Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor
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Updated 2026-06-08
A medieval emperor crowned in Rome who spent years locked in a rival-king standoff with his own cousin, then got excommunicated by the pope and tried to fire him back.
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Louis started as Duke of Upper Bavaria in 1294, sharing rule with his brother. His election as King of the Romans in 1314 split Germany — his Habsburg cousin Frederick the Fair was elected king the same day by a different faction. The standoff broke at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322, where Louis crushed Frederick's forces, though the two later reconciled. Pope John XXII excommunicated him; Louis answered by marching to Rome, crowning himself Holy Roman Emperor in 1328, and attempting to install an anti-pope. He accumulated titles across decades — Margrave of Brandenburg, Count Palatine of the…
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