Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria

Stephen I (* March 14, 1271 in Landshut, † December 10, 1310 in Landshut ) was 1290-1310 Duke of Lower Bavaria.

He was the youngest child of Duke Henry XIII. of Lower Bavaria and Elizabeth of Hungary. Through his Hungarian mother not previously represented in the Wittelsbach home name Stephan has been brought into the family. First, a different career path seemed to open up for Stephan, since it the Salzburg cathedral chapter had postulated in 1290 to his archbishop. The Curia wished but neither that Salzburg will drawn into the sphere of Wittelsbach, nor that it receive such a youthful prince of the church. Pope Nicholas IV refused the election his approval and appointed Konrad von Fohnsdorf - Praitenfurt bishop.

In the summer of 1294 Stephan stepped beside his older brothers Otto III. and Ludwig III. († 1296 ) in the co-regency of Lower Bavaria, which he led until his death. During the absence of his brother in Hungary from 1305 to 1308, he led the government alone, without that Otto would be excreted from this law. Stephan was opposed to the Habsburgs, and died in 1310 during a war against Frederick of Austria. He was buried in Seligenthal monastery near Landshut.

Progeny

Stephan was since 1297 with Jutta ( Judith ) of Schweidnitz (* 1285/87; † September 15, 1320 ) married a daughter of the Duke Bolko I of Schweidnitz.

• Agnes of Lower Bavaria, nun in Seligenthal (* 1301, † December 7, 1316 )
• Beatrix of Lower Bavaria (* 1302, † April 29, 1360 ). ∞ 1321 Henry III, Count of Gorizia
• Heinrich XIV, Duke of Lower Bavaria (* September 29, 1305; † September 1, 1339 ) ∞ 1328 Margaret, Princess of Luxembourg (* 1313, † 1341 )
• Elisabeth of Lower Bavaria (* 1306, † March 25, 1330 ) ∞ 1325 Otto, Duke of Austria (* 1301, † 1339 )
• Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria (* January 3, 1307, † December 14, 1334 ) ∞ 1324 Richarda of Jülich (* 1314, † 1360 )