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In 1240 Munich itself was transferred to Otto II Wittelsbach and in 1255, when the dukedom of Bavaria was split in two, Munich became the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
Elector Ferdinand Maria’s consort Henriette Adelaide of Savoy invited numerous Italian architects and artists to the city, and built the Theatinerkirche and Nymphenburg palace on the occasion of the birth of their son and heir Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria.
The coronation of Max Emanuel's son elector Charles Albert as Emperor Karl VII in 1742 led to another Habsburg occupation.
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  Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire.
Bavaria was partitioned between Austria and the elector palatine, leading to bloody uprisings of the people against the Austrian imperial troops.
Emanuel was again forced to flee the Netherlands after the Battle of Ramillies and found refuge at the French court in Brussels.
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 Wittelsbach - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German duchy of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon in 1806.
Franz, Hereditarty Prince of Bavaria is recognised by the Jacobites as Francis II.
Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837 - 1898), Empress "Sisi" of Austria
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 Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emmanuel Wittelsbach elector of Bavaria, was born in 1662 in Munich and died 1726 in Munich.
The uncle Joseph Clemens, elector and archbishop of Cologne saw to it, that Clemens August of Bavaria[?] received several appointments in Alt-Oetting[?], diocese Regensburg and at the Prince-Bishopric Berchtesgaden and he soon received papal confirmation as bishop of Regensburg, later Cologne.
Kurfuerst Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria's fame is based above all on his conduct as general and his victories over the Turks.
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Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire.
Emanuel was again forced to flee the Netherlands after the Battle of Ramillies (23 May 1706) and found refuge at the French court in Versailles.
Max Emanuel is buried in the crypt of the Theatinerkirche in Munich.
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 Encyclopedia: Maximilian
Maximilian I (also known as Maximilian Joseph) (May 27, 1756 – October 13, 1825), prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1805, king of Bavaria (as Maximilian I) from 1805 to 1825, was the son of the count palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Maria...
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II Maximilian II of the Habsburg dynasty was born in 1527 at Vienna and died in 1576 in Regensburg.
Prince Maximilian of Baden (Max von Baden) (1 July 1867–6 November 1929) was the cousin and heir of Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden, and succeeded Frederick as head of the Grand Ducal House in 1928.
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 Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born in (The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany) Munich, the son of (Click link for more info and facts about Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria) Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, he inherited the elector's mantle while still a minor in 1679.
Bavaria was partitioned between Austria and the (Click link for more info and facts about elector palatine) elector palatine, leading to bloody uprisings of the people against the Austrian imperial troops.
Emanuel was again forced to flee the Netherlands after the (Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Ramillies) Battle of Ramillies and found refuge at the French court in (The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels.
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 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (October 31, 1636 - May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.
He was the eldest son of Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria - whom he succeeded, and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria, daughter of the emperor emperor Ferdinand II.
He was succeeded by his son Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria.
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 Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726)was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire.
Emanuel's familybecame separated and his sons were held prisoners for several years in Austria,Klemens August being brought up by Jesuits.
Bavaria was partitioned between Austriaand the elector palatine, leading to bloody uprisings of the people against theAustrian imperial troops.
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 Station Information - Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria (28 October 1692 - 6 February 1699) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife, Marie Antonie of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Felipe IV of Spain.
During the War of the Spanish Succession, Joseph Ferdinand was the favored choice of England and the Netherlands to succeed as the ruler of Spain, as the heir, young Charles II of Spain was incompetent.
He was the electoral prince of Bavaria, and a great-grandson of Philip IV.
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 Encyclopedia: Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German kingdom of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been a kingdom since 1806.
The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany.
Klemens August of Bavaria (1700-1761) was born in Brussels, a member of the Wittelsbach house.
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 Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria.
His family was split during the War of the Spanish Succession and was for many years under house arrest in Austria.
His brother Klemens August of Bavaria, later archbishop and elector (Kurfürst) of Cologne, who mostly sided with the Austria Habsburg-Lorraine side during the Habsburg successions, did cast his vote for him and personally crowned him emperor at Frankfurt.
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 Read about Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Maximilian II Emanuel, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Maximilian II Emanuel (July 11, 1662 - February 26, 1726) was a
Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, he inherited the elector's mantle while still a minor in 1679.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Kingdom of Bavaria
Bavaria from the south are the Iller, a stream rich in fish, the Lech, the Isar, and the Inn; from the north its tributaries are the Wörnitz, the Altmühl, the Regen, and the Vils.
Bavaria varies according to the province in question; the races that now live peacefully together under the rule of the Wittelsbach dynasty were once constantly engaged in bloody feuds.
Maximilian II (1848-64), a well-meaning but weak ruler, did much to further learning, especially in the domain of history; he was not fortunate, however, in the men he selected to fill professorships and on this account lost popularity with his Catholic subjects.
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 François de Cuvilliés (Getty Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Of miniature stature, François de Cuvilliés entered the service of Maximilian II Emanuel, the Elector of Bavaria, as a court dwarf when he was only eleven.
The Elector was fond of Cuvilliés and arranged for him to learn mathematics and engineering before sending him to Paris to study architecture.
He was responsible for designing a suite of state rooms at the Residenz and, in the park of the Nymphenberg palace, the small Amalienberg pavilion, considered one of the masterpieces of Rococo decoration.
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 Maximilian II Emanuel --  Encyclopædia Britannica
elector of Bavaria from 1679 and an able soldier whose quest for dynastic aggrandizement led him into a series of wars, first as an ally of the House of Habsburg, later against it, an enmity that nearly cost him his holdings.
The late Baroque structure was begun in 1664 by the Prince Elector Maximilian II Emanuel.
The German novelist and dramatist Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger was representative of the German literary movement known as Sturm und Drang.
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 Battle of Blenheim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A French and Bavarian army, under Count Camille de Tallard and Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria, were advancing on the Austrian capital of Vienna.
To counter this threat, the Duke of Marlborough and his English and Dutch allies rapidly marched south from the Low Countries to the Danube River, a major logistical effort at the time.
Bavaria was knocked out of the war and occupied, and the French allies of Savoy and Portugal promptly changed sides.
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 Bavarian history
Bavaria is one of the oldest European states.
Maximilian II (1848 - 1864) continued the work of his father as a patron of the arts, but he also initiated social and political reforms, and was a great promoter of the sciences.
Ludwig II, who is still known all over the world as the "Fairy-Tale King", was withdrawing increasingly from the politics and devoting himself to castle-building and to the captivating world of Wagner's music.
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 bavaria
With an area of 70,553 km² and 11.6 million inhabitants, Bavaria (German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany.
Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845 - 1886) reigned as King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886.
Bavaria is also the name of the statue standing at the Theresienwiese in Munich.
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Elector Ferdinand Maria’s consort Henriette Adelaide of Savoy invited numerous Italian architects and artists to the city, and built the Theatinerkirche and Nymphenburg palace on the occasion of the birth of their son and heir Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria in 1662.
Munich has a nearly unbroken history of SPD governments since World War II, which is remarkable because the rest of Bavaria is a conservative stronghold, with the CSU (Christian Social Union) winning absolute majorities among the Bavarian electorate in nearly all elections at the communal, state, and federal levels.
As capital of Bavaria Munich is an important political center in Germany and the seat of the Bavarian Landtag (the state parliament), the Staatskanzlei (the state chancellery) and of all state departments.
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 Maximilian II --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
king of Bavaria from 1848 to 1864, whose attempt to create a “third force” in German affairs by an alliance of smaller states led by Bavaria, foundered on the opposition of the two dominant states, Prussia and Austria, and of the German parliament.
Frederick's son Maximilian I, crowned emperor in 1493, married Mary, daughter of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy and ruler of the Netherlands.
The capital of the land, or state, of Bavaria, home of the famous annual Oktoberfest, and gateway to the Alps, Munich is one of Germany's most colorful and popular cities.
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 Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria (28 October 1692 - 6 February 1699) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife, MarieAntonie of Austria, daughter of Leopold I,Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Felipe IV ofSpain.
During the War of the SpanishSuccession, Joseph Ferdinand was the favored choice of England and the Netherlands to succeed as the ruler of Spain, as the heir, young Charles II of Spain wasincompetent.
His unexpected death in 1699 at the age of six rendered the Anglo-French treaty inoperative and led to the Second PartitionTreaty (1700), agreed upon by France, England, and the Netherlands; under its terms,France was to receive Naples, Sicily, and Milan, while the rest of the Spanish dominions were to go to Archduke Charles.
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