Louis III. (February 9, 1269 – May 13, 1296) was duke of

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from 1290 until 1296 as co-regent with his brothers

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and Stephen I.

Biography

Louis was born in

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, the son of

Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria Henry XIII (19 November 1235 – 3 February 1290), member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Lower Bavaria. Family He was the younger son of Otto II and Agnes of Brunswick. Biography In 1254, he succeeded his father together with h ...

and

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. His maternal grandparents were

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and Maria Laskarina. When Henry died in February 1290, his three sons ruled Lower Bavaria. They were Otto III, Louis III, and Stephen I.The encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 3, pages 546-547 (1910). Louis was known for his expensive holding of court which led to a tax increase. He was married to Isabelle, a daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine but died childless in 1296.

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{{Authority control 1269 births 1296 deaths 13th-century dukes of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach