Maximilian I was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He procla
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, 1519
Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal
Eleanor and Maximilian, from Empress Eleanor's Book of Hours. The mother fed him knights' tales, encouraged him to fence, dance and hunt, while the father wanted Maximilian to be good at Latin.
Garden scene in an MS of the Roman de la Rose, Bruges c. 1490, possibly depicting Maximilian and Mary. Maximilian wrote, "Had we but peace, we would sit here as in a rose garden."
Maximilian I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death.
Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I by Albrecht Dürer, 1519, in the last year of his life, holding his personal emblem, a pomegranate.
Moritz von Schwind's Kaiser Maximilian I. in der Martinswand, the depiction most known today regarding the Martinswand legend.
St. Margaret at St. Stephen's Cathedral (mural), Vienna. Now the underdrawing is attributed to Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528).
Kaiser Maximilian I. hält Albrecht Dürer die Leiter. By August Siegert, 1849