Bavaria-Straubing
Sign in to savethumb|280px|Scattered lands of Bavaria-Straubing, 1353-1432 thumb|140px|Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Bavaria-Straubing-Holland Bavaria-Straubing denotes the widely scattered territorial inheritance in the Wittelsbach house of Bavaria that were governed by independent dukes of Bavaria-Straubing between 1353 and 1432; a map (illustration) of these marches and outliers of the Holy Roman Empire, vividly demonstrates the fractionalisation of lands where primogeniture did not obtain.
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- Dukes of Bavaria-Straubing
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thumb|280px|Scattered lands of Bavaria-Straubing, 1353-1432 thumb|140px|Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Bavaria-Straubing-Holland Bavaria-Straubing denotes the widely scattered territorial inheritance in the Wittelsbach house of Bavaria that were governed by independent dukes of Bavaria-Straubing between 1353 and 1432; a map (illustration) of these marches and outliers of the Holy Roman Empire, vividly demonstrates the fractionalisation of lands where primogeniture did not obtain.
In 1255 the Duchy of Bavaria had been divided into and . The two parts were reunited in 1340 but in 1349, after Emperor Louis IV's death, his sons re-divided Bavaria: Lower Bavaria passed to Stephan II (died 1375), William (died 1389) and Albert (died 1404). In 1353, by the , Lower Bavaria was further partitioned into Bavaria-Landshut and Bavaria-Straubing: William and Albert received a part of the Lower Bavarian inheritance, with a capital in Straubing and rights to Hainaut and Holland. Thus the dukes of Bavaria-Straubing were also counts of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland.