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The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis IV ( 1328- 1347) and Charles VII ( 1742- 1745Events May 11 War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 Beginning of the '45 Jaco), and for half a century until 1373Events Bristol is made an independent county. Births John Beaufort, later Duke of Somerset (approximate date). Deaths July 23 Saint Birgitta, patron saint of Europe Constantine VI of Armenia (assassinated) 1373. controlled BrandenburgSurrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundeslander (federal states). Lying in the east of the country, it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany a to the north-east.

Other members of the family include:

• Ruprecht III Wittelsbach ( 1352Events June 4 Glarus joins the Swiss Confederation. June 27 Zug joins the Swiss Confederation. December 18 Innocent VI is elected Pope. Morroccan traveller Ibn Battuta reports the existence of the ngoni and balafon instruments at the court of Mansa Musa. - 1410Events July 15 Battle of Grunwald (a. Tannenberg or Zalgiris). Polish- Lithuanian forces under the cousins Wladyslaw Jagiello of Poland and Witowt of Lithuania decisively defeat the forces of the Teutonic Knights, whose power is broken Jan Hus is excommun)
• Sigismund of BavariaSigismund of Bavaria ( 1439 1501) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. His father was Albert the Pious of Bavaria. ( 1439Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent of Sweden November 12 In England, Plymouth becomes t - 1501)
• Frederick V, Elector Palatine ( 1596 - 1632)
• Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria ( 1662 - 1726)
• Klemens August of Bavaria ( 1700 - 1761)
• Otto of Greece ( 1815 - 1867).
• Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") ( 1837 - 1898)
• Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1845 - 1886)