Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

Born

April 17, 1573

Died

September 27, 1651 (aged 78)

Known as

aristocrat

Maximilian I, occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which his title was elevated to that of prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.

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