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Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

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Maximilian Emanuel
Maximilian Emanuel c. 1870
Maximilian Emanuel c. 1870
Born 7 December 1849
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died 12 June 1893 (aged 43)
Feldafing, Kingdom of Bavaria
Spouse Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(m. 1875)
Issue Duke Siegfried
Duke Christoph
Duke Luitpold
Names
German: Maximilian Emanuel
House Wittelsbach
Father Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
Mother Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893) was a German prince of the House of Wittelsbach, and the younger brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria. He married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1875 and had three sons with her.

Biography

Born on 7 December 1849 in Munich, Maximilian Emanuel was the tenth and youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. He expressed an interest in the army at a young age, becoming a second lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Bavarian Uhlans in 1865.[1] He participated in the War of 1866 on the side of Austria, fighting in the battles of Hünfeld and Hammelburg.

Maximilian Emanuel developed severe gastric bleeding in 1893, dying in June of that year.[2]

Marriage and issue

Maximilian Emanuel married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, fourth child and second eldest daughter of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Clémentine of Orléans, on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary.[1] Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:

  • Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952)
  • Duke Christoph Joseph Klemens Maria in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963). He was married to Anna Sibig (18 July 1874 – 1 January 1958)
  • Duke Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[3]

Ancestry

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 "Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria 1849-1893: Sisi In England". sisi-in-england.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. Back to citation "Maximilian Emanuel in Bayern (1849-1893)". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  3. Back to citation Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1890. Landesamt. 1890. p. 165.
  4. Back to citation "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1893, p. 66, retrieved 5 April 2021
  5. Back to citation "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 7 – via hathitrust.org
  6. Back to citation Staatshandbuch und Geographisches Ortslexikon für die Herzogthümer Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1884), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 32

Bibliography

  • Bestenreiner, Erika (2003). Sisi und ihre Geschwister [Sisi and her siblings] (in German) (2nd ed.). Munich: Piper. ISBN 3-492-24006-2.
  • Damien Bilteryst, Olivier Defrance, Joseph van Loon: Les Biederstein, cousins oubliés de la reine Élisabeth, années 1875-1906. Museum Dynasticum, Bruxelles, XXXIV/1 2022.
  • Graf, Bernhard (2017). Sisis Geschwister [Sisi's siblings] (in German). Munich: Allitera. ISBN 978-3-86906-977-7.
  • von Witzleben, Hermann; von Vignau, Ilka (1976). Die Herzöge in Bayern. Von der Pfalz zum Tegernsee [The dukes in Bavaria. From the Palatinate to Tegernsee] (in German). Munich. ISBN 3-7913-0394-5.
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