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Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

1527 - 1576

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Maximilian II (31 July 1527 – 12 October 1576) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) on 24 November 1562. On 8 September 1563, he was crowned King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian capital Pressburg (Pozsony in Hungarian; now Bratislava, Slovakia). On 25 July 1564, he succeeded his father Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 205th most popular politician (up from 732nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Austria (up from 61st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Politician.

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor is most famous for his efforts to reform the Holy Roman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 205 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, James V of Scotland, Harald Bluetooth, Philip II of Macedon, and William I, German Emperor. After him are Kösem Sultan, Isabella I of Castile, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Bill Clinton, Pol Pot, and Sejong the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Philip II of Spain. After him are John Dee, Abraham Ortelius, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Luis de León, and Li Zhi. Among people deceased in 1576, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Titian. After him are Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and Bálint Bakfark.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 15 out of 1,424. Before him are Johann Strauss II (1825), Gustav Klimt (1862), Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Stefan Zweig (1881), and Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889). After him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791), and Maximilian I of Mexico (1832).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Hitler (1889), Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830), and Maria Theresa (1717). After him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), Charles I of Austria (1887), Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552).

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