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HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Maximilian II Emperor Of The
1527 - 1576

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• Birth	31 Jul 1527	, Wien, Wien, Austria
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Oct 1576	, Wien, Wien, Austria
  Buried	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
  Mother	BOHEMIA AND HUNGARY Anna Princess Of,   b. 23 Jul 1503, , Praha, Praha, Czechoslovakia ,   d. 27 Jan 1547, , Praha, Praha, Czechoslovakia
  Married	1521	Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	AUSTRIA Marie Archduchess Of,   b. 21 Jun 1528, , Madrid, Madrid, Spain ,   d. 26 Feb 1603, Couvent St. Clara, Villa Monte, , Spain
  Married	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   2. AUSTRIA Ferdinand, Archduke Of,   b. 28 Mar 1551, Of, Cigales, Valladolid, Spain ,   d. 25 Jun 1552   3. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Rudolf II Emperor Of The,   b. 1552, Austria ,   d. 1612   4. AUSTRIA Ernst, Archduke Of,   b. 15 Jun 1553, Wien, Wien, Austria ,   d. 20 Feb 1595   5. AUSTRIA Elisabeth, Archduchess Of,   b. 5 Jun 1554, Wien, Wien, Austria ,   d. 22 Jan 1592, Wien, Wien, Austria   6. AUSTRIA Marie, Archduchess Of,   b. 27 Jul 1555, Of Wien, Wien, Austria ,   d. 25 Jun 1556   7. HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Matthias Emperor Of The,   b. 24 Feb 1557, , Wien, Wien, Austria ,   d. 20 Mar 1619, Wien, Wien, Austria   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   10. AUSTRIA Albrecht Ernst, Archduke Of,   b. 13 Nov 1559, Wiener-Neustadt, Niederhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 13 Jul 1621, Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgium   11. AUSTRIA Wenzel, Archduke Of,   b. 9 Mar 1561, Wiener-Neustadt, Niederhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 22 Sep 1578   12. AUSTRIA Friedrich, Archduke Of,   b. 21 Jun 1562, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 16 Jan 1563   13. AUSTRIA Marie, Archduchess Of,   b. 19 Feb 1564, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 26 Mar 1564   14. AUSTRIA Karl, Archduke Of,   b. 26 Sep 1565, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 23 May 1566   15. AUSTRIA Margarethe, Archduchess Of,   b. 25 Jan 1567, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 5 Jul 1633   16. AUSTRIA Eleonore, Archduchess Of,   b. 4 Nov 1568, Of, Linz, Oberhosterreich, Austria ,   d. 12 Mar 1580
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet