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Louis VI the Roman (;
May 7,
1328 –
May 17,
1365) was the first son of Emperor
Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife
Margaret of Holland and a member of the
House of Wittelsbach. Louis VI was Duke of
Bavaria (1347-1365) and Margrave of
Brandenburg (1351-1365). He also served as
Prince-elector of Brandenburg since 1356.==Biography==
Louis was born at
Rome when his parents travelled there for his father's coronation. When his father died in
1347, Louis succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria and Count of
Holland and
Hainaut together with his five brothers. Louis released
Holland and
Hainaut for his brothers
William I and
Albert I in 1349 since he expected the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland, a daughter of
Casimir III with
Aldona Ona of Lithuania. Later claims against Albert were not successful.
In December of 1351 Louis VI received Brandenburg from his older half-brother
Louis V in exchange for the sole rule in Upper Bavaria. Less experienced than Louis V, also he was challenged by the "False Waldemar", an impostor who claimed Brandenburg and got support from several cities and
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor until the Wittelsbach came to terms with Charles. With the
Golden Bull of 1356 Louis was invested with the
electoral dignity.
After Cunigunde's death in 1357 Louis married Ingeborg of
Mecklenburg. She was a daughter of
Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg and
Euphemia of Sweden. Louis had no children with her either. Therefore his younger brother
Otto V succeeded him in Brandenburg.
The childless dukes Louis and Otto had already promised
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor the succession in Brandenburg in 1364, as revenge for a conflict with their brother
Stephen II over the Bavarian succession after the death of their nephew
Meinhard, the son of Louis V.
Louis VI died in
Berlin.
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