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3 days ago · A century later, in 1597, the Frauenkirche was the site of another grand occasion: the coronation of Duke Maximilian I as the first Elector of Bavaria, a title that would elevate the duchy‘s status within the Holy Roman Empire.
5 days ago · Gottfried Heinrich, count zu Pappenheim was a German cavalry commander conspicuous early in the Thirty Years’ War. Pappenheim served with the Catholic League, headed by the elector Maximilian I of Bavaria and commanded by Johann Tserclaes, Graf von Tilly. Idolized by his regiment of cuirassiers,
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4 days ago · Kingdom of Bavaria: The House of Wittelsbach ruled as Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. Today Bavaria is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. Maximilian IV Joseph, Prince-Elector of Bavaria allied his electorate with Napoleon and adopted many of the French beliefs of the Enlightenment.
2 days ago · That’s why Pope Francis said in an address to a conference on natural family planning that “there is a need always to keep in mind the inseparable connection between the unitive and procreative meanings of the conjugal act. . . . When these two meanings are consciously affirmed, the generosity of love is born and strengthened in the hearts ...
5 days ago · St. Henry II. On July 13, the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of St. Henry II, a German king who led and defended Europe's Holy Roman Empire at the beginning of the first millennium. St ...
He was indifferent mostly which sucks.. because he was in a pretty unique position to establish Bavaria as an independent power in its own right, but the Two Bigger Germanies said “3’s a crowd, Luddie.”
4 days ago · French troops drove toward Vienna but were unable to take it. They did take Prague, however. The Elector of Bavaria, seeing opportunity, declared himself Archduke of Austria and had himself crowned the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII in January 1742. Subsequent victories by France and Prussia convinced Maria Theresa to sue for peace.
