Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

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Maximilian Emanuel
Born	(1849-12-07)7 December 1849 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	12 June 1893(1893-06-12) (aged 43) Feldafing, Kingdom of Bavaria
Spouse	Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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 a brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary.

Biography[]

Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

Maximilian Emanuel was the tenth and youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife 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. 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, passing away in June of that year.

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.^{[citation needed]} Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:^{[citation needed]}

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

Honours[]

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

•  Kingdom of Bavaria:
  • Knight of St. Hubert
  • Commander of the Military Merit Order
•  Brunswick: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion
•  Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class
•  Austria-Hungary: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 1875^[2]
• Kingdom of Prussia:
  • Knight of the Black Eagle, 11 September 1872^[3]
  • Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class
• Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1875^[4]

Ancestry[]

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