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Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria

1727 - 1777

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Maximilian III Joseph (28 March 1727 – 30 December 1777), also known by his epithet "the much beloved" was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach and because of his death, the War of Bavarian Succession broke out. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria is the 2,210th most popular politician (up from 2,663rd in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Germany (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 172nd most popular German Politician.

Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, is most famous for being one of the first monarchs to abolish serfdom.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ranks 2,210 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfonso XI of Castile, Hipparchus, Gianni Agnelli, John II of Aragon, Konstantin Päts, and Georgios Papadopoulos. After him are Sigurd II of Norway, Eugène Edine Pottier, Lin Biao, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Ioannis Kapodistrias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ranks 4. Before him are Louise Élisabeth of France, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, and Thomas Gainsborough. After him are Jean-Georges Noverre, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Empress Xiaoyichun, Henriette of France, Michel Adanson, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena. Among people deceased in 1777, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ranks 3. Before him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, and Joseph I of Portugal. After him are Albrecht von Haller, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Charles de Brosses, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Andreas Segner, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ranks 590 out of 7,253. Before him are Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), Jakob Fugger (1459), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), August Bebel (1840), Johann Reuchlin (1455), and Karl Schwarzschild (1873). After him are Robert the Strong (900), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), and Friedrich Mohs (1773).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria ranks 172. Before him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), Willi Stoph (1914), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Werner von Fritsch (1880), and August Bebel (1840). After him are Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908).

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