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Maximilian was elected King of the Romans on 16 February 1486 in Frankfurt-am-Main and was crowned on 9 April 1486 in Aachen. Much of the Austrian territories and Vienna were under the rule of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, as a result of the Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–1488). Maximilian was now a king without lands.
The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I, by Albrecht Dürer. The canopy is adorned with the solar symbol and the imperial coat-of-arms. The inscription states: "That which the sun is in the heavens, the Emperor is on earth." [1] The legacy of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor has had many affects on the world. Despite his reputation as "the last ...
Grandson of Maximilian I; brother of Charles V; King of Germany under his brother Charles V 1531–1556; last king to be crowned in Aachen Cathedral. Emperor Maximilian II (Maximilian II.) 22 November 1562 25 July 1564 12 October 1576 Son of Ferdinand I; King of Germany under his father 1562–1564 Rudolf II (Rudolf II.) 27 October 1575
The election followed the death of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor on January 12, 1519. The two main candidates were his grandson Charles, duke of Burgundy, king of Spain and archduke of Austria, and King Francis I of France. Maximilian’s son (Charles’s father), Philip IV of Burgundy had died in 1506.
As per custom, Maximilian took the title King of the Romans on his father's death; the title Holy Roman Emperor was traditionally bestowed by the pope following a coronation in Rome. In 1489, Pope Innocent VIII , in conflict with King Ferdinand I of Naples , over Ferdinand's refusal to pay feudal dues to the papacy, had excommunicated and ...
Louis Alphonse's parents separated in 1982, and their Catholic marriage was annulled in 1986. His mother has since remarried civilly twice; he had two stepsisters Mathilda (deceased) and Marella, and a stepbrother Frederick, all born before his mother's marriage to Jean-Marie Rossi and a half-sister, Cynthia Rossi, born afterwards.
[136] [137] When Molinet depicted them as pagan deities, like in Bergier sans Soulas (1485), Mary was portrayed as Lune (Moon, Diana) while Maximilian was Apollon, Phoebus, Titan or King of Ilion, Philip was Jupiter, Margaret of Austria was Venus, while the King of France was Pan and the King of England was Neptune.
Anne of Brittany was undoubtedly the first Queen of France to appear as a patron sought after by artists and writers of her time. [34] Three days after her husband's death, the terms of her marriage contract came into force; [35] however, the new King, Louis XII, was already married to Joan, daughter of Louis XI and sister to Charles VIII. On ...