Sigismund of Bavaria (26 July 1439 – 1 February 1501) was a member of the

Wittelsbach dynasty 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 ...

. He ruled as Duke of

Bavaria-Munich Bavaria-Munich (german: Bayern-München) was a duchy that was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1392 to 1505. History After the death of Stephen II in 1375, his sons Stephen III, Frederick, and John II jointly ruled Bavaria- ...

from 1460 to 1467, and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death.

Biography

Sigismund was the third son of Albert III of Bavaria with Princess

Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck (1414 – 4 April 1474) was a daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen. Anna's first marriage was with Duke Albert III of Bavaria. They had the fol ...

his second wife. Sigismund was Duke of

from 1460 to 1467, until 1463 together with his brother John IV. In 1467, he resigned in favor of his younger brother Albert IV and then kept only the new duchy of Bavaria- Dachau as his domain until his death. In 1468, the foundation stone of the Frauenkirche in Munich was laid by Sigismund. He also ordered to enlarge

Blutenburg Castle Blutenburg Castle is an old ducal country seat in the west of Munich, Germany, on the banks of river Würm. History The castle was built between two arms of the River Würm for Duke Albert III, Duke of Bavaria in 1438–39 as a hunting-lodge, ...

, to construct its chapel, and to build the church St. Wolfgang in Pipping nearby in 1488. The redesign of the ducal court

Alter Hof The Alter Hof (''Old Court'') in the center of Munich is the former imperial residence of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and consists of five wings: Burgstock, Zwingerstock, Lorenzistock, Pfisterstock and Brunnenstock. Like most of the old town, it w ...

was initiated by Sigismund as well who lived there for a time towards the end of the 15th Century and was generally a patron of the revival of

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arts in Bavaria. Sigismund died on February 1, 1501 at Blutenburg Castle and was buried at the Frauenkirche in Munich.

Ancestors

1439 births 1501 deaths 15th-century dukes of Bavaria 16th-century dukes of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Burials at Munich Frauenkirche {{Germany-duke-stub