William III (1375 – 12 September 1435; (German: ''Wilhelm III., Herzog von Bayern''), was Duke of Bavaria-Munich (1397–1435), together and in concord with his older brother

Ernest, Duke of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria-Munich (german: Ernst, Herzog von Bayern-München), (Munich, 1373 – 2 July 1438 in Munich), from 1397 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. Biography Ernest was a son of John II, Duke of Bavaria, John II and ruled the duchy of Bavar ...

. William III was a son of

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and a member of the

Parakeet Society The Parakeet Society was a union of the enemies of Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria, Louis VII the Bearded, duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. It was founded on April 17, 1414 by his cousin, duke Henry XVI of Bavaria, Henry XVI of Bavaria-Landshut. The other mem ...

Biography

William was born in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. After the extinction of the

Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a German dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including Bavaria, the Palatinate, Holland and Zeeland, Sweden (with Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary (with Romania), Bohemia, the Electorate o ...

dukes of

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, counts of

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and Hainaut, William and his brother Ernest struggled with their cousins

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and

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but finally received half of

in 1429. William III supported

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia ('' jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in ...

against the

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s and was a possible candidate for the Emperor's succession but died already in 1435. His own son (by his wife Margaret of Cleves) was Duke Adolf of BavariaNamed after his maternal grand-father,

Adolph I, Duke of Cleves Adolph I of Cleves (german: Adolf I) (2 August 1373 – 23 September 1448) was the second Count of Cleves and the fourth Count of Mark. Life He was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Jülich (and thus the brother of Marga ...

who succeeded him as a co-regent of Ernest until he died already in 1441. William III is buried in the Frauenkirche in

Citations

General bibliography

* Klaus von Andrian-Werburg: ''Urkundenwesen, Kanzlei, Rat und Regierungssystem der Herzoge Johann II., Ernst und Wilhelm III. von Bayern-München (1392–1438)''. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1971, (''Münchener historische Studien, Abteilung Geschichtliche Hilfswissenschaften'', Vol. 10; dissertation, University of Munich 1961). * Karin Kaltwasser: ''Herzog und Adel in Bayern-Landshut unter Heinrich XVI. dem Reichen (1393–1450)''. Dissertation, University of Regensburg 2004. * August Kluckhohn: ''Herzog Wilhelm III. von Bayern, der Protector des Baseler Konzils und Statthalter des Kaisers Sigmund''. In: ''Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte''. Vol. 2, 1862, pp. 519–615. * Christoph Kutter: ''Die Münchener Herzöge und ihre Vasallen. Die Lehenbücher der Herzöge von Oberbayern-München im 15. Jahrhundert. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Lehnswesens''. Dissertation, University of Munich 1993. * Sigmund Ritter von Riezler: ''Wilhelm III., Herzog von Baiern-München''. In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)''. Vol. 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 703–705
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. * Theodor Straub: ''Bayern im Zeichen der Teilungen und Teilherzogtümer''. In: Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus (eds.): ''Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte''. 2nd edition. Vol. 2, C. H. Beck, München 1988, , pp. 196–287, especially 248–249.

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