Editing History of Bavaria (section)

===Partitions===
[[File:Bamberger Dom BW 6.JPG|thumb|200px|left|[[Bamberg Cathedral]], completed in the 13th century]]
The efforts of the dukes to increase their power and to give unity to the duchy had met with a fair measure of success; but they were soon vitiated by partitions among different members of the family, which for 250 years made the history of Bavaria little more than a repetitive chronicle of territorial divisions bringing war and weakness in their wake.

The first of these divisions occurred in 1255. [[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Louis II]] and [[Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria|Henry XIII]], the sons of Duke Otto II, who for two years after their father's death had ruled Bavaria jointly, split their inheritance: Louis II obtained the western part of the duchy, afterward called Upper Bavaria, as well as the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]], while Henry secured eastern or Lower Bavaria.