Background
Elisabeth of Bavaria was daughter of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Agnes of the Palatinate.
Elisabeth of Bavaria was daughter of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Agnes of the Palatinate.
Elisabeth was the tenth of twelve children. Her siblings included: Rudolph I of Bohemia, Frederick the Fair, Leopold I, Duke of Austria, Albert II, Duke of Austria, Otto, Duke of Austria and Agnes, Queen of Hungary and Anna, Margravine of Brandenburg. Elisabeth"s maternal grandparents were Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany.
Elisabeth was betrothed at a young age to one of the sons of Philip IV of France, so her father could make stronger connections with France.
On May 25, 1300 Elisabeth"s eldest brother Rudolph I of Bohemia married Blanche of France, a daughter of Philip III. After this marriage, Elisabeth"s betrothal to one of Philip"s sons was scrapped. Elisabeth was instead married to Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine.
From this marriage Elisabeth became Duchess of Lorraine and Frederick was able to support Elisabeth"s brother Frederick the Fair, to become Holy Roman Emperor. Elisabeth"s husband was captured at the Battle of Mühldorf, where he was fighting for Elisabeth"s brother and was released by the King of France.
Elisabeth became known as Isabelle in Lorraine.
We know that Elisabeth outlived Frederick but his date of death is disputed, he either died on April 21, 1329 or August 23, 1329, he may have also died during 1328. Her regency lasted from 1329 to 1331. Rudolph married aged only ten to Eleanor of Bar and made his father-in-law Edward I of Bar regent in place of Elisabeth.
Elisabeth died in Nancy, capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, on 19 May 1353 and was buried in the cemetery of the Poor Clare monastery in Königsfelden in the County of Tyrol.
She was a member of the House of Habsburg.
