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| + | With the revolt of duke Henry the Quarrelsome in 976, Bavaria lost large territories in the south and south east. | ||
| + | The territory of Ostarrichi was elevated to a duchy in its own right and given to the Babenberger family. | ||
| + | This event marks the founding of Austria. | ||
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| + | The last, and one of the most important, of the dukes of Bavaria was Henry the Lion of the house of Welf, | ||
| + | founder of Munich, and de facto the second most powerful man in the empire as the ruler of two duchies. | ||
| + | When in 1180, Henry the Lion was deposed as Duke of Saxony and Bavaria by his cousin, Frederick I, Holy | ||
| + | Roman Emperor (a.k.a. "Barbarossa" for his red beard), Bavaria was awarded as fief to the Wittelsbach family, | ||
| + | counts palatinate of Schyren ("Scheyern" in modern German). They ruled for 738 years, from 1180 to 1918. | ||
| + | The Electorate of the Palatinate by Rhine (Kurpfalz in German) was also acquired by the House of Wittelsbach | ||
| + | in 1214, which they would subsequently hold for six centuries. | ||
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