bavaria
Margaret
HouseHouse of Wittelsbach
FatherHenry XVI, Duke of Bavaria
MotherMargaret of Austria

Louis IX (German: Ludwig IX, Herzog von Bayern-Landshut, also known as Louis the Rich; 23 February 1417 – 18 January 1479) was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria.[1] Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt (now the University of Munich).

Louis IX and his wife Amalia of Saxony.
  1. ^ II, Pope Pius (2013). Europe (c. 1400–1458). CUA Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-8132-2182-3.

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