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Maximilian I

1459–1519 · Habsburg

Holy Roman Emperor. Born at Wiener Neustadt. Died at Wels.

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Reigned

1477–1519	Duke of Burgundy
1486–1519	King of the Romans
1508–1519	Holy Roman Emperor

Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry

Maximilian I got Burgundy by marrying Mary of Burgundy and Spain by marrying his son to Joanna of Castile. A double wedding of his grandchildren in Vienna in 1515 brought in Bohemia and Hungary.

Family

Father: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress
Married: Mary of Burgundy 1477
Anne of Brittany 1490
Bianca Maria Sforza 1493
Children (3): Philip I of Castile 1478
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy 1480
George of Austria 1504
Siblings (1): Kunigunde of Austria 1465

Related to

Maximilian I was the 19× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
Maximilian I was the 10× great-grandfather of Victoria.
Maximilian I was the 4× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.