House of Wittelsbach

Coat of Arms
House of Wittelsbach
Counts of Scheyern and Wittelsbach
Ancient arms
House of Wittelsbach
Dukes of Bavaria
Adopted arms from House of Bogen in 1242
House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate
Dukes of Upper Bavaria
Counts Palatine of the Rhine
House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate
Counts and Electors Palatine of the Rhine
Imperial Arch-Stewards

Additional Arms
House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate
as Counts Palatine of the Rhine
Assumed from House of Welf as successors in Palatinate
House of Wittelsbach-Palatinate
Augmentation for the office of Arch-Steward of Holy Roman Empire

Cadet Branches
House of Wittelsbach-Lower Bavaria
Dukes of Lower Bavaria
Issued from Henry I, 2nd son of Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
House of Wittelsbach-Brandenburg
Dukes of Bavaria
Margraves of Brandenburg
Issued from Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, younger son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt
Counts Palatine of Neumarkt
Issued from John, 3rd son of Rupert, King of the Romans
House of Palatinate-Simmern
Counts Palatine of Simmern
Electors Palatine of the Rhine
Issued from Stephen, 5th son of Rupert, King of the Romans
House of Palatinate-Mosbach
Counts Palatine of Mosbach
Issued from Otto, 6th son of Rupert, King of the Romans
Used older variant of the arms of the parent house
House of Löwenstein-Scharffeneck
Counts of Löwenstein and Wertheim
Lords of Scharffeneck
Morganatic branch issued from Friedrich I, Elector Palatine

Personal Arms
Otto III of Bavaria
Duke of Lower Bavaria
1290-1312
Otto III of Bavaria
Arms as King of Hungary
1305-1312
Contested by Charles I of Anjou
Ruprecht I von der Pfalz
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Elector Palatine
Arms in Gelre Armorial
Ruprecht von Wittelsbach
King of the Romans
Alternative arms variant