Agnes Bernauer
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Agnes Bernauer was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. Because his father, Ernest, ruling Duke of Bavaria at the time, considered this liaison wi
Agnes Bernauer (copy of a 16th-century work by an anonymous 18th century Augsburg painter)
Death of Agnes Bernauer
A detail of her epitaph in the Agnes Bernauer Chapel
Albert III of Bavaria
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Albert III the Pious of Bavaria-Munich, was Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1438 to 1460. He was the son of Ernest, Duke of Bavaria and Elisabetta Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti.
Agnes Bernauer
…Agnes Bernauer (c. 1410 – 12 October 1435) was the mistress and perhaps also the first wife of Albert, later Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. Because his father, Ernest, ruling Duke of Bavaria at the time, considered this liaison with a commoner unbefitting his son's social standing, he…
Engraving of Albert III, 17th century