In the year 1255, Wittelsbach Bavaria was divided the first time: Lower Bavaria went to Heinrich XIII, Upper Bavaria and the Palatinate to Ludwig II. Some years after, Otakar Przemysl who was looking for new allies, made peace with the Bavarian dukes and married Sophie of Wittelsbach. Ludwig II supported him at his election for Roman king in 1273; later in 1291, he'd become Roman king himself. 1301-04, Otto III was king of Hungary, but soon left it again. Ottokar III founded the first university in Bavaria. 1768, Bavaria built the first telegraph in a German state.