Albert IV of Bavaria
Albert IV reunited Bavaria after the War of the Landshut Succession, 1503–1505, and established primogeniture in 1506 to prevent further partitions.
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Key details
Birth: 15 December 1447 Documented
Death: 18 March 1508 Documented
Role: Duke
Dynasty: Wittelsbach · ES
Territories: Bavaria (ES)
Recorded relationships
Sources for this profile
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Albrecht IV., Bayern, Herzog
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
7 recorded claims · 3 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
15 December 1447
The authority record gives the birth as 1447-12-15. - DeathDocumented
18 March 1508
The authority record gives the death as 1508-03-18.
Family and relationships (0/3 with a precise source)
- FatherPending review
Albert III of Bavaria-Munich
A precise source has not yet been added. - MotherPending review
Anne of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
A precise source has not yet been added. - Marriage or partnershipPending review
Kunigunde of Austria
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (2/2 with a precise source)
- GovernmentInferred
Duke · Bavaria · 1465–1504
Dynastic branch of the divided duchy: only an approximate regional core is coloured, excluding neighbouring Franconia, Swabia, Salzburg and Tyrol. - GovernmentInferred
Duke · Bavaria · 1505–1508
Dynastic branch of the divided duchy: only an approximate regional core is coloured, excluding neighbouring Franconia, Swabia, Salzburg and Tyrol.
Biographical and contextual references (2)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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Family
Albert III of Bavaria-Munich · ESDuke1401 – 1460Anne of Brunswick-Grubenhagen · ESConsort
Kunigunde of Austria · ESConsort1465 – 1520William IV of Bavaria · ESDuke1493 – 1550Louis X of Bavaria · ESDuke1495 – 1545