POLITICIAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian II of Bavaria has received more than 686,138 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Maximilian II of Bavaria is the 1,127th most popular politician (up from 1,149th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Germany (up from 325th 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 1,127 out of 19,576. Before him are Rani of Jhansi, Simeon I of Bulgaria, Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Marie Walewska, Hussein of Jordan, and Yeongjo of Joseon. After him are Sejo of Joseon, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Henry Clay, Nabonidus, John II Komnenos, and Constantine IX Monomachos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 6. Before him are Napoleon II, Franz Liszt, Évariste Galois, Théophile Gautier, and Robert Bunsen. After him are Urbain Le Verrier, Isaac Singer, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Makepeace Thackeray, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Vissarion Belinsky. Among people deceased in 1864, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 3. Before him are George Boole, and Ferdinand Lassalle. After him are Cheoljong of Joseon, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vuk Karadžić, Hong Xiuquan, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, William I of Württemberg, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Leo von Klenze.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 300 out of 7,253. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Karl May (1842), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Franz Marc (1880), and Robert Bunsen (1811). After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Hermann Hoth (1885), Michael Wittmann (1914), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Sepp Dietrich (1892), and Baldur von Schirach (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 85. Before him are Wilhelm Frick (1877), Anton Drexler (1884), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Irma Grese (1923), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), and Helmut Schmidt (1918). After him are Baldur von Schirach (1907), Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), and Georgy Lvov (1861).

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