Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria

Maximilian III Joseph
Portrait by Georg Desmarées
Elector of Bavaria
Reign20 January 1745 – 30 December 1777
PredecessorCharles Albert
SuccessorCharles Theodore
Born(1727-03-28)28 March 1727
Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died30 December 1777(1777-12-30) (aged 50)
Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1747)
HouseWittelsbach
FatherCharles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Amalia of Austria
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureMaximilian III Joseph's signature

Maximilian III Joseph, "the much beloved" (28 March 1727 – 30 December 1777), was a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. He was the last of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach and because of his death, the War of Bavarian Succession broke out.


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