Landgraves of Leuchtenberg

The Landgraves of Leuchtenberg were a Bavarian ruling dynasty of the Middle Ages, originally based in Leuchtenberg and later in Pfreimd. Their area of influence extended far beyond the borders of their home in the Upper Palatinate: the Landgravate was the largest secular non-Wittelsbach realm in Bavaria in their time. The original dynasty, first mentioned in 1146, ended in 1646 with the death of the childless Maximilian Adam. The title was claimed by Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria, husband of Mechtilde of Leuchtenberg, and eventually became united with the title of Duke of Bavaria.

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