Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

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Maximilian II Emanuel
Portrait by Andreas Møller, c. 1726
Elector of Bavaria
Reign	26 May 1679 – 26 February 1726
Predecessor	Ferdinand Maria
Successor	Charles Albert
29th Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
In office 1691 – 7 March 1714
Monarchs	Charles II Philip V
Preceded by	Francisco Antonio de Agurto
Succeeded by	Prince Eugene of Savoy as governor of the Austrian Netherlands
Born	(1662-07-11)11 July 1662 Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	26 February 1726(1726-02-26) (aged 63) Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Theatine Church
Spouses	Maria Antonia of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1685; died 1692)​ Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska ​ ​ (m. 1694)​
Issue Detail	Joseph Ferdinand Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand Maria Innocenz Clemens August Johann Theodor
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Mother	Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Maximilian II (11 July 1662 – 26 February 1726), also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel,^[1] was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and Duke of Luxembourg. An able soldier, his ambition led to conflicts that limited his ultimate dynastic achievements.^[2]

He was born in Munich to Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (d.1676). His maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus I of Savoy and Christine of France, daughter of King Henry IV of France.