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Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria: Duke/Elector of Bavaria from 1597 to 1651.
Born in Munich (died at age 78).
Biography
Maximilian I, occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.
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