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- Maximilian’s wife was the Spanish infanta Maria (b. 1528), a daughter of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. The marriage was concluded in 1548 as the result of pressure from Spain and was intended to emphasize the political and genealogical union between the two lines.
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The marriage between Maximilian and his first cousin Maria of Spain was the first in a long line of unions that were to take place within the immediate family circle. An almost impenetrable interlacing of ties between the two dynastic lines over generations led to the creation of a genetically homogeneous clan.
Maximilian Emanuel, who had married Archduchess Maria Antonia, the sole child of Emperor Leopold's Spanish marriage, was one of the more serious claimants to the Spanish inheritance of Charles II of Spain, and the birth of his son Joseph Ferdinand in October 1692 immediately created a new claimant to the Spanish throne.
The crown of the Holy Roman Empire was sought for either Max Emanuel or his son Charles Albert. Already in 1722 Charles Albert had been married to the Habsburg Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. In 1726, Max Emanuel died of a stroke. He is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in Munich.
House of Wittelsbach. Maximilian II (born Nov. 28, 1811, Munich—died March 10, 1864, Munich) was the king of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864, whose attempt to create a “third force” in German affairs by an alliance of smaller states led by Bavaria, foundered on the opposition of the two dominant states, Prussia and Austria, and of the German ...
Maximilian II (28 November 1811 – 10 March 1864) reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864. Unlike his father, King Ludwig I, "King Max" was very popular and took a greater interest in the business of Government than in personal extravagance. Ascending the throne during the German Revolution of 1848, King Maximilian restored stability ...
