Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria

Stephen II (1319–1375), second son of Emperor Louis IV, ruled as duke of Bavaria from 1347. After the 1349 partition he governed Holland and Lower Bavaria-Landshut with his brothers, keeping only the latter after 1353.

He joined Charles IV's Italian expedition in 1354, inherited Upper Bavaria in 1363 and invaded Tyrol, then renounced it to the Habsburgs at the Peace of Schärding in 1369. His feud with Louis VI the Roman helped lose the Wittelsbachs Brandenburg. He died at Landshut in 1375 and was buried in Munich's Frauenkirche.