Maximilian III Joseph
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Maximilian III Joseph, also known by his epithet "the much beloved" was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the H
Portrait of Maximilian III Joseph by Georg Desmarées
Maximilian Joseph as electoral prince.
Maximilian III Joseph, 1761
Conventionsthaler with the portrait of Maximilian III. Joseph
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
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Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony was a daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and his wife Maria Josepha of Austria who became Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Maximilian III Joseph
…to support her husband, Grand Duke Francis II Stephen of Tuscany, in the upcoming imperial election. In 1747, Maximilian married his first cousin, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, but the marriage remained childless. During the Seven Years' War Bavarian forces then fought on the Habsburg side. Maximilian Joseph's sister Maria…
Franz Joseph Winter Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria, pendant
Maria Anna as a child, by Louis de Silvestre. C. 1735.