Everything about William Iv Duke Of Bavaria totally explained
William IV of Bavaria (
German:
Wilhelm IV., Herzog von Bayern), (
13 November 1493 –
7 March 1550) was
Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until
1545 together with his younger brother
Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.He was born in
Munich to
Albert IV and
Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor
Frederick III.
Political activity
Though his father had determined the everlasting succession of the firstborn prince in
1506 his younger brother Louis refused a spiritual career with the argument that he was born before the edict became valid. With support of his mother and the States-General, Louis forced William to accept him as co-regent in
1516. Louis then ruled the districts of
Landshut and
Straubing, in general in concord with his brother.
William initially sympathized with the
reformation but changed his mind as it grew more popular in Bavaria. In
1522 William issued the first Bavarian religion mandate, banning the promulgation of
Martin Luther's works. After an agreement with
Pope Clement VII in
1524 William became a political leader of the German
Counter reformation, although he remained in opposition to the Habsburgs since his brother Louis X claimed the Bohemian crown. Both dukes also suppressed the
peasant uprising in South Germany in an alliance with the archbishop of
Salzburg in
1525.
The conflict with Habsburg ended in
1534 when both dukes reached an agreement with
Ferdinand I in
Linz. William then supported
Charles V in his war against the
Schmalkaldic League in
1546.
Cultural activity
William was a significant collector and commissioner of art. Among other works he commissioned an important suite of paintings from various artists, including the
Battle of Issus by
Albrecht Altdorfer. This, like most of William's collection, is now housed in the
Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
On 23 April 1516, before a committee consisting of gentry and knights in
Ingolstadt, he issued his famous
purity regulation for the brewing of Bavarian Beer, stating that only barley, hops, and water could be used. This regulation remained in force until it was abolished as a binding obligation in
1986 by Paneuropean regulations of the
European Union.
Family and children
In
1522 William married Jakobaea of Baden (1507-1580); they'd four children:
- Theodo of Bavaria (10 February 1526 — 8 July 1534)
- Duke Albert V of Bavaria (1528-1579)
- Wilhelm of Bavaria (17 February 1529 — 22 October 1530)
- Mechthild of Bavaria (12 July 1532 — 2 November 1565), married in 1557 Philibert of Baden (1536-1569)
Also he'd two illegitimate children:
A son Knight Georg v.Hegnenberg (c.1509 - 1590) with Margarete Hausner v.Stettberg and a daughter Anna (died 1570) with an unknown woman
William is buried in the
Frauenkirche in
Munich.
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