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Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria

1808 - 1888

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Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888), known informally as Max in Bayern, was a member of a junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria, and a promoter of Bavarian folk-music. He is most famous today as the father of Empress Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") and great-grandfather of King Leopold III of Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria is the 88th most popular nobleman (down from 78th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Germany (up from 350th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Nobleman.

Duke Maximillian Joseph in Bavaria is most famous for being the first king of Bavaria.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria ranks 88 out of 1,415Before him are Jeanne d'Albret, Robert Guiscard, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, and Charles, Count of Valois. After him are Afonso de Albuquerque, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Herodias, Joanna I of Naples, Olga of Kiev, and Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria ranks 6Before him are Napoleon III, Honoré Daumier, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Andrew Johnson, and Patrice de MacMahon. After him are Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, and Johann Gustav Droysen. Among people deceased in 1888, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria ranks 7Before him are William I, German Emperor, Louisa May Alcott, John Stith Pemberton, John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, and Rudolf Clausius. After him are Carl Zeiss, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, Anton Mauve, and Charles-Valentin Alkan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria ranks 314 out of 7,253Before him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Carl Schmitt (1888), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876). After him are Karl Ziegler (1898), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), and Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873).

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