Maximilian II Emanuel
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Maximilian II, also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlan
Max Emanuel as military commander
Max Emanuel by Giuseppe Volpini (1720)
Schleissheim, New Palace.
Family of Maximilian II Emanuel in 1733.
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
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Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and his first wife, Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and granddaughter
Maximilian II Emanuel
…catalyzed Maximilian Emanuel's dynastic ambitions. One year after his appointment as governor, Maria Antonia died in Vienna, having given birth to a son, Joseph Ferdinand, who was appointed heir to the Spanish monarchy but died in 1699 before acceding the throne. An alternative avenue for Maximilian Emanuel's ambition…
Prince Joseph Ferdinand by Augustin Coppens, 1695