Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Prince of Bavaria (30 September 1638, Munich

Munich

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 - 20 March 1705, Turkheim

Türkheim

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) was a German nobleman. He was Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg from 1650 until his death and regent of the Princedom of Bavaria

Duchy of Bavaria

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 from 1679 to 1680 during the minority of his nephew Maximilian II Emanuel

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

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He was the second of two sons born to Maximilian I

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

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 and his wife Maria Anna. In 1650 his father exchanged the reichsgrafschaft of The Hague

The Hague

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 for the landgrafschaft of Leuchtenberg

Leuchtenberg

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 with his brother Albert VI

Albert VI of Bavaria

Albert VI of Bavaria, , , son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.-Biography:Albert was 1651-1654 the regent for his young nephew Elector Ferdinand Maria....

 and invested Maximilian with Leuchtenberg and the herrschaft

Herrschaft (territory)

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 of Schwabegg. Maximilian also acquired the reichsritterschafts of Angelberg and Mattsie from the Fugger

Fugger

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In 1668 he married Maurita Febronia de la Tour d’Auvergne, daughter of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, but the marriage remained childless and on his death he was succeeded by his nephew Maximilian II Emmanuel.

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