Yahoo Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Videos

    View all

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_BavariaMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria - Wikipedia

    Maximilian I Joseph ( German: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825.

  3. www.youtube.com › watchMaximilian I of Bavaria: The Great Elector - YouTube

    The reign of Maximilian I in many ways marks the start of a new era in the history of Bavaria. When he came to power in 1597, he inhertied a thousand years old duchy with a failing economy....

    • 9 min
    • 20.6K
    • Kings and Things

  4. www.wikiwand.com › en › Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_BavariaMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria - Wikiwand

    Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Maximilian_I,_Elector_ofMaximilian I, Elector of Bavaria - Wikipedia

    Maximilian was a capable monarch who, by overcoming the feudal rights of the local estates ( Landstände ), laid the foundations for absolutist rule in Bavaria. A devout Catholic, he was one of the leading proponents of the Counter-Reformation and founder of the Catholic League of Imperial Princes.

  6. www.munich.travel › arts-culture › king-max-i-josephMax I Joseph | simply Munich

    The first king of Bavaria was Max Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach. He’s considered the creator of the modern Bavarian state. His subjects valued his honest and modest nature, although he came from a rather illustrious household that gave him a somewhat chaotic childhood.

  7. www.napoleon.org › en › history-of-the-two-empiresMAXIMILIAN I - napoleon.org

    King Maximilian I of Bavaria. (1756 –1825) was prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1805, King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I) from 1805 to 1825. Born in Schwetzingen – between Heidelberg and Mannheim – Maximilian Joseph took service in 1777 as a colonel in the French army and rose rapidly to the rank of major ...

  8. People also ask

  9. en.wikipedia.orgMaximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria - Wikipedia

    Language links are at the top of the page. Search. Search