Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

Maximilian I Joseph
Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1822
King of Bavaria
Reign	1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825
Successor	Ludwig I
Elector of Bavaria
Reign	16 February 1799 – 6 August 1806
Predecessor	Charles Theodore
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Reign	16 February 1799 – 1 January 1806
Predecessor	Charles Theodore
Duke of Zweibrücken
Reign	1 April 1795 – 1 January 1806
Predecessor	Charles II August
Born	(1756-05-28)28 May 1756 Schwetzingen, County Palatine of Zweibrücken
Died	13 October 1825(1825-10-13) (aged 69) Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Burial	Theatinerkirche, Munich
Spouse	Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt ​ ​ (m. 1785; died 1796)​ Caroline of Baden ​ (m. 1797)​
Issue	Ludwig I, King of Bavaria Augusta, Duchess of Leuchtenberg Caroline Augusta, Empress of Austria Prince Karl Theodor Elisabeth Ludovika, Queen of Prussia Amalie Auguste, Queen of Saxony Sophie, Archduchess of Austria Maria Anna, Queen of Saxony Ludovika, Duchess in Bavaria Princess Maximiliana
Names Maximilian Maria Michael John Baptist Francis of Paola Joseph Casper Ignatius Nepomucene German: Maximilian Maria Michael Johann Baptist Franz von Paula Joseph Caspar Ignatius Nepomuk
House	Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Father	Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Mother	Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Maximilian I Joseph (German: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach.