Stefan III (Bavaria)

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Stefan III (; * 1337; † 25 September 1413, Niederschönenfeld Monastery) of the dynasty of the Vitelsbaht, was Duke of Bavaria from 1375 and after the division of the land of 1392.

Life
He was the eldest son of Stefan II, Duke of Bavaria, and his first wife Elizabeth Sicilian (1309 He is the brother of Friedrich, Johann II and Agnes, who is marrying Jacob I (King of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia 1382). Stefan III was the eldest grandson of Emperor Ludwig IV Bavarian († 1347).

After the death of Stefan II in 1375 his three sons first ruled together, later in 1392 divided Stefan's territory into the Bavaria-Munchen, Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Ingolstadt lines. They can't get Tyrol back.

Stefan III engaged in Milan on 12 August 1365 and in 1367 married Tadea Visconti (1350 Tadea has a dowry of 100,000 guilders. With it is the son Duke Ludwig VII (1368 In addition, Stephen III has an illegitimate son, Johann of Mozburg, who became Bishop of Regensburg (1384

Stefan III married for the second time on 17 January 1401 in Cologne to Elizabeth von Kleve (c. 1378, † Sl. 1439), daughter of Count Adolf III von Mark, widow of Reynolds of Valkenburg. Marriage is childless.

Language
Helga Czerny, Der Tod der Bayerischen Herzöge im Spätmittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit 1347 Vorbereitungen C. H. Beck, München 2005, ISBN 3-406-10742-7, S. 113
Sigmund Ritter von Riezler, Stephen III. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, S. 68
Theodore Straub. Bayern im Zeichen der Teilungen und Teilherzogtümer. In: Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Bayerischen Geschichte. 2. Band, C. H. Beck, München 1988, ISBN 3-406-32320-0, S. 196
Theodore Straub, Herzog Stephen der Kneißel. In: Bayern-Ingolstadt, Bayern-Landshut. 1392 Stadtarchiv Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt 1992, ISBN 3-932113-06-3, S. 23
Inge Turtur, Regierungsform und Kanzlei Herzog Stephens III. von Bayern 1375 München 1952
Joachim Wildm Die Herzöge von Straubing und Ingolstadt. Residenzstädte auf Zeit. In: Alois Schmid, Katharina Weigand (Hrsg.): Die Herrscher Bayerns. 25 historische Portraits von Tasilo III. bis Ludwig III. C. H. Beck, München 2006, ISBN 3-406-54468-1, S. 118

Bavarian Dukes
Vitelsbahi