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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

1662 - 1726

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Maximilian II (11 July 1662 – 26 February 1726), also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and Duke of Luxembourg. An able soldier, his ambition led to conflicts that limited his ultimate dynastic achievements. He was born in Munich to Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria is the 1,436th most popular politician (up from 1,610th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 442nd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular German Politician.

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain. He was a member of the House of Wittelsbach. He was also the last of the male line of the House of Wittelsbach.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 1,436 out of 19,576. Before him are Leo IV the Khazar, David Lloyd George, Julius Streicher, Valdemar IV of Denmark, Trygve Lie, and Aurangzeb. After him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Petronius Maximus, Clement Attlee, Samo, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Jiang Qing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1662, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 3. Before him are Mary II of England, and Marie Louise d’Orléans. After him are Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Tokugawa Ienobu, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Jan Frans van Bloemen, and Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. Among people deceased in 1726, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 2. Before him is Isaac Newton. After him are Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Michel Richard Delalande, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Sultan Husayn, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Domenico Zipoli, John Vanbrugh, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, and Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 362 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Hoth (1885), Hans Fischer (1881), Julius Streicher (1885), Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881). After him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), Ludwig Beck (1880), Rudolf Mössbauer (1929), August von Mackensen (1849), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), and Martin Waldseemüller (1470).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 103. Before him are Henry the Lion (1129), Georgy Lvov (1861), Theodor Heuss (1884), Christian V of Denmark (1646), Otto of Bavaria (1848), and Julius Streicher (1885). After him are Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), Hermann Müller (1876), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Fritz Sauckel (1894), and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655).

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