Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels
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Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels (13 May 1708 – 15 April 1784) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and the Bishop of Münster from 1761 to 1784. He was born in Cologne
. He was the first Elector of Cologne to come from outside the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty since 1583.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. He was the first Elector of Cologne to come from outside the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty since 1583.