About William III, Duke of Bavaria
Lived 1375 – 1435 (aged 59–60). William III, Duke of Bavaria was a sovereign.
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. William III was a son of John II and a member of the Parakeet Society.
Biography William was born in Munich.
After the extinction of the Wittelsbach dukes of Bavaria-Straubing, counts of Holland and Hainaut, William and his brother Ernest struggled with their cousins Henry and Louis but finally received half of Bavaria-Straubing in 1429.
William III supported Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor against the Hussites 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 Bavaria who succeeded him as a co-regent of Ernest until he died in 1441. William III is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich.
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William III, Duke of Bavaria was born in 1375 in Munich.
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William III, Duke of Bavaria died on 12 September 1435 in Munich.
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William III, Duke of Bavaria was a sovereign.
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William III, Duke of Bavaria's recorded nationality: Duchy of Bavaria.
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