Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
| Albert IV | |
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| Duke of Bavaria | |
Albert IV of Bavaria (portrait by Barthel Beham)
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| Reign | 1465 (Bavaria-Munich) / 1503 (Bavaria-Landshut)– 18 March 1508 co-regents Duke Sigismund Duke Wolfgang Duke Christoph |
| Predecessor |
John IV (Bavaria-Munich) George (Bavaria-Landshut) |
| Successor | William IV |
| Born |
December 15, 1447 Munich |
| Died | March 18, 1508 Munich |
| Spouse | Kunigunde of Austria (1465-1520) |
| Issue |
Sidonie Sibylle Sabina William IV, Duke of Bavaria Louis X, Duke of Bavaria Susanne Ernest of Bavaria Susanne |
| House | House of Wittelsbach |
| Father | Albert III |
| Mother | Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck |
Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich (15 December 1447, Munich – 18 March 1508, Munich), (German: Albrecht IV., der Weise, Herzog von Bayern), from 1467 Duke of Bavaria-Munich, from 1503 Duke of the reunited Bavaria.
Albert was a son of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck. After the death of his older brother John IV, Duke of Bavaria he gave up his spiritual career and returned from Pavia to Munich. When his brothers Christoph and Wolfgang had resigned Albert became sole duke, but a new duchy Bavaria-Dachau was created from Bavaria-Munich for his brother Duke Sigismund in 1467. After Sigismund's death in 1501, it reverted to Bavaria-Munich.
The marriage of Kunigunde of Austria to Albert IV, was a result of intrigues and deception, but must be counted as a defeat for emperor Frederick III. Albert illegally took control of some imperial fiefs and then asked to marry Kunigunde (who lived in Innsbruck, far from her father), offering to give her the fiefs as a dowry. Frederick agreed at first, but after Albert took over yet another fief, Regensburg, Frederick withdrew his consent. On January 2, 1487, however, before Frederick's change of heart could be communicated to his daughter, Kunigunde married Albert. A war was prevented only by intermediation by the Emperor's son, Maximilian. For Albert's wedding the Grünwald castle was extended in 1486/87 by Jörg von Weikertshausen. Albert finally decided to return territorial acquisitions in Swabia in 1492 to avoid a war with the Habsburg and the Swabian League. He then also had to release Regensburg which had been reunited with Bavaria in 1486 and had to renounce Further Austria when Sigismund, Archduke of Austria tried to make it over to Albert.
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