Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia

Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia

Johanna of Bavaria was the daughter of Albert, Count of Holland, and Margaretha, the eldest daughter of Ludwik, Duke of Silesia. She was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a granddaughter of the Emperor Louis IV.

She was born c. 1362 in Nuremberg, and on 29 September 1370 married Wenceslaus, son of the Emperor Charles IV. On Wenceslaus' election as King of the Romans on 10 June 1376, she gained the title Queen of the Romans; on his succession to his father's titles on 29 November, 1378, she also became Queen of Bohemia. She died 31 December 1386 in Karlstein, predeceasing her husband.

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title=Electress of Brandenburg
before=Katharine of Bohemia
after=Mary of Hungary
years=1373 – 1378


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