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Frederick of Wittelsbach

Type Figure Region Bavaria Time c. 1123–1193 Also known as Frederick I, Duke of Bavaria、Frederick, Count Palatine

Frederick of Wittelsbach (c. 1123–1193), Wittelsbach family head, Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1156, and Duke of Bavaria from 1180, founding the dy…

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  1. 1161–1165Regensburg · BavariaIn the early 1160s he was active in Bavaria as Count Palatine, maintaining an alliance with Emperor Frederick I, and gradually expanded Wittelsbach influence in local politics during the period when Henry the Lion held the Bavarian duchy.
  2. 1166–1170Munich · BavariaIn the mid-to-late 1160s, against the backdrop of deteriorating relations between Henry the Lion and the emperor, he continued to consolidate Wittelsbach power in Bavarian local politics, laying the foundation for succeeding the deposed Henry the Lion as Duke of Bavaria in 1180.

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