Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1229)

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294)

Louis the Strict was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. He is known as Louis II or Louis VI following an alternative numbering. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes of the Palatinate.