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Born November 28, 1811 • Munich
Died March 10, 1864 (aged 52) • Munich
Title / Office king (1848-1864), Bavaria
House / Dynasty House of Wittelsbach

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Maximilian I
duke of Bavaria
Louis II
Louis II
king of Bavaria
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
king of Bavaria
Louis I, detail from an oil painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach; in the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Munich
Louis I
king of Bavaria
Maximilian II Emanuel, engraving by Karl Gustav Amling, 1682
Maximilian II Emanuel
elector of Bavaria
Montgelas de Garnerin, detail from an engraving by E.C. Hess, 1816
Maximilian Joseph, count von Montgelas de Garnerin
Bavarian statesman
Luitpold, detail from a portrait by Friedrich August von Kaulbach, 1902; in the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Munich
Luitpold
prince regent of Bavaria
portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Francis I
Francis I
king of France
Akbar
Akbar
Mughal emperor
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Maḥmūd
king of Ghazna
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza
duke of Milan
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt

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