Ludwig VIII (Duke of Bavaria)

Ludwig VIII ( German: Ludwig VIII , September 1, 1403 - April 13, 1445) - the last Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1438-1445).

Ludwig VIII was the son of the Bavarian-Ingolstadt Duke Ludwig VII and Anna de Bourbon. In 1416 he received the title of Count von Greisbach, in the 1420s he replaced his father, when he was absent from the duchy, participated in the Bavarian War .

In the late 1430s, relations between father and son deteriorated sharply, as the father began to show a clear preference for his illegitimate son - Wieland von Freiberg. In 1438, Ludwig VIII rebelled against his father, and united not only with the Bavarian-Munich Duke Albrecht III , but even with the Bavarian-Landshut Duke Henry XVI , who tried to kill Ludwig VII during the Council of Constance . In 1443, he managed to capture his father in Neuburg an der Donau and put him in custody until the end of his life.

In 1441, Ludwig VIII married Margarita, daughter of the Brandenburg Elector Frederick I. They had no children, and therefore, after the death of Ludwig, the Bavarian-Ingolstadt Duchy was annexed to the Bavarian-Landshut .