Maximilian I von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor

  General Notes:

Maximilian I (1459-1519), German emperor, was the son of Frederick III, and was born at Neustadt, near Vienna. His fame is principally due to his efforts to reform the imperial and Austrian administrations. He was an accomplished knight, and was very popular with the citizen classes. See Seton-Watson’s Maximilian I (1901), and Lodge’s Close of the Middle Ages. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Title: Holy Roman Emperor, 1493-1519.

• Title: King of Germany, 1493-1519.

Maximilian married Marie of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Charles of Burgundy and Isabelle de Bourbon, on 20 Aug 1477 in Ghent, Flanders.⁷¹³ (Marie of Burgundy was born on 13 Feb 1457 in Brussels, Brabant, Belgium,⁷¹³ died on 27 Mar 1482 in Bruges, Flanders ⁷¹³ and was buried in 1482 in Bruges, Flanders ⁷¹³.) The cause of her death was Fall from a horse.

Maximilian next married Duchess Anne of Brittany, daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany and Marguerite de Foix, in 1490. (Duchess Anne of Brittany was born on 25 Jan 1477 in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France,⁷¹³ died on 9 Jan 1514 in Château de Blois, Centre, France ^713,769 and was buried in 1514 in St. Denis Basilica, Seine-Saint-Denis, France ^713,769.)

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