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

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Biography

William was born in

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. After the extinction of the

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dukes of Bavaria-Straubing, counts of

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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

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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 BavariaNamed after his maternal grand-father,

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who succeeded him as a co-regent of Ernest until he died already in 1441. William III is buried in the Frauenkirche in

Citations

General bibliography

* Klaus von Andrian-Werburg: ''Urkundenwesen, Kanzlei, Rat und Regierungssystem der Herzoge Johann II., Ernst und Wilhelm III. von Bayern-München (1392–1438)''. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1971, (''Münchener historische Studien, Abteilung Geschichtliche Hilfswissenschaften'', Vol. 10; dissertation, University of Munich 1961). * Karin Kaltwasser: ''Herzog und Adel in Bayern-Landshut unter Heinrich XVI. dem Reichen (1393–1450)''. Dissertation, University of Regensburg 2004. * August Kluckhohn: ''Herzog Wilhelm III. von Bayern, der Protector des Baseler Konzils und Statthalter des Kaisers Sigmund''. In: ''Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte''. Vol. 2, 1862, pp. 519–615. * Christoph Kutter: ''Die Münchener Herzöge und ihre Vasallen. Die Lehenbücher der Herzöge von Oberbayern-München im 15. Jahrhundert. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Lehnswesens''. Dissertation, University of Munich 1993. * Sigmund Ritter von Riezler: ''Wilhelm III., Herzog von Baiern-München''. In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)''. Vol. 42, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1897, pp. 703–705
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. * Theodor Straub: ''Bayern im Zeichen der Teilungen und Teilherzogtümer''. In: Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus (eds.): ''Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte''. 2nd edition. Vol. 2, C. H. Beck, München 1988, , pp. 196–287, especially 248–249.

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