Der Weisskunig or The White King is a chivalric novel and thinly disguised biography of the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, (1486–1519) written in German by Maximilian and his secretary between 1505 and 1516. Although not explicitly identified as such in the book, Maximilian appears as the "young" White King, with his father Frederick III represented as the "old" White King.
The White King Learning to Conduct a Kitchen, woodcut by Hans Burgkmair
One of many battle scenes in the illustrations
Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy, surrounded by other lovers who are caressing each other
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker.
The painter Hans Burgkmair and his wife Anna (painting by Lukas Furtenagel, 1529)
Burgkmair's 1522 colored woodcut of the Coat of arms of the Swabian League, with a flag of St. George. Two putti support a red cross in a white field; the motto: What God has joined let man not separate.
Emperor Frederick III
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress