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From: Ron <>
Subject: Re: Lancastrians of Bavaria
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 03:14:44 -0500


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William Addams Reitwiesner wrote:
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> Ron <> wrote:
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> >Does anyone know why the line of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of the Count
> >Palatine of The Rhine and sister of Henry V of England was not a player
> >in the dynastic Wars of the Roses? The Royal House of Portugal refers
> >to themselves as Condes de Lancaster, yet the Wittelsbachs appear to
> >have a more recent claim.
>
> One fairly good reason for this is that Blanche had one and only one
> child, a son named Ruprecht. This Ruprecht died in 1426, two days
> before he would have turned twenty years old, unmarried.
>
> >How could Lady Margaret Beaufort claim to be the senior representative
> >of Lancaster when the House of Bavaria clealy held that title? One
> >would think that Bedford would have imported a spare
> >Wittelsbach-Plantagenet Prince as a spare in case Henry VI expired in
> >infancy, the next heir apparent should have been the Bavarians, what
> >happneed?
>
> See above as to the absurdity of your question.
>
> William Addams Reitwiesner
>

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<H2>Wittelsbach, Louis IV the Gentle Palatine, Elector of the Palatinate</H2>

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<a href=http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/Acceded.html>Acceded</a>;:
1436<br>
<a href=http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/Death.html>Died</a>;:
1449<br>
<p>Father: <A HREF="/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01599">, Ludwig III of the
Palatinate, Elector Palatine, b. 1378</A><br>
<p>Mother: <A HREF="/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01227">Plantagenet, Blanche,
b. 1392</A><br>
Child 1: <A HREF="/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal11803">Wittelsbach, Philip the
Upright, Elector of the Palatinate</A><br>
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<hr><address> Version: 09 Jan 97 Author: <A
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puter%20Science%2c%20o%3dUniversity%20of%20Hull%2c%20c%3dGB>Brian Tompsett</A>
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