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William I, Duke of Bavaria - Straubing ( Frankfurt Am Main , May 12 1330 – April 15 1388 , Le Quesnoy ) , was the first son of the emperor Louis IV The Bavarian from his second wife Margaret Of Holland And Hainaut . He was also known as '''William V''', Count of Holland , as '''William III''', Count of Hainaut and as '''William IV''', Count of Zeeland . William had engaged in a long struggle with his mother, obtaining Holland and Zeeland from her in 1354, and Hainaut on her death in 1356. William I ruled Bavaria together with his five brothers between 1347 and 1349 , after the first division of the Wittelsbach possesions in 1349 he kept Lower Bavaria together with Stephen II and Albert I . After the next division of Bavaria in 1353 he ruled together with his younger brother Albert I in Bavaria-Straubing , Holland, and Hainaut. In 1357 , he began to show signs of insanity, and his brother Albert assumed the regency in Holland and Hainaut. William was confined for the remainder of his life. FAMILY AND CHILDREN He married in 1352 in London Matilda Of Lancaster , daughter of Henry Of Grosmont, 1st Duke Of Lancaster and Isabel De Beaumont . They had only one daughter, who died in 1356 . He also had illegitimate children: # Wilhelm, married 1398 Lisbeth Hughe. # Elisabeth, married Brustijn van Herwijnen, lord of Stavenisse . He was succeeded by his brother Albert in 1388 . SEE ALSO
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