HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Maximilian II Emperor Of The

1527 - 1576  (49 years)

• Name	HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Maximilian II Emperor Of The
  Birth	31 Jul 1527	, Wien, Wien, Austria
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1576	, Wien, Wien, Austria
  Burial	Wien, Wien, Austria
  Notes	A Hapsburg ruler who failed EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN II By Paula Sutter Fichtner Yale University Press, $30, 344 pages, illus. REVIEWED BY BRIDGET HEAL "By virtually all standards, including his own, Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576) was a failure." So begins Paula Sutter Fichtner's account of the life and times of one of 16th-century Europe's least effective rulers. As a Hapsburg, Maximilian was a member of one of Europe's leading dynasties. His uncle, Charles V, had built up a massive empire, uniting the Netherlands, Spain, the New World, Naples, Sicily and Germany under his leadership. Charles' son, Philip, inherited the Spanish part of this empire and the Netherlands, while Germany passed to Charles' brother, Ferdinand, and thence, in 1562, to Ferdinand's son, Maximilian. Charles V and Philip II are two of the great figures of European history and have been the subjects of numerous studies, but "Emperor Maximillian II" is the first full biography of Maximilian II in English. Perhaps not surprisingly, previous scholars have been deterred by Maximilian's inadequacies — his inability to achieve any of his stated aims and his failure to make any lasting impression on Europe's political and religious landscape. As the author points out, however, history is not just about great achievements. It is about the totality of past experience, in which failure and defeat have inevitably played a central role.
  Person ID	I312	Royal Family of Europe
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2001

  
  

  Father	HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Ferdinand I Emperor Of The,   b. 10 Mar 1503, , Alcala De Henares, Madrid, Spain d. 27 Jul 1564, , Wien, Wien, Austria (Age 61 years)
  Mother	BOHEMIA AND HUNGARY Anna Princess Of,   b. 23 Jul 1503, , Praha, Praha, Czechoslovakia d. 27 Jan 1547, , Praha, Praha, Czechoslovakia (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1521	Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	AUSTRIA Marie Archduchess Of,   b. 21 Jun 1528, , Madrid, Madrid, Spain d. 26 Feb 1603, Couvent St. Clara, Villa Monte, , Spain (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1548	Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
  Children	+ 1. AUSTRIA Anna Marie Archduchess Of,   b. 2 Nov 1549, , Cigales, Valladolid, Spain d. 26 Oct 1580, , Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain (Age 30 years)   2. AUSTRIA Ferdinand, Archduke Of,   b. 28 Mar 1551, Of, Cigales, Valladolid, Spain d. 25 Jun 1552 (Age 1 year)   3. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Rudolf II Emperor Of The,   b. 1552, Austria d. 1612 (Age 60 years)   4. AUSTRIA Ernst, Archduke Of,   b. 15 Jun 1553, Wien, Wien, Austria d. 20 Feb 1595 (Age 41 years)   5. AUSTRIA Elisabeth, Archduchess Of,   b. 5 Jun 1554, Wien, Wien, Austria d. 22 Jan 1592, Wien, Wien, Austria (Age 37 years)   6. AUSTRIA Marie, Archduchess Of,   b. 27 Jul 1555, Of Wien, Wien, Austria d. 25 Jun 1556 (Age 0 years)   7. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Matthias Emperor Of The,   b. 24 Feb 1557, , Wien, Wien, Austria d. 20 Mar 1619, Wien, Wien, Austria (Age 62 years)   8. AUSTRIA Son, Archduke Of,   b. 20 Oct 1557, Of Wien, Wien, Austria   9. AUSTRIA Maximilian, Archduke Of,   b. 12 Oct 1558, Wiener-Neustadt, Niederhosterreich, Austria d. 2 Nov 1618 (Age 60 years)   10. AUSTRIA Albrecht Ernst, Archduke Of,   b. 13 Nov 1559, Wiener-Neustadt, Niederhosterreich, Austria d. 13 Jul 1621, Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgium (Age 61 years)   11. AUSTRIA Wenzel, Archduke Of,   b. 9 Mar 1561, Wiener-Neustadt, Niederhosterreich, Austria d. 22 Sep 1578 (Age 17 years)   12. AUSTRIA Friedrich, Archduke Of,   b. 21 Jun 1562, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria d. 16 Jan 1563 (Age 0 years)   13. AUSTRIA Marie, Archduchess Of,   b. 19 Feb 1564, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria d. 26 Mar 1564 (Age 0 years)   14. AUSTRIA Karl, Archduke Of,   b. 26 Sep 1565, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria d. 23 May 1566 (Age 0 years)   15. AUSTRIA Margarethe, Archduchess Of,   b. 25 Jan 1567, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria d. 5 Jul 1633 (Age 66 years)   16. AUSTRIA Eleonore, Archduchess Of,   b. 4 Nov 1568, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria d. 12 Mar 1580 (Age 11 years)
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart