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5 days ago · The reign of Maximilian I (1493–1519) was dominated by the interplay of three issues of decisive importance to the future of the Holy Roman Empire: the rise of the Austrian house of Habsburg to international prominence, the urgent need to reform the empire’s governing institutions, and the beginnings of the religious and social movement known as...
14 hours ago · King Maximilian I Joseph was delighted when the heir to the throne decided in favour of Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen: ‘Of course‘, the king wrote to his son, ‘she will not be able to bring much money and property into the marriage, but the small size of the country forced into the Confederation of the Rhine makes this marriage politically unobjectionable‘.
5 days ago · Mathilde Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria (30 September 1843 – 18 June 1925) was the fourth daughter of Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria by his second wife Margravine Karoline of Baden.
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5 days ago · Maximilian I, the son of the emperor Frederick III, was married to the Burgundian heiress, Mary, at Ghent in 1477. By that tie to Burgundy, the Habsburgs became involved in long struggles with France. After Mary’s death (1482), Maximilian, moreover, met with increasing difficulties in the Burgundian countries themselves.
2 days ago · This enterprise collapsed, and Matthias entered on a complex transaction with the new emperor, Maximilian I, under which his illegitimate son John (he had no legitimate issue) was to marry Maximilian’s daughter in return for re-cession of the Austrian provinces and Maximilian’s recognition of John.
2 days ago · Built near Banz, now in Bavaria, by the architect Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753). Photograph by Asio otus, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. A good example of the critical—even satirical—spirit abroad among educated Catholic clergy during the Enlightenment were parodies of Good Friday Passion Plays like the one still performed every ten years in Oberammergau, Germany.
5 days ago · In 1408, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège after his wife’s second brother, John of Bavaria, had been overthrown as Prince-Bishop in favour of Diederik of Perwez.
