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Also known as Maximilian I.

Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)

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Maximilian I was a Holy Roman Emperor who lived from March 22, 1459, to January 12, 1519. He is associated with five works, including *Die ruhmreichen Taten des Ritters Theuerdank* and *Geheimes Jagdbuch und Von Den Zeichen des Hirsches, eine Abhandlung des Vierzehnten Jahrhunderts*. Other listed works include *Theuerdank, Zweiter Band* and *Correspondance de l'empereur Maximilien Ier et de Marguerite d'autriche ... De 1507 À 1519*.

The subject is referenced by 1,747 other encyclopedia articles. In music databases, the name Maximilian I is categorized with an artist type of "Other" and has 19 listeners with a total playcount of 38.

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Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Die ruhmreichen Taten des Ritters Theuerdank
  • Correspondance De L'empereur Maximilien Ier Et De Marguerite D'autriche, Sa Fille, Gouvernante Des Pays-Bas De 1507 À 1519
  • Geheimes Jagdbuch und Von Den Zeichen des Hirsches, eine Abhandlung des Vierzehnten Jahrhunderts
  • Theuerdank, Zweiter Band
  • Correspondance de l'empereur Maximilien Ier et de Marguerite d'autriche ... De 1507 À 1519

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Listeners
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Total plays
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Maximilian
Gender
male
Place of birth
Wiener Neustadt
Place of death
Wels
Occupation
ruler
Position held
Duke of Burgundy
Languages spoken
German
Image
Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of Maximilian I - Google Art Project.jpg
Motto
Per tot discrimina rerum
Significant event
coronation
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Commons category
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
date of birth
1459-03-22
date of death
1519-01-12
Commons gallery
Maximilianus I, Imperator Romanus Sacer
place of burial
Wiener Neustadt
medical condition
Habsburger Unterlippe
has works in the collection
Städel Museum
name in native language
Maximilian I
birth name
Erzherzog Maximilian von Österreich
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
significant person
Jakob Wimpfeling
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Encyclopedic overview

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed himself elected emperor in 1508 at Trento, with Pope Julius II later recognising it. This broke the tradition of requiring a papal coronation for the adoption of the Imperial title. Maximilian was the only surviving son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress. From his coronation as King of the Romans in 1486, he ran a double government, or Doppelregierung with his father until Frederick's death in 1493.

Maximilian expanded the influence of the House of Habsburg through war and his marriage in 1477 to Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. However, he also lost his family's lands in Switzerland to the Swiss Confederacy. Through the marriage of his son Philip the Handsome to eventual queen Joanna of Castile in 1496, Maximilian helped to establish the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, which allowed his grandson Charles V to hold the thrones of both Castile and Aragon. Historian Thomas A. Brady Jr. describes him as "the first Holy Roman Emperor in 250 years who ruled as well as reigned" and the "ablest royal warlord of his generation".

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