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Maximilian II of Bavaria

1811 - 1864

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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 in his kingdom. The rest of his reign was characterized by attempts to maintain Bavarian independence during the wars of German Unification and to transform his capital city of Munich into a cultural and educational city. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian II of Bavaria is the 1,171st most popular politician (down from 1,127th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Germany (up from 300th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Politician.

Maximilian II of Bavaria is most famous for the construction of the New Residence in Munich.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 1,171 out of 19,576. Before him are Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, Nikolai Yezhov, Eduard Bernstein, Leo VI the Wise, Asa of Judah, and Nebra. After him are Ancus Marcius, Emperor Kōmei, Al-Walid I, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Viktor Orbán, and Abdullah I of Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 6. Before him are Franz Liszt, Napoleon II, Évariste Galois, Urbain Le Verrier, and Robert Bunsen. After him are Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Vissarion Belinsky. Among people deceased in 1864, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 2. Before him is George Boole. After him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Vuk Karadžić, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cheoljong of Joseon, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Hong Xiuquan, and J. E. B. Stuart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 296 out of 7,253. Before him are Caroline Herschel (1750), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), John of Austria (1547), Eduard Bernstein (1850), and Ernst Ruska (1906). After him are Michael Ende (1929), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Walther von Reichenau (1884), and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 85. Before him are Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Joachim Gauck (1940), and Eduard Bernstein (1850). After him are Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Helmut Schmidt (1918), and Baldur von Schirach (1907).

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