The German electors had finally accepted the papal deposition of Louis in 1346, and had elected to replace him with Charles of Luxembourg, recent inheritor of the Bohemian throne following the death of his father John at the Battle of Crécy.

Louis is preparing to fight, but his sudden death on October 11, 1347, from a stroke suffered during a bear-hunt in Puch near Fürstenfeldbruck, avoids a longer civil war.

He is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich.

Charles becomes Holy Roman Emperor Karl (Charles) IV later this year.