I must admit, I’ve overlooked the possibility for this match before or if it’s even likely, but here it is. The 14th century in the Holy Roman Empire was sort of a see-sawing between the Wittelsbachs and the Luxemburgs. It saw its last gasp at the imperial election where Sigmund of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and Hungary, walked away with the imperial diadem. However, Siggie only had one child, a daughter, Eliska/Elisabeth (b.1409), who he later wed to Albrecht of Habsburg.
The Wittelsbach anti-king, Rupprecht III of the Palatinate (d.1410) had married his eldest son and heir, Ludwig III, Elector Palatine, to Henry IV of England’s eldest daughter, Blanche. Blanche was unfortunately dead by the time of the imperial election, but her son, Rupprecht (b.1406) was still alive. Ludwig III only remarried in 1417 to Matilda of Savoy.
Now, here’s my question, could a rapprochement between the Wittelsbachs and the Luxemburgs be effected by marrying Rupprecht (b.1406) to Eliska/Elisabeth (b.1409)? And if such a marriage were to occur (assume that Rupprecht lives beyond his 1426 death date) and bear fruit, what would this mean for the future of the Holy Roman Empire/kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary? Wittelsbach rule instead of Habsburg? Or would it merely raise someone else up in opposition to the Wittelsbachs?
The Wittelsbach anti-king, Rupprecht III of the Palatinate (d.1410) had married his eldest son and heir, Ludwig III, Elector Palatine, to Henry IV of England’s eldest daughter, Blanche. Blanche was unfortunately dead by the time of the imperial election, but her son, Rupprecht (b.1406) was still alive. Ludwig III only remarried in 1417 to Matilda of Savoy.
Now, here’s my question, could a rapprochement between the Wittelsbachs and the Luxemburgs be effected by marrying Rupprecht (b.1406) to Eliska/Elisabeth (b.1409)? And if such a marriage were to occur (assume that Rupprecht lives beyond his 1426 death date) and bear fruit, what would this mean for the future of the Holy Roman Empire/kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary? Wittelsbach rule instead of Habsburg? Or would it merely raise someone else up in opposition to the Wittelsbachs?