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
Portrait by Joachim von Sandrart (1643)
Portrait in armour by Nikolaus Prucker
Kaiserhof, part of Maximilian's Residenz in Munich
Maximilian I, Elector and Duke of Bavaria and his second wife, Maria Anna of Austria
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, was a German regent, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and co-regent of the Electorate of Bavaria during the minority of her son
Oil on canvas by Joachim von Sandrart, 1643, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Maria Anna as a child
Portrait by anonymous, c. 1635–1645