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Maximilian of Austria may refer to the following members of the Habsburg dynasty: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519), who obtained the Burgundian lands by marriage Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576), king of Bohemia, king of Hungary, and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Maximilian died in Wels, Upper Austria, at three o'clock in the morning on 12 January 1519. [ 282 ] [ 283 ] [ 284 ] Different historians have listed different diseases as the main cause of death, including cancer (likely stomach cancer or intestinal cancer ), pneumonia , syphilis , gall stones, stroke (he did have a combination of dangerous ...
Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
[29] [30] [31] The "war apparatus" he created later played an essential role in Austria's rank as great power. Maximilian was the founder and organiser of the arms industry of the Habsburgs. [32] He started the standardization of the artillery (according to the weight of the cannonballs) and made them more mobile. [33]
During World War I Maximilian served as a major in the Austro-Hungarian Army.He also had the rank of corvette captain in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. [2]In February 1917, Maximilian was sent to Berlin to formally notify the German Emperor Wilhelm II of the accession of Maximilian's brother Charles as Emperor of Austria. [3]
Archduke Maximilian Joseph of Austria-Este (July 14, 1782 – June 1, 1863), the fourth son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and younger brother of Francis IV, Duke of Modena. He was grand master of the Teutonic Knights from 1835 to 1863.
Maximilian was born in Vienna, Austria, the second child and eldest son of the Habsburg King Ferdinand I, younger brother of Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Jagiellonian Princess Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547). [5]
Maximilian III of Austria (12 October 1558 – 2 November 1618), was a member of the House of Habsburg and the Archduke of Further Austria from 1612 until his death. He was also briefly known as Maximilian of Poland during his claim for the Polish throne.