Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, full German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 name: Maximilian Emanuel, Herzog in Bayern (7 December 1849, Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...

 – 12 June 1893, Feldafing

Feldafing

Feldafing is a municipality in Starnberg district, Bavaria, Germany, and is located on the west shore of Lake Starnberg, southwest of Munich.- History :...

, Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...

) was a Duke in Bavaria

Duke in Bavaria

Duke in Bavaria was a title used among others since 1506, when primogeniture was established, by all members of the House of Wittelsbach, with the exception of the Duke of Bavaria which began to be a unique position...

 and member of the House of Wittelsbach. Maximilian Emanuel was the tenth and youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria and his wife Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Maximilian Emanuel was the brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...

, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary.

Marriage and issue

Maximilian Emanuel married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Marie Luise Franziska Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, full German name: Marie Luise Franziska Amalie, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzogin zu Sachsen was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by birth and a Duchess in Bavaria through...

, 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

Ebenthal, Lower Austria

Ebenthal is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, Lower Austria

Lower Austria

Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...

, Austria–Hungary. Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons:

• Siegfried August Maximilian Maria, Duke in Bavaria (10 July 1876–12 March 1952)
• Christoph Joseph Clemens Maria, Duke in Bavaria (22 April 1879–10 July 1963). He was married to Anna Sibig (18 July 1874 – 1 January 1958)
• Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria, Duke in Bavaria (30 June 1890–16 January 1973)

Titles and styles

• 7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893: His Royal Highness Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria

Ancestry