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, issue = Duke Siegfried
Duke Christoph
Duke Luitpold , house =

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Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888), known informally as Max in Bayern, was a member of a Duke in Bavaria, junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria, and a promoter of Bavarian f ...

, mother =

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, burial_place = Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (7 December 1849 – 12 June 1893) was a

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of the

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, and a brother of

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. He married

in 1875, and had three children with her.

Biography

Born on 7 December 1849 in

, Maximilian Emanuel was the tenth and youngest child of

and

. He expressed an interest in the army at a young age, becoming a

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in the 2nd Royal Bavarian Uhlans in 1865. He participated in the

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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

, fourth child and second eldest daughter of

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and his wife

Princess Clémentine of Orléans Princess Clémentine of Orléans (french: Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans) (3 June 1817 – 16 February 1907), princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child of ten and youngest daughter of ...

, on 20 September 1875 in Ebenthal,

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. Maximilian Emanuel and Amalie had three sons: * Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria (10 July 1876 – 12 March 1952) *Duke Christoph Joseph Klemens Maria in Bavaria (22 April 1879 – 10 July 1963). He was married to Anna Sibig (18 July 1874 – 1 January 1958) *Duke Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria in Bavaria (30 June 1890 – 16 January 1973)

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations: * : ** Knight of St. Hubert ** Commander of the Military Merit Order * : Grand Cross of Henry the Lion * : Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class * :

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, ''1875'' *

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: ** Knight of the Black Eagle, ''11 September 1872'' **

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(1870), 2nd Class *

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: Grand Cross of the

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Ancestry

References

Bibliography

* Damien Bilteryst, Olivier Defrance, Joseph van Loon: ''Les Biederstein, cousins oubliés de la reine Élisabeth, années 1875-1906''. Museum Dynasticum, Bruxelles, XXXIV/1 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maximilian Emanuel In Bavaria, Duke 1849 births 1893 deaths Dukes in Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Nobility from Munich German Roman Catholics Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat Recipients of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria) Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class