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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 (d.1676). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria has received more than 385,926 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria is the 1,617th most popular politician (down from 1,576th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Germany and the 122nd 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 1,617 out of 15,577Before him are Mentor, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Zhao Ziyang, Yuan Shao, Mátyás Rákosi, and Claudia Octavia. After him are Henry, King of Portugal, Alaric II, Uzziah, Olybrius, Celâl Bayar, and Libius Severus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1662, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 3Before 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, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, Jan Frans van Bloemen, and Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1726, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 2Before him is Isaac Newton. After him are Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Sultan Husayn, Michel Richard Delalande, Domenico Zipoli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and John Vanbrugh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 445 out of 6,142Before him are Hans Fischer (1881), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Felix Klein (1849), and F. W. Murnau (1888). After him are Niklas Luhmann (1927), Jochen Rindt (1942), Wilhelm List (1880), Josef Kramer (1906), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), and Erhard Milch (1892).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ranks 122Before him are Hans Fritzsche (1900), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Victoria of Baden (1862), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), and Bernhard von Bülow (1849). After him are Josef Kramer (1906), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Richard von Weizsäcker (1920).