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John III of Bavaria-Straubing

Duke of Bavaria, 1417–1425, of a Wittelsbach branch.

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Historical profile

Key details

Birth: 1374 Pending review

Death: 1425 Pending review

Role: Duke

Dynasty: Wittelsbach · ES

Territories: Bavaria (ES) · Holland (ES) · Zeeland (ES)

Recorded governments and reigns

Duke · Bavaria · Duchy Inferred1417–1425Branch rule

Count · Holland · County Pending review1418–1425DisputedGovernment and claim against his niece Jacqueline.

Count · Zeeland · County Pending review1418–1425DisputedGovernment and claim against his niece Jacqueline.

Family network

Recorded relationships

Parents

Albert I of Bavaria-StraubingPending reviewMargaret of Brieg · ESPending review

Partners

Elizabeth of Görlitz · ESPending review

Crowns and unions

Their titles over time

Follow the changing territories and offices of John III of Bavaria-Straubing. Each title retains its own status.

Period

Governments in 1417

BavariaDuke
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- Bavaria · ESDuke · Branch rule · John III of Bavaria-Straubing1417–1425

Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.

Evidence for this profile

8 recorded claims · 7 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.

Dates (0/2 with a precise source)

BirthPending review
1374
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
DeathPending review
1425
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Family and relationships (0/3 with a precise source)

FatherPending review
Albert I of Bavaria-Straubing
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
MotherPending review
Margaret of Brieg
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
Marriage or partnershipPending review
Elizabeth of Görlitz
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

Governments (1/3 with a precise source)

GovernmentInferred
Duke · Bavaria · 1417–1425
Dynastic branch of the divided duchy: only an approximate regional core is coloured, excluding neighbouring Franconia, Swabia, Salzburg and Tyrol.
Historisches Lexikon Bayerns · Bayerische Teilungen · Division in 1392 and the successions of Straubing, Ingolstadt and Landshut.Historisches Lexikon Bayerns · Territorialentwicklung in Altbayern · Partitions and reunification in 1505.
Reviewed on 2026-10-04 by El Árbol de Europa ·
GovernmentPending review
Count · Holland · 1418–1425
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·
GovernmentPending review
Count · Zeeland · 1418–1425
A precise source has not yet been added.
No individual review recorded ·

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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