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'''Duke Louis I''' of Bavaria (borned [[23 December]] [[1173]] in [[Kehlheim]]; died [[15 September]] [[1231]] in Kehlheim, (German: ''Ludwig I der Kehlheimer , Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein''), was the Duke of [[Bavaria]] since [[1183]] and Count [[Palatinate]] since [[1214]]. He was a son of [[Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto I]].
Louis extended the duchy of Bavaria and founded many cities, like [[Landshut]] in [[1204]], [[Straubing]] in [[1218]] and [[Landau an der Isar]] in [[1224]].
He supported [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto IV]], who therefore confirmed the everlasting reign of the [[Wittelsbach]] family in [[Bavaria]], but already in [[1211]] Louis joined the [[Hohenstaufen]] party, [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] rewarded him with the [[Palatinate]] in [[1214]]. In [[1221]] Louis joined the crusade and was imprisioned in Egypt for a time.
Louis was murdered in [[1231]] on the bridge in Kehlheim, the crime was never cleared up since the murderer was immediatelly lynched. Due to the following aversion of the Wittelsbach family the city of Kehlheim lost its status as one of the ducal residences.
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| width="30%" align="center" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto I]]'''
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| width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria|Otto II]]'''
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[[Category:1173 births]]
[[Category:1231 deaths]]
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