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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 603,898 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Maximilian II of Bavaria is the 1,151st most popular politician (up from 1,279th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Germany (up from 361st in 2019) and the 91st 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 1,151 out of 15,577Before him are Bashar al-Assad, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Xianfeng Emperor, Amanullah Khan, Jean Monnet, and Baldur von Schirach. After him are Roderic, James A. Garfield, Möngke Khan, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Andronikos III Palaiologos, and William II of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 5Before him are Franz Liszt, Napoleon II, Évariste Galois, and Robert Bunsen. After him are Théophile Gautier, Urbain Le Verrier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Isaac Singer, Louis Blanc, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1864, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 3Before him are George Boole and Ferdinand Lassalle. After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer, Cheoljong of Joseon, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Hong Xiuquan, Vuk Karadžić, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, William I of Württemberg, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 325 out of 6,142Before him are Robert Bunsen (1811), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), Simone Signoret (1921), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Baldur von Schirach (1907), and Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779). After him are August von Mackensen (1849), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), James Franck (1882), and Karl Haushofer (1869).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Maximilian II of Bavaria ranks 91Before him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), Valentinian II (371), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), and Baldur von Schirach (1907). After him are Karl Haushofer (1869), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Friedrich Fromm (1888), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Christian III of Denmark (1503), and Fritz Sauckel (1894).