Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
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Maximilian III Joseph, "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 House of Wittelsbach and because of his death, the War of Bavarian Succession broke out.
Portrait by Georg Desmarées
Maximilian Joseph as electoral prince.
Maximilian III Joseph, 1761
Conventionsthaler with the portrait of Maximilian III. Joseph
Electorate of Bavaria
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The Electorate of Bavaria was a quasi-independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623 to 1806, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Maximilian II Emanuel
Charles Theodore
Count Montgelas
The catholic Church of St. Johann Baptist in Oberviechtach