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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 1,198,708 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor is the 604th most popular politician (up from 639th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Austria (up from 65th in 2019) and the 20th 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 604 out of 15,577Before him are Christian IX of Denmark, Yongzheng Emperor, Frederick IX of Denmark, Gorm the Old, Taejo of Goryeo, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner. After him are Peleus, Honorius, Heydar Aliyev, Charles I of Anjou, Emperor Jimmu, and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 3Before him are Philip II of Spain and John Dee. After him are Abraham Ortelius, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Luis de León, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, and Li Zhi. Among people deceased in 1576, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 4Before him are Titian, Gerolamo Cardano, and Tahmasp I. After him are Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Isabella de' Medici, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bálint Bakfark, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Bartolomé Carranza.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 57 out of 1,237Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908), Kurt Gödel (1906), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), and Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903). After him are Peter Handke (1942), Christian Doppler (1803), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Anton Webern (1883), and Peter Drucker (1909).

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