Ruler · 1573 – 1651

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

Lived 1573 – 1651. Duke of Bavaria of Duchy of Bavaria, 1597 – 1623; also in the line of Electoral Palatinate.

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Lived: 1573 – 1651; 78 years
In office: 26 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Duke of Bavaria

Duchy of Bavaria · the 20th of 20 dated reigns · 937 – 1623

16 before

John III of Bavaria1417 – 1425

Albert V of Bavaria1550 – 1579

William V of Bavaria1579 – 1597

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria1597 – 1623

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1597 – 1623 · 26 years · came to it aged 24

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1623; they died in 1651

Also in the line of Electoral Palatinate (4th of 6).

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