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Duchy of Bavaria
Herzogtum Bayern(German) Ducatus Bavariae(Latin)
c. 555–1805
Flag variants of the Wittelsbach dynasty
Wittelsbach arms of the dukes of Bavaria (until 1623)
Duchy of Bavaria (red, including Austria) within the Holy Roman Empire c. 1000.
Duchy of Bavaria within the Holy Roman Empire, 1618
Status
Stem duchy and vassal of the Merovingians (the so-called older stem duchy) (c. 555–788) Direct rule under the Carolingians, as Kings of Bavaria (788–843) Stem duchy of East Francia and the Kingdom of Germany (the so-called younger stem duchy) (843–962) State of the Holy Roman Empire (from 962)
Capital
Regensburg (until 1255) Munich (from 1505)
Common languages
Bavarian, Latin
Religion
Roman Catholicism (official) Lutheranism
Demonym(s)
Bavarian
Government
Feudal monarchy
Duke
• 555–591
Garibald I (first)
• 1597–1623
Maximilian I (last)
Historical era
Medieval Europe
• Garibald I as vassal of the Merovingians, first documented duke
c. 555
• Directly ruled part of the Carolingian Empire
788
• Margrave Arnulf assumed ducal title
907
• Carinthia split off
976
• Austria split off
1156
• To House of Wittelsbach
1180
• First partition
1255
• Reunification
1503
• Raised to Electorate
1623
• Treaty of Pressburg
1805
Preceded by
Succeeded by
East Francia
Bavaria-Munich
Kingdom of Bavaria
Margraviate of Austria
Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg
County of Tyrol
Bohemian Palatinate
Today part of
Germany
Austria
Italy
Slovenia
The Duchy of Bavaria (German: Herzogtum Bayern) was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century. It was settled by Bavarian tribes and ruled by dukes (duces) under Frankish overlordship. A new duchy was created from this area during the decline of the Carolingian Empire in the late ninth century. It became one of the stem duchies of the East Frankish realm which evolved as the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire.
During internal struggles of the ruling Ottonian dynasty, the Bavarian territory was considerably diminished by the separation of the newly established Duchy of Carinthia in 976. Between 1070 and 1180 the Holy Roman Emperors were again strongly opposed by Bavaria, especially by the ducal House of Welf. In the final conflict between the Welf and Hohenstaufen dynasties, Duke Henry the Lion was banned and deprived of his Bavarian and Saxon fiefs by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Frederick passed Bavaria over to the House of Wittelsbach, which held it until 1918. The Bavarian dukes were raised to prince-electors during the Thirty Years' War in 1623, and to kings by Napoleon in 1806. The duchy chaired the bench of the secular princes to the Reichstag of the Empire.
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